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Denis Thatcher Co-Directo Rs In' Mafia Link' REVIEW I WEEKEND NOTEBOOK BNSIDE ^B^H^H^^^^P^^^^^^T^^^ML^^h^HmIH^H j WOMEN COMICS THE FAMOUS TELL Into It' s a ' How I Russia THE POLISH I Laughs for Royal girl s shall vote ' 10 with love 5 ENIGMA | the 51 knockout u Denis Th atcher co-directo rs in ' Mafia link ' TWO DIRECTORS of Att- and Ralph Velocci's brother, price-fixing in the waste dis- refuse disposal companies were |MB by MICHAEL GILLARD subsequently indicted for con- woods, a waste disposal Rocco, were indicted in a f posal business are largely based on the evidence provided by 75 spiracy, coercion and restraint company of which Mr Denis Florida criminal case, in which the use of intimidation and Florida's second largest waste hours of conversations recor- of trade. Five Counties' John Thatchers the Prime Minister's the charges include racketeer- corruption. disposal operator, in a $24 ing, theft and fraud. IWS i s also y ded by an electronic ' bilg ' Casagrande was a member of husband, is deputy chairman, Denis Thatcher became an million deal almost three ears Jaguar car used at the centre of a number of the Casa- hidden in the the PSI board. have family and shareholding Attwoods director in July 1983. ago. Members of by Antonio ' Tony Ducks ' firm in other legal actions in Florida He has 5,000 Attwoods shares, grande and Vetoed families Five Counties was not named links with an American Corallo, ' boss ' of the Lucchese in the criminal cases. But it was ing Mafia alleging illegal excessive currently worth about £15,000. were the major shareholders in a court case alleg Mafia ' family '. Corallo was named as a defendant in the disposal profits, and over-charging as a Attwoods' chief executive, Mr IWS and have become large control of the refuse result of price-fixing agree- jailed for 100 years in January civil action brought by the State business in New York. Ken Foreman, describes him as shareholders in Attwoods. in the trial of the heads of the ments. IWS was convicted in ' very much involved in the Members of the two families of New York in January, 1985, Mr Jack R. Casagrande and one case last year and fined five New York Mafia against Corallo, Avellino, the Mr Ralph Vetoed, both Ameri- day-to-day running of the also held shares in and were organisations. Casagrande : Shareholder. $375,000. In two recent civil company.' directors of a New York PSI and a number of refuse cans, joined Mr Thatcher on actions, it has been sued for up Corallo's driver was Salvatore disposal companies. Mr Thatcher joined Att- company, Five Counties Cart- by the New the board after Attwoods took to $4 million. headed by a Avellino-identified The civil complaint alleged woods when it was controlled ing. This was York Police Department as a over a company, Industrial In the New York case, the cousin of Jack Casagrande, that there had been a con- by his friend Mr David Wickins soldier ' in the Lucchese crime Waste Service, the two men defendants—major companies , who himself a shareholder in Five ' spiracy since at least 1977 to of British Car Auctions family. In 1980, Rocco Vetoed had built up in Miami, Florida . in local refuse collection, and also employed the Prime Counties. Jack Casagrande's allocate customers and fix Since the takeover, the Florida three Mafia figures — are g brother Rocco is also a director was involved with Avellinoin a prices, a conspiracy maintained Minis ter's son Mark throu h energy subsidiary has greatly stren- accused of conspirin g to make Group Lotus. Last year BCA of the company. Rocco Vetoed proposal to produce by coercion. The Lucchese and gthened Attwoods, accounting excessive profits by fixing sold i ts 30 per cent stake to is also an officer in Five from waste at sites on Long Gambino crime families were last year for 65 per cent of prices and allocating cus- Hawley Group, one of the Counties. Five Counties is a Island. estimated to share $400,000-a- Attwoods' total profits of £7.4 tomers. It is alleged that the major private cleaning contrac- defendant in the New York Corallo, Avellino, the year collected quarterly from million. conspiracy, costing customers tors in the National Health civil conspiracy case. Avellino-headed Private San- members of the PSI. Thatcher : ' Much involved $10 million a year, was con- Service, for £20 million. That case and a number of itation Industry Association However, last month, Jack Contlnusd on Page 2 Veloccl : Family link. in running parent company.' Casagrande, an IWS subsidiary trolled by the Mafia through Attwoods took over IWS, criminal prosecutions alleging and a number of Long Island Princes in the showe r BRIEFLY Iran expels 5 STEFFI CHAMP West Germany's Steffi British envoys Graf, aged 17, beat Martina Navratilova 6 — 4, Tor y lead by