GTA raids targeting organized crime('Ndrangheta)

Police have arrested more than 18 people in connection with organized crime cells in the Greater Toronto Area, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said.

Heavily-armed tactical units from York Region, Toronto and Guelph took part in the RCMP-led raids early morning on Tuesday.

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit executed 25 search warrants following a two-year investigation, dismantling several alleged crime cells in the GTA involved with importing drugs, trafficking of firearms and drugs, extreme violence and extortion.

One suspect was taken into custody from Louana Crescent, near Highway 7 and Weston Road, in Vaughan just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

Around the same time, two suspects were also taken into custody from a high-end condominium on Evans Avenue, across from Sherway Gardens, in Etobicoke.

There is no word on charges.

Police will reveal more details at a 11 a.m. news conference on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.citynews.ca/2015/06/02/18-arrested-gta-raids-targeting-organized-crime-rcmp/

Interesting. It's believed that Verducci was whacked in broad daylight as part of Montreal's settling of accounts. They definitely took down a major Toronto player.

I don't think they nicked much of the Ndrangheta inner circle though. Among the arrested I count a Serb, a Greek, a Turk, an Armenian, a Jew, a Pakistani and two Frenchies. My best guess is that the majority of those arrested were associates. It will take a while before they get to the core of the Toronto Ndrangheta.

Am I missing something? They've got maps with Italy, Mexico and the Caribbean, suggesting they're international traffickers with global supply routes, and they busted these guys with 7kg of cocaine and 5kg of weed? That doesn't make them pushers on the street corner but it a sure as hell doesn't suggest they're major importer/exporters. Actually, that does make them street pushers, or one step removed, that's less than a pound of product per dude arrested.

There's possibly a lot more stuff of them lying somewhere than the amount they were busted for? Of course. But even then the majority of these guys were probably mid-level pushers at best. But of course whenever law enforcement puts a dent in any operation, they're going to make it seem as if they've just torn an entire criminal organization to shreds.

Well it's VERY WELL known that the Rizzuto's owned the Montreal drug route that funneled probably hundreds of tons of coke, heroin, etc. into America that come from South America countries that I think the Cun-trera/Caruana's sent out.

I imagine Vito let them funnel their own through there as well and of course now after everything they might even control some of it now. I'd say it's more possible they are heavy hitters than they are nobodies (talking about Ndrangheta guys)

all I'm saying is the police are probably full of it. maybe the guys they caught are heavy hitters, with their use of the phrase "significant dent" to the drug trade, but if they are they caught them bunting. i suppose it's better than catching the guy pushing grams and 8-balls on the street corner but what they caught them with doesn't justify their claims

if anyone knows italian :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmCT9DST0ek

"all I'm saying is the police are probably full of it. maybe the guys they caught are heavy hitters, with their use of the phrase "significant dent" to the drug trade, but if they are they caught them bunting. i suppose it's better than catching the guy pushing grams and 8-balls on the street corner but what they caught them with doesn't justify their claims"



Google Diego Serrano's name. Google it with "Escobar" and see what you come up with.

That's all I'm going to say.

5 of 7 York Region-area suspected gangsters released on bail

http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/566...leased-on-bail/

The 'Ndrangheta has surpassed some criminal organizations when it comes to trafficking drugs, specifically cocaine, in the Canada, the US & elsewhere. Part of the reason for this is the amount of satellite groups they have in the Caribbean, the UK, and through control of the ports in Calabria and other places. They may have caught these guys with mid-level stuff, but they're likely just trying to put together a paper trail, hoping it leads back to some of the bigger names.

The Verduci theory is interesting, if he was killed as a debt to settling old scores, I wonder if the other murders which occurred after Rizzuto's death, were also done to wipe the slate clean so to speak. Like Ducarme Joseph.

Diego Serrano has pleaded guilty.

"Vaughan man smuggled cocaine aboard Toronto flights, court hears"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/11...ourt-hears.html

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01...rafficking.html

Vaughan restaurateur gets third prison term for cocaine trafficking

Wow never thought Diego Serrano would deal with such small street stuff.

I always thought he was very intelligent, but maybe he's not. I know he has cash, so why deal with such small amounts at that age? Maybe, he's broke. Who knows.

Toronto court hears testimony on inner workings of ‘Ndrangheta organized crime group

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...of-ndrangheta-organized-crime-group.html

Thanks interesting that Verduci had been on the local board of control. The board was wanted by the Italian-American bosses of Calabrian origin Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia to avoid conflicts with the American Cosa Nostra.

