I’ve been watching Sopranos lately, and a few times they’ve talked about construction jobs, the unions, and getting ‘no show’ jobs (whatever they are) and I realised a lot of Organised Crime I’ve heard about always seems to be tied them, yet I have no idea how it makes so much money for them.
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Organized crime makes money from construction and unions in a few ways. They infiltrate construction companies and unions, controlling who gets contracts for big projects. By inflating costs and demanding kickbacks from contractors, they pocket a lot of money. Controlling unions lets them manipulate labor costs, forcing companies to hire more workers than needed or pay high wages for less work.
The extra money goes to the crime group through bribes or inflated union dues. They also use extortion, threatening strikes or slowdowns unless construction companies pay them off. ‘No show’ jobs are another trick, where someone gets paid without actually working, letting the crime group funnel money to their members. In short, they exploit the construction industry’s complexity and the unions’ power to skim money, extort businesses, and launder illegal earnings through legitimate businesses.
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