Interestingly enough, Anna Sergi, another knowledgeable criminologist that focuses mostly on Italian organized crime abroad, disagrees with the Ontario-scenario and tweeted something similar to what Mafia101 just posted.

Not everything is some major international or nation-wide plot:

Originally Posted by Anna Sergi (Prof | Dr) @annasergi 20 march 2023

always amazed how in #Canada persists a belief that violence is the strategic result of higher rule of IOC across provinces. what if this isn’t about IOC at all? What if this is just about Montreal? And no Violi is not really #ndrangheta and please don’t spell it N’drangheta.