Any indication as to what rackets/scams these guys are involved in beyond the standard bookmaking/loan sharking? I know they were once quite heavily into the carpenters union, but these days it's hard to imagine anything potentially lucrative not being snapped up by the Genovese or Lucchese crews active in New Jersey.
it was the family's cash cow. the Decavs influence in the construction industry was pretty much their niche while they were "in the shadows of the 5 families", and now that the govt has taken away a lot of their influence, its the reason that they're pretty much a "glorified crew" at this point. Local 394 pretty much belonged to them, but it was put under govt oversight back in 2006, which meant no more no show jobs, bid rigging, and sweet heart deals, or skimming the unions pensions, which was always their biggest moneymakers.
