Actually there's not a lot of info available on the Lopresti sr murder. He was basically the Rizzuto emissary to New York before George from Canada was, and there's theories of a falling out of sorts. He supposedly did something that someone didn't like.
Great posts, eurodave; your bringing a lot to the GBB table. The Canadian situation is definitely an interesting one. The point you made about the distinction between Italian-Canadian mobsters as opposed to Italian mobsters in Canada is very apt.
I remember reading in the 6th Family that the Lopresti murder was an issue between the Bonnanos and the Rizzutos, but I could be mistaken.
Hamilton gangsters are Italian-Canadian while the GTA ndrine seem to be Italian gangsters in Canada and if you think of the deportation of Commisso and Coluccio, it proves that the ndrangheta are expanding across Canada in the same way the Cosa Nostra did in the 70s.
