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EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 16 MIN

Mafia’s Dirty Business: The Garbage Cartel and Shared Governance in Waste Hauling

from A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra · host Podily & Josh Linsk

From 1970s New York to the 1990s waste wars, this episode dives into how La Cosa Nostra turned curbside trash into a multi‑million‑dollar racket. It uncovers shared‑governance agreements among families, the 1972 New York investigation, RICO indictments, and the enduring legacy of cartel‑style contract manipulation in modern municipal waste contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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