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They dont quote Shakespeare: Donnie Brasco tells of Mafia hit at Quebec corruption inquiry
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...ls-of-mafia-hit-at-quebec-corruption-inquiry/
Even if you're not a Quebecer or a Canadian, some of the stuff DB is revealing at this inquiry is very interesting, imo especially for those who follow mob crimes.
MONTREAL The man who infiltrated the New York Mafia and inspired the movie Donnie Brasco is describing how he saw the underworld take over the construction businesses using methods that would be familiar to Quebecers today.
Joseph Pistone, a legendary FBI agent who spent six years undercover as a Mafia associate starting in the late 1970s, told the Charbonneau Commission about the inner workings of the Mob in the United States during his testimony on Monday.
He described its control over labour unions and businesses that owned raw construction materials so it consistently managed to claim a piece of the profit, even for public contracts where a Mob-linked company wasnt ostensibly involved.
In one example he cited, Mafia-run construction companies would claim to hire more expensive unionized labour while actually paying cheaper non-union rates.
He cited different reasons for why the Mafia would have been allowed to become so powerful. First of all, he said businesses are making a grievous error when they allow themselves to get extorted by the Mob because it will keep coming back for more.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...ls-of-mafia-hit-at-quebec-corruption-inquiry/
Even if you're not a Quebecer or a Canadian, some of the stuff DB is revealing at this inquiry is very interesting, imo especially for those who follow mob crimes.