But the Hamilton families aren't really 'Ndrangheta right? How come they are on the board of control? Isn't the board controlled from Calabria itself?
The founders of the Board of Control are Luppino, Racco, Stalteri, Commisso and I forget who else.
The Luppinos and Musitanos are Ndrangheta members but from a different part of Reggio Calabria. Violi married into the Luppino family as did a Commisso.
Ultimately the board of control was actually initiated by Luppino to settle all disputes between Calabrian families in Ontario, both Ndrangheta based or LCN based. The board answered, back in the day, to Maggadino in Buffalo. The board of control also allowed Luppino and Hamilton families to forge alliances with other Ndrangheta families, which we've seen recently with the arrests of Coluccio and Commisso.
The Siderno Group is autonomous and has become over the last decade, very very powerful.
