In the period jan.1,2016-nov.10,2017(the rough date of arrests in project o-tremens) there was an uptick in murders and arsons in both MTL and the GTA/hamilton region.
these murders and arsons stop against those allied w/ the Rizzuto faction shortly before the arrest of domenico violi et al.
after violis 2017 arrest the murders of those allied w/ Scoppa&Violi begin to go the other way culminating in andrea scoppas murder and has been quiet since.

another question relating to o-tremens arrests it was revealed that damiano zummo was an acting capo in the bonanno crime family.
who's crew was he acting capo of???
and how was he allowed to conduct an initiation ceremony out of country???

Maybe it was a statement to territory, is it known who all was in attendance?

Zummo was close to Baldo Amato, so probably linked to the Zips. I can see them doing initiations outside of the US.

That’s wild, where was this ceremony conducted?

Hamilton.

Sources say Morena's trip from Bayside, Queens to Hamilton, Ontario, was a circuitous one that began with his Brooklyn Federal Court indictment along with Bonanno soldier Baldassare (Baldo) Amato and 20 other Giannini Crew members who were vying for big time roles with the Bonanno, Colombo and Gambino families.

That’s crazy, to think that there’s heavy Sig implications with this. Then consider the revelation that Iavarone was made in LA, potentially by John Gambino, which is heavy Sig again.

From there consider what has happened in Hamilton, it’s remarkable.

so vince (enzo) morena was once w/ the giannini crew and had been an informant for 3 years leading up to 2017 arrests.
damiano zummo would not have still been acting capo for amato.
so i guess another question would be to those more intelligent than me on the bonanno side of things...
who took over amato's crew upon his early 2000's imprisonment???

i don't think simply because amato was SICILIAN anyone could imply that from now on every member of his crew has to be SICILIAN.

and to the point of al iavarone being made in LA by john gambino when did this take place??
and why would a SICILIAN born gambino crime family leader be conducting an initiation ceremony for a low level hamilton associate in L.A.??

amato never became a capo ever unless they made him one in prison. he was always a soldier. he was indicted with massino and everyone only as a soldier. even before massino and they all got arrested in 2003. he reported to george s. then he was killed, i think he just reported to some other capo

I believe it was mentioned that Iavarone or his brother, which ever one is more serious. Sorry, don’t know the name, were made in Los Angeles, if so to have two different LCN families have made guys in Hamilton area is impressive, if it’s true. If it was Gambino or not who made him, I assume the boss would know at least.

On the other side with Bonannos having a large contingency of Sicilians, I agree not every member, could indicate that issues, that existed in the past are in the past.

The uneasiness of a Sicilian from Sicilian in NYC, from Galante and the Zips, to Boneventure and Massino and how it involved Rizzutos was/maybe still is a real thing.

It may not be that way any more, in the past, the Zips really trusted other Zips. And vice versa, non Zips the same, as foolish as it sounds, it would lend to the culture and belief system with CN.

Wonder if it’s the same in Woodbridge area, with the Calabrese.

i'm confused, as usual, u say in a previous thread that john gambino made an iavarone brother (unsure which?) in L.A. which now puts members of 2 crime families in hamilton??
the 2 being gambino and buffalo i assume.
even though there is no evidence the gambinos ever had a presence in canada,ontario or hamilton.

hamilton has only ever had control from buffalo or 'ndrangheta cells.

The newspaper article said that one of the Iavarone was made under the family in LA. I was blown away when I heard it. What a piece of the puzzle just coming to light. With the recent bust out in LA and NYC, I think Gambino was arrested, and was the one in charge. If Iavarone was/is made I don’t know if anyone outside, knows who did it for sure.

Your right to say, it cannot be implied the boss did it or was even involved. If it did occur.

If it’s true, what would it really change in that market. Regardless, being made in any family will open doors. So much, related to Hamilton, maybe it was for protection, as much as business opportunities.

Tony Iavarone is who I am referring to, his brother Albert, was the one murder. I noticed you referred to the deceased, maybe that makes what I’m trying to state clearer, my bad, I apologize.

Tony Iavarone was in attendance at the wedding of Montreal HA Martin Robert.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9791551-antonio-iavarone-named-in-rcmp-led-investigation/

That the Bonannos choose Hamilton instead of Montreal is also interesting. .At the time 2015 the war was pretty intense.

The newer article states that Tony Iavarone was/is into Legal Weed, which is interesting.

The Legal Weed angle could be one part of the driving forces behind the damage that the Hamilton area has taken.

Tony Iavarone into Legal Weed, Tony Large was sourcing a building in Hamilton for Legal Weed, Saverio Serrano targeted by killers from Hamilton, into Legal Weed, and Ross Bommarito, friend/maybe partner of HA Ontario President Joe Ertel, is from Hamilton, and they both are involved in Legal Weed businesses. Bommarito is Sicilian, don’t think he is related to Bommarito in Detroit. He had/has good relations, with Monture from the 6 Nation, as well.

It’s an interesting business, because it takes, a once illicit market, and provides a legal front for massive profits. Anything that can provide that type of money, will be coveted or protected like any other racket.

Also a lot of ex cops and government people have positioned themselves within the corporate structure of these legal weed companies.

‘Bulls make money, Bears makes money, and Pigs get slaughtered’...greed will be the reason for all the drama.

Does the Legal Weed angle comes across as involved the Scoppa or the Violi? Or even Martin Robert?

I apologize again if my English, leaves something to be desired.. lol

2015 is when stuff started to overtly occur in Hamilton, October or November 2015 Pat Musitano car was set on fire. Bonannos??

You (OP) make a lot of sense, and provide primo info, so thank you.

