operation. multiple law enforcement authorities got together and they hatched this plan that they would open up a fake business in queens, a fake scrap metal and auto salvage business in that part of queens and they would do that basically as a sting operation because that business sector in that part of new york was generally believed by law enforcement to be all mobbed up. so they thought they could use a fake business of that kind to try to crack open the organized crime infiltration of those businesses. so undercover law enforcement officers learned to, i mean, drive wreckers and car crushers and forklifts and flatbed trucks and all the other stuff. they learned how to do this type of business. they opened up this fab businke business in early 99 and they started doing the work. they were buying and selling scrapped autos and scrapped metal. they were doing auto salvage. but, bingo, as soon as they opened that thing up, instant
undercover law enforcement operation. multiple law enforcement authorities got together and they hatched this plan that they would open up a fake business in queens. a fake scrap metal and auto salvage business in that part of queens. and they would do that basically as a sting operation. because that business sector in that part of new york was generally believed by law enforcement to be all mobbed up and so they thought they could use a fake business of that kind to try to crack open the organized crime infiltration of the businesses. so undercover law enforcement officers learned to i mean, i don t know drive wreckers and car crushers and forklifts and flatbed trucks and they learned how to do this type of business and they opened up this fake business and in early 1999 and they started doing work. they were buying and selling scrapped autos and scrap metal and doing auto salvage. but bingo, as soon as they
depends what type of activity you re going afr. some of the street level extortions and drug stuff you can get through traditional law enforcement mechanisms. in the case that i brought, this is back in 90- 92, it s 20 years ago virtually, we had to run a series of sting operations, we we ran an undercover trucking company, a sweat shop to catch what we saw as organized crime infiltration in the garment sector where they owned and controlled all the trucking companies and we were able to send a big message and extract them from that sector. they have controlled the fish market, concrete, as you mentioned in it your introduction, the longshoremen union. the folks who, would on the docks have believed the union is under control of the mob. this case has elements of all of this, everything from murder to gambling to drugs to extortionings to union extortion. it s all here in the many, many indictments announced today. elliott, you talk about, we talk about how the fbi is in