Excerpts from _GANGBOX: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NEWS SERVICE_ (http://gangbox.wordpress.com/) : Feds bust 62 mobsters BY JOSEPH MALLIA and ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO The top leadership of the Gambino crime family was being rounded up by FBI agents Thursday in New York City, New Jersey and Italy, with a focus on… construction and labor union racketeering, officials said. The suspects are also accused of extorting construction companies in New Jersey…. More than 80 people are named in two indictments, along with union and construction industry officials. The construction extortion aspects of the investigation, which began more than three years ago, focused on the trucking industry, which hauls away dirt excavated from major construction projects in and around the city…. “This investigation exposed the alleged grip that the Gambino organized crime family has had over one of the largest construction markets in the United States, from small private projects to large scale public works contracts….This involved the trucks that move construction material and debris throughout the entire New York City region …the general contractors who are responsible for building condominiums over in New Jersey….” Also charged was a project manager for the Schiavone Construction Company, a heavy construction firm that has worked on major public works projects in the New York area, according to the indictment. Four trucking company executives, from companies including SRD Contracting, Firehawk Enterprises, Jo-Tap Industries, Andrews Trucking and Dump Masters of NY Inc., were also charged. Also the subject of extortions was the Liberty View Harbor project in Jersey City, the officials said. The defendants are: Joseph Agate, 60, Vincent Amarante, 60, Jerome Brancato, 76, Thomas Cacciopoli, 58, Frank Cali, 42, Nicholas Calvo, 52, Charles Carneglia, 61, Joseph Casiere, 72, Mario Cassarino, 42, Domenico Cefalu, 61, Joseph Chirico, 63, Joseph Corozzo, 66, Nicholas Corozzo, 67, Gino Cracolici, 56, John D’Amico, 73, Sarah Dauria, 33, Vincent Decongilio, Anthony Delvescovo, 51, Leonard Dimaria, 66, Vincent Donnis, 38, Vincent Dragonetti, 43, Robert Epifania, 60, Cody Farrell, 29, Russell Ferrisi, 41, Louis Filippelli, 41, Ronald Flam, 35, Joseph Gaggi, 45, Abid Ghani, 42, Anthony Giammarino, 56, Richard G. Gotti, 40, Vincent Gotti, 55, Ernest Grillo, 51, Christopher Howard, Steven Iaria, 43, Eddie James, 49, John Kasgorgis, William Kilgannon, 49, Michael King, 41, Anthony Licata, 39, Louis Mosca, 62, Lance Moskowitz, 54, Anthony O’Donnell, 43, James Outerie, 54, Vincent Pacelli, 64, John Pisano, 49, Todd Polakoff, 30, Guilio Pomponio, 45, Richard Ranieri, 51, John Regis, 27, Jerry Romano, 49, Angelo Ruggiero Jr., 35, Steven Sabella, 41, Anthony Scibelli, 57, Augustus Sclafani, 67, Joseph Scopo, 31, William Scotto, 40, Edward Sobol, 41, Joseph Spinnato, 42, Michael Urciuoli, 46, Frank Vassallo, 38, Tara Vega, 35 and Arthur Zagari, 60.
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