For several decades, solid waste and scrap paper generators in New York City were at the mercy of a cartel that colluded to rig bids and fix prices for trash pickup and paper recycling services.
The undercover operation detailed in a new book entitled Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire (G.P. Putnams Son's, New York, Copyright 2002.) finally brought the scheme to an end in the mid-1990s.
The book is co-authored by New York police detective Rick Cowan, who spent ...