NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of organized crime figures from the New York area were arrested Wednesday following an investigation of extortion of local garbage haulers, a federal official said.
More than 30 suspects in New York and New Jersey were taken into custody, said J. Peter Donald, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's New York office.
Many of those arrested are suspected members of several of New York's five organized crime families, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said.
The investigation focused on extortion and loan sharking schemes targeting private New York-area garbage haulers, the official said.
The New York Post, which first reported the arrests, said they began at around 5:00 a.m. EST (1000 GMT).
At least nine suspects were arrested in New York City, and the rest in suburban Westchester and Rockland counties and in New Jersey, a second official said.
The suspects are expected to be arraigned in Manhattan federal court Wednesday afternoon.
(Editing by Dan Grebler, Bernadette Baum and John Wallace)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dozens-rounded-york-jersey-extortion-probe-141442455.html
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