He sounds like rat material, agreeing to do all this positive shit once released.

violi doesn't strike me as rat material.
canadas justice system performing on par yet again.
and he can agree to do anything to be released if the recourse is to stay in prison longer.

Canada is a mobster’s heaven, law-wise.

Only in Canada,a dangerous mobster get 16 for drug trafficking and is out after 3!
Unbelievable!

I'm glad he's free, some of you guys sound like some pro-government, pro-State snitches on here.

HUNTER: What does release of reputed mob boss Violi mean?

https://torontosun.com/news/world/hunter-what-does-release-of-reputed-mob-boss-violi-mean

Furio, I think you need to read the article again man. Giuseppe Violi was sentenced to 16 years not his brother Dom Violi.

Dilly, I strongly agree with Cahill, Dom Violi would never be a rat. He has more integrity, self respect and honour then many , OC figures in Canada and in the United States and Italy. And I believe many people men on both sides of the law know this. He was brought up in a family that holds the traits loyality, respect and honour above everything else, this family that has been a law enforcement target since the 70's has never been penetrated until just 4 years ago, when an informant from NY took full advantage of Doms and his families kindness. I seriously doubt that Dom will drop his guard again to be put in such a predictament where he allows a stranger into his inner circle. This is just my opinion based on conversations from people that actually know him. I'm sure there are others that disagree..so let's hear them.

Silliness.... they dont come more Mafia than Dom Violi....

The goody Two Shoes act is CLASSIC MAFIA.... that's what you supposed to do.

I got arrested for Growing weed, got super lenient probation because I told em what they wanna hear. " It was bad, blah blah blah"....

Be stupid and go in there with all that bravado, like a Quack Quack in the Courtroom, and see how much time you get..


It's crazy you even mention Violi and rat in the same sentence, the man SPECIFICALLY took a plea that didnt force him to admit mafia membership, plus he just forced them to reconsider his parole for mentioning mafia at his hearing, when he wasnt convicted of mafia association.

So he played the system to its fullest, got reputable people to speak on his behalf...

You buggin...

Yes,my bad.

The “rat from NY” was Enzo Morena, correct?

He’s proof that not all “zips” are hardcore stand up guys like many believe.

Okay, my apologies then.

About Enzo Morena, I was thinking the same thing. There are even more rats in the Mafia in Italy than over here. Now grant it, they have way more Mafiosi, but still.

As far as Zips go, I do think they could do a better job at running Italian organized crime in America than today's Italian-American population, just by restoring some old-world values and traditional Mafia customs. They can be very loyal and tightly-knit as well, especially if they're all related in some way. That's actually one of the things that make the Ndrangheta one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world.

What risked Morena to force him to flip?

I think morena was arrested in a 2014 cocaine bust out of Montreal.
He was also once a member of the Giannini crew so by extension an associate of the bonannos in the early 2000's.
After arrest he became a paid informer for the RCMP.

Just reading the Toronto Sun article curious that it says violi has good connections to Asian OC in Ontario.

If I remember correctly, Morena was deported after a prison stretch in the US.
Like Vito said he was a Bonanno associate at the time.
Then he settled in Canada. Most likely illegally due to his past conviction and expulsion from America.
I would guess that he didn't want to get shipped back overseas for a second time so he flipped.

That's the thing with zips.

The only ones truly worth something are the drug brokers.

Zip enforcers, on the other hand, are nothing special.

First off, to settle here legally, they must be unknown, young, with no criminal history.
The more established ones most certainly have a record so they won’t make it through immigration.

Second of all, either way the come here legally or illegally, they won’t even be able do their “job” freely because of the threat of deportation constantly looming over their heads. Even a simple assault charge can get them kicked out of the country (like Walter Samperi)…or make them flip (like Biagio Adornetto, Sergio Battaglia, Enzo Morena, etc).

It seems that the direction the LCN has taken is in line with this thinking.

Do business with the zips who count on the global drug market and use your own local meatheads as muscle.

Recent indictments prove that there’s always an abundance of leg-breakers around.

I always thought it was bullshit, hilarious, but bullshit nonetheless, when the Colombos were charged with "extorting" the Gambinos for the cost of Walter Samperi's medical bills. Of course the Gambinos should've paid, it was one of their guys who fucked Samperi up. Samperi must've not been much of an earner. I question whether the Colombos had enough money in their coffers (remember the secret mob banks I inquired about in another thread?) but even if they did, I could see why they expected the Gambinos to pay.

The Violi are from Sinopoli.

Now having said that, of course, ...... if Violi turns out to have already flipped, got let out early, then they let him run around like Morena making cases, then I'll gladly wear the dunce hat, lol!!

He moves fentanyl and synthetics like ecstasy.... probably heroin too and weed...

I doubt that they're letting him out to make cases, usually when they do that they keep it under tight wrap, until the indictments come down then everyone's shocked.

^^^^
Son of murdered Hamilton mob boss gets to stay on parole
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ton-mob-boss-gets-to-stay-on-parole.html

In Scott Burnstein's YouTube video from yesterday (May 7), he gives his opinion on what he considers the current Buffalo Family administration:

Boss: Joe Todaro Jr.
Underboss: Bobby Panaro
Consigliere: Vic Sansanese

Scrub to the 4:08 mark.

https://youtu.be/D4byyMHV5Bs?si=MmLQJ5bCNsBv_ABl

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If you want to know what else Burnstein says about Hamilton, scrub to the 23:40 mark and watch for another 5 mins. till the end.