Genovese Assoc 'Papa Smurf' Ran Garbage Scam
Genovese associate Carmine 'Papa Smurf' Franco at yesterday's predawn arrests. And people keep insisting that the American Cosa Nostra is dead... Fort Lee, NJ Patch : A reputed Ramsey mobster known as "Papa Smurf" was charged Wednesday in a widespread federal sweep targeting a mob-run conspiracy to control the trash-hauling industry in New York and New Jersey. [ FBI press release on the bust] Borough resident Carmine Franco, a 77-year-old Genovese Crime Family associate who had two prior convictions in connection with organized crime in the trash removal industry, was allegedly the ring leader of a scheme to control crooked waste management companies, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Franco and a brother formerly owned the Sal Car transfer station in Hillsdale, which they later sold to Waste Management. Also arrested Wednesday was Teaneck resident Jonathan Greene, 47, who faces a charge of interstate transportation of stolen property in t...
