Chicago Muscle Plants a Flag in Los Santos: Frank Caccia’s Pacific Waste Solutions Move Signals West Coast Ambition
By Scott Burnstein – August 15, 2025
Los Santos, SA - Frank Caccia, the low-key but steadily rising Chicago Outfit figure whose West Coast footprint has been quietly expanding over the last decade, has reportedly staked a new claim in Los Santos. Sources in both law enforcement and the underworld say Caccia, long suspected of running the Outfit’s limited but lucrative Pacific operations, has set up shop through a garbage-hauling front known as Pacific Waste Solutions.
This latest maneuver, insiders suggest, is more than just another Outfit front. The move could mark the Outfit’s most deliberate attempt to establish a permanent toehold in Los Santos since the early ’90s, when the Outfit briefly tested the waters through a series of ill-fated nightclub and vending machine rackets.
Caccia’s name first began circulating among mob watchers in the late 2000s, when he and a small band of Chicago transplants began operating in Las Venturas. That desert venture—built on loansharking, underground casinos, and smash-and-grab burglaries—kept the Outfit’s flag flying in a city where most mob families had already packed up. The 2018 arrests that gutted his crew might have slowed some men down; Caccia appears to have taken it as an opportunity to recalibrate.
Enter Pacific Waste Solutions, a newly incorporated hauling and disposal service with a tidy fleet and a suspiciously aggressive push into commercial contracts. Investigators believe the company could serve as both a money-laundering vehicle and a means to muscle into municipal garbage routes, a classic mob racket dating back to the mid-20th century. “Waste management gives them legitimate billing, control over union labor, and leverage over competitors who don’t play ball,” said one retired federal agent familiar with past Outfit tactics. “It’s the same playbook the New York families ran in the ’70s, just with a California ZIP code.”
The Chicago Outfit has been in slow decline since the mid-2000s, its old guard fading and recruitment lagging. Caccia’s rise, sources say, is emblematic of a new, leaner strategy: granting ambitious captains wide autonomy on the fringe markets, while keeping them at arm’s length from the Midwest core. This decentralization keeps law enforcement guessing and allows the Outfit to exploit fresh territory without exposing the mothership.
The Outfit’s West Coast portfolio has historically been small, overshadowed by East Coast families and local independent crews. But Caccia’s appointment, coupled with his push into a capital-heavy, service-based industry, signals an intent to plant deeper roots in Los Santos. Analysts suggest the move gives him a platform to launder illicit earnings, muscle out competitors, and solidify the Outfit’s brand on the Pacific Rim.