Was there a true "Calabrian Faction" within American LCN as a whole? I know such a dynamic existed in Philly, Scarfo with his " siggie" references.....

Frankie Yale was the first major NY boss of Calabrian origin.

Pino Ursino his family is one of the main 'ndrine of Gioiosa Jonica. The Jonica gangs are active both in the Netherlands and in Canada.

Were you responding to the post I made approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes before you posted? Maybe I'm imaging things, but did my post get deleted?

Drug-smuggling mobsters used retired police dogs to help secure cargo, court hears

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...gs-to-help-secure-cargo-court-hears.html


‘What the f---, people want to die?’: Mob turncoat testifies against former boss at cocaine trial

http://nationalpost.com/wcm/674f638c-e9d4-484f-be31-170c2e9a3f99

I haven't seen your post anti, but thanks for the articles.
The Ursinos are related to the Lo Presti family. They made alliances overseas with the Gambino crime family of New York City, and with the families of the 'Ndrangheta in Canada, of Rocco Zito, Michele Racco, Cosimo Stalteri in Toronto and Vic Cotroni in Montreal.

Lo Presti

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Thanks. I'll try again.

Link:

Il sicario “canadese” che sta facendo tremare le cosche

http://lacnews24.it/cronaca/il-sicario-canadese-che-sta-facendo-tremare-le-cosche_46391/

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-as-police-informant-cocaine-trial-hears

Threat from alleged Mafia boss ended mobster’s work as police informant, cocaine trial hears

All those Ursino brothers, sons, nephews, uncles, cousins its pretty dizzying. But it seems Pino's father was Francesco Ursino himself a leading member of the clan.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...f-mob-killings-in-secret-recordings.html

Court hears details of mob killings in secret recordings

More testimony from witness "Carmine Guido" in the trial of Giuseppe Ursino and Cosmin Dracea.

‘I was starting to lose my mind,’ former mobster tells cocaine trafficking trial

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ter-tells-cocaine-trafficking-trial.html

Adrian Humphreys has been reporting on the trial too.

Ex-mobster paid $2.4M to become police informant tells trial he made far more money as a crook

http://nationalpost.com/wcm/b1f45dfa-c4ca-4d8e-bc23-a56adab3c856

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...s-disagree-on-whether-he-can-return.html

He was deported for ‘serious criminality.’ Now the federal Liberals disagree on whether he can return

Ex-mobster tells court $2.4M he was paid for working as police agent ‘isn’t half of what I gave up’

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...e-agent-isnt-half-of-what-i-gave-up.html

Paid police agent used cocaine while undercover, drug trafficking trial told

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ercover-drug-trafficking-trial-told.html

Accused in criminal organization trial says he’s no boss — ‘not even in my family’

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...s-hes-no-boss-not-even-in-my-family.html

Accused crime boss admits at trial he talked to agent about cocaine trafficking — but didn’t mean it

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...caine-trafficking-but-didnt-mean-it.html

Accused tells court he only posed as a cocaine trafficker for money scam

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...a-cocaine-trafficker-for-money-scam.html

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Jury finds alleged ‘Ndrangheta crime boss guilty of cocaine trafficking for criminal organization

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...afficking-for-criminal-organization.html

Glenn Forde, who was shown in an organization chart as being in Diego Serrano's group when Project OPhoenix culminated in 2015, is to be sentenced. His sentencing was originally scheduled for last Friday, May 4, but he is also on the Superior Court of Justice docket today (Wednesday, May 9) in R v. Serrano et al. I'll try to find out more, especially because I think he struck a plea deal.

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There have been delays in his sentencing, but I have no idea why. The newest date for his sentencing is tomorrow, June 20, at 10:00 am. Domenico Scopelliti's sentencing is also scheduled for tomorrow at the same time.

Membership in Mafia 'better than gold,' landmark trial of two mobsters hears

https://nationalpost.com/news/membe...ld-landmark-trial-of-two-mobsters-hears/

Antimafia, any idea if Pino is related to the Ursino 'ndrina from Gioiosa Jonica ?

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You're asking me a question that you yourself have already previously answered on p. 1 of this thread. On that same page, I also posted a link to an Italian-language article that stated Ursino's family constitutes one of the main 'ndrine in Gioiosa Ionica.