Since Buffalo was off the map since probably Papalia death 97, was the Ndragheta the one that was influencing Hamilton? Which cells? Verducci?

Also how/who is influencing the 1% in Hamilton?

since the murder of papalia parts of hamilton were controlled by the musitano bros,the luppino/violi families and H.A.
carmine verduci controlled a cell in the city up to the time of his 2014 murder.antonio agresta was a member of the cell who was arrested in project o phoenix 2015.

Thanks, pretty much what I have heard, minus the specifics on Verducci.

Hamilton was a relatively calm city up until 2015 until Musitanos car was torched, since then chaos, until recently. Was the murder of Verducci that instrumental in setting this all off? The phoenix project 2015..is that also the one that got Diego Serrano arrested??

Ranieri??, I think his father was Rizzuto, he was close with Bravo, who was close with Desjardin. If we hasn't found dead in Mexico, it seems like it would be academic, that he would be on a wanted poster with the outstanding people involved in Mustino/Barberi murder.

I ask because in both instances there were rumors that Ang Musitano was being targeted in April 2014, Verducci was killed instead. Also, around the time of the 2015 bust (Phoenix??) that the Violi/Luppinos had an informer in their rank, even thou they were arrested until later in a different operati

carmine verduci was murdered by the figliomeni bros.as part of a larger 'ndrangheta internal war over gambling territory in the GTA.

the project o-phoenix arrests in 2015 were the same that took down diego serrano,giuseppe ursino and what would have been the cell led by carmine verduci.

daniele ranieris only allegiance was to juan ramon fernandez.he had been arrested earlier in 2012 as part of an on-line gambling operation based in Ottawa,canada.
i have never found any details about his involvement in this gambling operation.

the gambling network was led by benedetto manasseri who was the victim of an attempted murder in Ottawa,Canada nov.21,2019.

All the people involved, specifically in/or tied to Hamilton, since 2014 experience has been bizarre. All at least initially tied to Rizzuto.

Musitano, one dead, other shot in face.
Violi/Luppino, brothers in jail, cousin murdered, another family member stabbed.
Iavarone, one brother potentiality made, other brother murdered.
Verducci, operates in Hamilton, murdered.
Phil Boudreault HA Nomads/Hamilton shot, permanently disabled, I believe.
Saverio Serrano targeted by hit men from Hamilton, girlfriend killed instead.
Ranieri, since he was being tied to the Musitano/Serrano hit team, executed in Mexico.
Tony Large, had a building on Kenilworth in Hamilton, Legal Weed, murdered.

If the Scoppa brothers were aligned with Violi, both of them are dead as well.

These instances haven’t just transformed the Hamilton landscape, maybe all of Canada. In only 6 years.

I think the building Tony Large was prospecting to convert was a HA bar, called Boomers.

phil boudreault's attempted murder took place outside lachine quebec and was a message to get out of sherbrooke H.A.'s drug territory in 2016.
the same can be said for the former president of nomads Ontario H.A. martin bernatchez attempted murder in 2016.

Right on, any idea why Boudreault was document wear HA Hamilton cut?? Shown in article pics. How does he fit into Hamilton, as well as being a Nomad during part of this?

Are Hamilton HA that influential??

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/montrea...-hells-angels-member-shot-in-lachute/amp

Also the release and return of Walter Stadnik back to Hamilton, in the final quarter of 2014.

phil boudreault had to turn in ontario nomads patch because of the closing in sept,2016 of the Ottawa based chapter.
if he was seen wearing a hamilton H.A. cut it could be because of his relocation to that chapter.

In 2015 Salvatore Scoppa was notified by the police that his life was threatened. He later fled to Mexico.

Do you know who long he was in Mexico? Wonder if he planned the murders of Sollecito and Giordano from Mexico.

It’s all so interesting, the under currents from what I’ve been told is, Rizzuto setups connections for pipeline in Hamilton Fall 2013, Rizzuto dies December 2013, Mom Boucher is voted out of HA March 2014, return of Stadnik December 2014.

The most concerned were members of the Hamilton and surrounding 1%, mainly those involved in creating the necessary business front in Hamilton. They ended up getting busted out, too much missing money, and product up certain noses.

Is Hamilton HA/1% that influential, I get mixed responses for various reasons.

Here’s some names, maybe you can add to why they were/are so concerned.

Red Devils/Bacchus/Associates
Bob, Billy, Dylan Freeborn, Ray Phillips, Rick Joslin, Peter Gilpin, Vince Poole (I believe his family owns the motorcycle shop on Parkdale).

HA/Associates/Ex Outlaws
Mike Gervais (his brother HA Richard Gervais from Kirkland lake), Phil Gervais HA from Alberta, Chris Waas, Jim Flood, John Stienbach, Ross Bommarito, Sam Bommarito, Mario Parente, Joe Ertel HA Toronto
Sam Murella ( local politician) is person Tony Large was meeting with in Hamilton, and is link to Mob in police documents released on the Google.

At the highest level Hamilton Billionaire Michael DeGroote, who had a trouble deal with Rizzuto/Associates. This is specifically about gambling, which seems to be a trend within the information you been providing.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nUqqROQwcwY

Vince Poole, might be the same one. Jeff Joslin, is Rick Joslins (Red Devil/Bacchus) son, Joslins in a legendary Martial Arts front for these bikers/criminals, Vince Poole and Jeff Joslin are life long friends.

https://www.chch.com/guns-cash-and-1m-worth-of-cocaine-seized-by-hamilton-police/

Murella

https://donaldbest.ca/leaked-police...d-with-organized-crime-ndrangheta-mafia/