Eight people with links to organized crime have been charged in a federal case involving bribery and extortion at the World Trade Center site.

An indictment unsealed in Brooklyn alleges that a trucking company paid kickbacks to win a subcontract with a demolition company working at Ground Zero. Prosecutors also say the defendants threatened employees with the demolition company when it failed to pay on time. Wiretaps captured one defendant saying the employees were "shakin' in their boots over us."

Authorities say the case is part of an aggressive campaign to bring down the Colombo crime family.