OUR FOREIGN STAFF 4 - 6, 8 - 6 to win the French Open women's IRAN yesterday gave five tense and difficult situation. I tennis singles title, her first British diplomats, including The Foreign Office decision to I on the Grand Slam trail. Mr Edward Chaplin who was expel the five consular officials (Ronald Atkin, page 48.) arrested last week, a week to was thought bound to provoke a get out in retaliation for Bri- tit-for-tat response. But the LEWIN WARNS tain's expulsion of five expulsion of Mr Chaplin, second Admiral of the Fleet Lord in command at the Interests dou bles officials from the Iranian Section, means he will not be put Lewin said military chiefs would have to tell a Consulate in Manchester. on trial and an outright breach of Labour government they The head of the British diplomatic relations has been could not guarantee Interests Section in Tehran, Mr averted. Christopher MacRae> was sum- Yesterday, the Iranian Britain's defence without moned to the Foreign Ministry nuclear weapons; •<--—-*-~~-' Embassy in London said their '^^Jj ^^r ^^mBBBB HHbI ^^BP ^BP^NB^ ^ ' ^^^^ ^ HMB ^i^WsK ^BHBIH ^ yesterday jn the company of the representatives would probably Swedish Ambassador, under leave for home tomorrow,' well CUSTOMS STRIKE whose protection the Interests before the deadline for their Customs officers handling THE CONSERVATIVES the election will be trans- Section operates, to hear the departure expires on Wednes- freight at Dover walked decision . day. out 24 hours before a two- have pulled away from formed,' he said. Labour and seem to be ' All in all, I remain in a In London the Foreign Office . Iranian officials are said to day strike. (Airlines said that the Iranian move was have been surprised at the warning, page 3). heading for a comfortable mood to trust the British people to sort this election ' certainly unacceptable ' but British decision to close the victory in Thursday's declined to comment further Manchester Consulate and expel ISRAELIS SHOOT general election, according P^&LL out .' until it had a complete account of all five officials there. They had Israeli troops shot and to an opinion poll com- The mood at Conservative the meeting from Mr MacRae. headquarters was calmer expected only Mr Ahmed wounded four Palestinians missioned by The Observer, CONSERVATIVES 44 A spokesman said that Lon- Ghassemi, who faced a shoplift- in disturbances marking writes our Political Cor- yesterday after the notice- don had already made it clear to ing charge, to be expelled. the 25th anniversary of the respondent . LABOUR 33 able jitters of midweek. Tehran that it would consider The five British diplomats any Iranian reprisals for West Bank occupation. The survey, conducted by Prompted by Labour's the who are being expelled from ALLIANCE 21 last-minute advertising Manchester consulate expul- Iran.were last night named by the Harris Research Centre, sions as ' unjustified.' EX-PM FLIES IN suggests that the Conser- campaign, the Conser- the Foreign Office. In addition Dr Timoci Bavadra, the in effect, that the electorate vatives have also booked an According to the Iran news to Mr Chaplin, they are Mr vatives have more than should vote Labour. unprecedented amount of agency, the charges against Mr Peter Mathers, a first secretary Fiji Prime Minister doubled their lead over Chaplin — which have never deposed in a military coup In a speech this morning, space in national news- (commercial), Mr Rogers Ker- Labour in the past week, been disclosed—should be kept shaw and Mr Mark Clements, last month, arrives in Mr Powell will reiterate his papers. They are unconcer- pending. second secretaries, and Mr London today for talks from 4 per cent last week to ned about Labour's plan to 11 per cent today. belief that Britain should " The Iranian action wasexpec- Christopher Wiggington, a third SOVIET TEST abandon her nuclear attack the Prime Minister : ted by London, and will defuse a secretary (commercial). Current voting intentions weapons. He claims that indeed, they plan to ensure The Soviet Union carried are : Conservative 44 per out its eighth underground those who wish to escape the the maximum possible cent (up 3 points since last nightmare of peace being amount of exposure for Mrs nuclear test since ending week's Observer /Harris ' its moratorium in dependent upon the con- Thatcher on television over poll) ; Labour 33 per cent the next few days, beginning February. (down 4); Alliance 21 per templation of horrific and mutual carnage ' can now with an interview with BARR^raihE REARDON WEDS cent (unchanged) ; and David Frost on TV-am this Others 2 per cent (up 1). ' rationally, logically, and— Former world snooker say—patriotically morning. The figures exclude 11 per I dare to champion Ray Reardon, .
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