Right, sometimes I forget about what I already posted. But how he fits in the family tree we still have to dig into.

BTW in March the Italians arrested Giuseppe Ursino, 50, and seized a restaurant and two bars in the Turin area. He´s a leader of the 'Ndrangheta in Piedmont.

I get the feeling some of the posters in here are heavy drinkers

GTA cocaine conspiracy was tied to ’Ndrangheta crime network, Crown says at sentencing of alleged mob boss

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...s-at-sentencing-of-alleged-mob-boss.html

At today's hearing for Giuseppe Ursino and Cosmin Dracea, the Crown and the Defence (Ursino's lawyer only) completed their sentencing submissions. The next date for the sentencing hearing is Thursday, February 28.

The Crown is seeking 15 years for Ursino, 14 years for Dracea.

Adrian Humphreys just recently posted on Twitter the links to two YouTube videos that feature Ursino speaking with police agent Carmine Guido; Humphreys put together the videos, which are parts 1 and 2, by himself. Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imnP1gU5gsA&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZuXa051yis&feature=youtu.be

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Link to Peter Edwards's article about today's sentencing hearing:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...s-in-gta-mafia-drug-importing-trial.html

If you can't read the article because of a paywall, the article can also be found at

https://www.simcoe.com/news-story/9...ences-in-gta-mafia-drug-importing-trial/

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No excuses ‘besides being stupid,’ drug smuggler in landmark Mafia trial tells judge at sentencing hearing

https://nationalpost.com/news/no-ex...trial-tells-judge-at-sentencing-hearing/

Is this boss saying he has financial problems? I dont see it, you are part of an organization which makes billions of dollars every year, You are a boss in this organization and you have financial problems? I dont get it why the fuck do you do this thing for then.

Its not smart thing to say something like : "Hey i have a bunch of illegal earned money,hidden somewhere". I don't know if he do or not , but they usually try to hide it best possible way.

Alleged Mafia boss gets 10 years in historic case

https://torontosun.com/news/national/alleged-mafia-boss-gets-10-years-in-historic-case/

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Toronto judge sentences ‘Ndrangheta crime boss to 11 ½ years for cocaine conspiracy

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...-to-11-years-for-cocaine-conspiracy.html

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Toronto Mafia boss, colleague given extra long prison terms while shadowy organization gets special scrutiny

http://nationalpost.com/wcm/ed4e82d7-946b-465b-89b3-8dc17a11a795

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"The Mafia defines who he is” – Profile of Toronto ‘Ndrangheta boss Giuseppe “Pino” Ursino

http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profil...is-profile-of-toronto-ndrangheta-boss-gi

Pino Ursino also has a criminal record in Italy for criminal association and extortion and is considered an apical element of the Ursino gang of Gioiosa Ionica (RC).

Ontario Superior Court of Justice reasons for sentencing of Giuseppe Ursino and Cosmin Dracea this past February:

https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2019/2019onsc1171/2019onsc1171.html

PDF of the above document will be found in my Evernote note to which I've linked below.

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s229...ffab4b0/0a0d9ea1ae3dc08319fb4a5116a3dab1

Santo Rumbo to be extradited to Italy
Author: François Aulner (Radio), k2 (RTL.lu)|Update: 18.09.2019 17:09

The suspected mafioso Santo Rumbo was arrested in Soleuvre on 9 August and has since been in police custody.

Rumbo is accused of having worked for the 'Ndrangheta mafia in Canada. As confirmed by the courts' spokesperson on Wednesday, the judge's chamber confirmed the decision to extradite Rumbo to Italy, where he will face a trial.

Rumbo has been based in Lamadelaine since the beginning of the year and was listed as a co-owner of a Differdange bar.

Convicted Ontario mobster, 67, denied parole after refusing COVID-19 vaccine while arguing he fears catching virus in prison

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...arole-after-refusing-covid-19-vaccine-wh

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Convicted Ontario mobster, 68, loses appeal over denied parole

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...-68-loses-appeal-over-denied-parole.html

Metro Vancouver murder victim had links to organized crime in two provinces

https://vancouversun.com/news/crime...inks-to-organized-crime-in-two-provinces

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GTA mob boss denied parole over undercover ’Ndrangheta bust

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...ole-over-undercover-ndrangheta-bust.html

So who is the mobster referred to as “The Chosen One”?