A VICIOUS Mafia plot to take over the Big Apple’s garbage industry has been trashed, according to the feds, who claim gangsters associated with the Gambino crime family used savage hammer attacks and death threats to make legit businesses fall in line!
Suspected wiseguys Joseph “Joe Brooklyn” Lanni, 52, Diego “Danny” Tantillo, 48, Robert Brooke, 55, Salvatore DiLorenzo, 66, Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, 57, Kyle “Twin” Johnson, 46, James LaForte, 46, Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero, 36, Vito “Vi” Rappa, 46, and Francesco “Uncle Ciccio” Vicari, 46, were hit with charges including racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, fraud and embezzlement, according to a recently unsealed indictment.
The chilling probe largely focuses on a six-year effort to put the squeeze on two specific businesses, according to prosecutors who charge Tantillo demanded monthly extortion payments…
