By: Michael Ruiz
The plot turned out to be garbage.
Ten New York-based mobsters and another six in Italy have been charged in an international conspiracy case that alleges they conspired to dominate the Big Apple's trash hauling and demolition industries while scamming unions and beating up people who got in their way, according to the Justice Department.
The suspects, all alleged members or associates of the Gambino crime family, face federal racketeering charges on allegations that include extortion, arson, multiple assaults and union fraud.
The alleged ringleader is Joseph Lanni, according to court documents, also known as "Joe Brooklyn" and "Mommino," a purported mob captain who the Justice Department alleges was involved in the unrelated beating of a man and woman who owned a New Jersey restaurant in September.
In one reported incident, alleged Gambino "soldier" Diego Tantillo, alleged Sicilian mobsters Vito Rappa and Francesco Vicari as well as Gambino associate Kyle "Twin" Johnson were accused of targeting a New York City carting business owner by threatening him with a bat, lighting his front porch on fire and having someone vandalize his trucks.
They also allegedly beat up one of his associates before cornering the victim and his father-in-law.
According to federal prosecutors, a wiretap recorded Rappa telling Vicari that he'd coerced the father-in-law into acting "like the ‘Last of the Samurai’" and threatening to cut the business owner in half in order to extract extortion payments.
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