Operation Wasteland
| Location | New York City, United States |
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| Organised by | Law enforcment |
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Operation Wasteland was an
waste disposal industry in New York City
.
The investigation resulted in the indictment and conviction of over one hundred participants in
price-fixing and bid rigging of waste hauling
contracts in the city.
The story is detailed in the book, Takedown, the Fall of the Last Mafia Empire, by Detective Rick Cowan and co-author Douglas Century,[1] and in Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by Heather Rogers.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-0399148750.
- ISBN 9781595581204.
