Iceveins,
Organized crime, in the "tradition" sense that we know and discuss it? No! But the fact that "connected" guys whether or not they themselves are, in fact, "members" of the Mafia, are involved in criminal acts within the construction industry, with construction companies, does indeed turn this "general" business fraud case, into an "organized crime" related indictment. That is a fact!
But as I stated earlier, I understand where you're coming from with this, and I completely agree with you. This is NOT "traditional" mob activity. Even what passed for "traditional" construction racket activity years back.
But like everything else in life, nowadays the mob is attempting to "adjust" to the current times and conditions out there in the marketplace...Can you really blame them?
It was indeed a crime which was organized...maybe we can agree that while there are still organized crimes which take place, it's nearly impossible nowadays for an organization to operate as a criminal enterprise engaging in a broad spectrum of crimes for a period of time long enough to be considered a viable organized crime entity.
