A younger generation with ties back to George “Gstar” Acello have their hands in multiple businesses for quite some time. Among its well-hidden members suspected of mafia members include a new wave of a young generation. George “Gstar” Acello has been associated with and suspected to be acting alongside one of the major five New York and New Jersey cosa nostra families. His flamboyant social media presence dictates the feel of fun, but sources tell us he is well taught by his leaders of old.
We have not confirmed his actual position in the mob, but sources say he has been associated and an active “made man” for quite some time. Although only 28 years old, his presence is one to fear and not to fluff.
Since most big construction projects use unionized workers, a Mafia family could then use its control of the labour force to extort the construction company’s bosses.
“They would tell their members to slow down the job so the company’s losing money every day,” sources said . “If a company did get a contract and didn’t play ball with the Mafia, that’s what they would do until they finally gave in.”
Construction companies could be hit up for millions in payments this way. It might happen subtly: Sometimes the Mob would dictate that 20 workers be hired for a particular construction project. when only 10 were really needed, Ricci said. Or Mafia-run construction companies would submit claims for more expensive unionized labour while actually paying cheaper non-union rates.
The Mafia also had a stake in raw-materials companies like cement or steel suppliers, and could squeeze a piece of the profit that way, even when public contracts went to a business not controlled by dons.
The ultimate consequence of these Mafia rake-offs is to drive up costs
“They are paying more when the Mafia is involved in any particular business if the people or payers have to use that business.”
The connection between the garbage-hauling industry and the mafia goes back decades. In the U.S., La Cosa Nostra has been part of New York’s commercial sanitation system since the 1950s (personal trash is hauled by the city’s Department of Sanitation). Carters, as trash haulers are known, have always been able to carve out and sell routes to one another, making the system vulnerable to strong-arm tactics.
The Mafia entered the industry through the Teamsters Union, gaining influence over certain routes and using unsavory tactics to keep competition at bay. When a national waste-industry leader, Browning-Ferris Industries, entered the market in 1992, an executive’s wife found the decapitated head of a German shepherd on her lawn. In its mouth was a note: “Welcome to New York” [source: Keenan].
More recently, Canada’s Charbonneau Commission discovered the Mafia here made plenty of money in the real estate business by staying on the sidelines, working as consultants and arbiters. Essentially, Mob members would assist with negotiations between business partners, help secure financing, and more.
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