Quick question: Within the Five Families, who was involved in the private hauling/trash removal rackets? Also, were the Bonannos involved in this racket in the 1980s?
They were all involved to a greater or lesser extent, though the Luccheses were dominant on Long Island.
One of the aspects of the garbage rackets that made them successful is that, while honest haulers got hurt, others recognized that the Mob was operating a cartel that included them. The Mob shook down haulers by makiing them join and pay dues to an "association." But, they also assigned routes and customers to "members" and prevented others from competing for those routes. The "members" simply passed on the cost of their "dues" to their customers.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
They were all involved to a greater or lesser extent, though the Luccheses were dominant on Long Island.
One of the aspects of the garbage rackets that made them successful is that, while honest haulers got hurt, others recognized that the Mob was operating a cartel that included them. The Mob shook down haulers by makiing them join and pay dues to an "association." But, they also assigned routes and customers to "members" and prevented others from competing for those routes. The "members" simply passed on the cost of their "dues" to their customers.
Exactly correct Turnbull. Those who joined mostly did so willingly because they too benefitted from the "cartel"
Quick question: Within the Five Families, who was involved in the private hauling/trash removal rackets? Also, were the Bonannos involved in this racket in the 1980s?
Not sure if the Bonannos were involved, but the big three definitely were (and still are up to a point). Salvatore Avellino may actually be the richest man in the mob because of his involvement with the garbage rackets.
