Originally Posted By: Mickey_MeatBalls_DeMonica
Originally Posted By: eurodave

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.


Yeah thats what I was referring to. There's still not a lot out there on it as yet.

Originally Posted By: eurodave

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.


I think the Calabrians are proliferating at a faster pace. Over the last decade or so, they've expanded exponentially compared to the pace LCN had before their eventual decline in the States.

On another note, there's a similar (NOT identical, Im not juxtaposing the situation in the two countries) issue in Australia where Italian-Australian gangsters are automatically lumped together with Ndrine elements or named as "mafia members". While the two are not mutually exclusive, they are often independant notions.


Exactly........but then again, the Ndrangheta will go where they have a community and relatives and the biggest concentration of Calabrians outside Europe are traditionally found in Canada and Australia.

The first wave of immigrants and criminals gave way to families like the Violi, Cotroni,Luppino etc. Also to note is the expansion of the ndrangheta is linked to their peace treaty after the 2nd war in the early 90s. Once the war was over, the province of Reggio Calabria was divided into three specific geographical ares. That's when the ndrine expanded all over Europe and abroad, brokering cocaine instead of buying it from the Sicilians.