Among the many charges in the 16 indictments related to the FBI’s massive mob bust today, officials allege that members of the Genovese crime family have “preyed” for years on members of the International Longshoremen’s Association in New Jersey — with the help of union officials.The indictment states that from 1982 until this year, Stephen Depiro, an alleged “soldier” for the Genovese family and manager of the family’s illegal activities on the New Jersey piers, along with the former president of ILA Local 1235 Albert Cernadas and vice president of ILA Local 1478 Nunzio Lagrasso (who is also Depiro’s cousin), extorted “tribute payments” from ILA members around Christmastime. During the holiday season, certain union members received royalty payment checks paid by shipping companies using the ports of New York and New Jersey.
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