Pat Musitano shot west of Toronto

Musitano was shot in Mississauga, a city just west of Toronto that is a suburb.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...obster-pat-musitano-shot-in-mississauga/

He was shot in the face.

Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano shot in Mississauga: police source

https://go.shr.lc/2VitHRN

wow
the mafia lately are making all the headlines
whether if it's in italy or usa or canada

Peel Regional Police will be updating the media on scene at 11:00 am as per their tweet

https://twitter.com/PeelPoliceMedia

Reporter and video journalist Matt Ingram, currently working for CHCH News, has been tweeting live from the scene. His handle is @MattIngramNEWS.

Thanks Anti!

The Hamilton Spectator's Nicole O'Reilly has updated the paper's article on the shooting. Link below is to the Toronto Star site -- both papers are owned by the same parent company -- but please note you may hit a paywall if you've already ready five (5) free articles on the Toronto Star site this month.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...-mississauga-taken-to-trauma-centre.html

https://twitter.com/MattIngramNEWS/status/1121433506868092928

Matt Ingram @MattIngramNEWS

#BREAKING Police hold presser, say victim shot multiple times, remains in life-threatening condition, wouldn't say where in body shot, wouldn't say why he was here, will say it happened outside vehicle @CHCHNews

11:19 AM - 25 Apr 2019 from Mississauga, Ontario

Damn! Angelo was whacked a couple years ago, his uncle passes away a week or two ago....now this! Musitanos are definitely done for. Any speculation as to where this is coming from? Could it be Rocco Papalia? He was released from Prison a few years ago right? I am sure he has a vendetta ever since the Musitanos took out His brother Johnny back in 97'.

Jesus a day after his uncles funeral.

If you hit a paywall and haven't found another way to view the article, you can view the story at

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca...obster-pat-musitano-shot-in-mississauga/

How the media were reporting the story before knowing the victim was Pat Musitano:

https://globalnews.ca/news/5201456/man-critical-injuries-shot-mississauga/

https://www.cp24.com/news/man-critical-after-being-shot-in-mississauga-1.4394360

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2019/04/25/man-critical-gunshot-wounds-mississauga/

https://www.insauga.com/man-in-mississauga-transported-to-trauma-centre-with-apparent-gunshot-wounds

This has everything to do with the revenge murders of Al Iavarone and Rocco Luppino. Live by the sword, die by the sword. The Musitanos are done. And the tweet about Pat whacking his brother was total BS.

I say they should have waited and let high cholesterol do the job for them....

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mobster-pat-musitano-fighting-for-life-after-shooting-report

Mobster Pat Musitano fighting for life after shooting: Report

Good information in the article to which I've linked below.

Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano shot in Mississauga

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/musitano-1.5110491

I am surprised that Pat let his guard down, I mean after all these years of looking over his shoulder you think he would be looking for something like this. I guess we are all human and we all would have moments of letting our guard down. He probably never expected it at 7 am you know?

Yea this was definitely revenge for the recent hits, but I should say that other attempts on Pat have been carried out in the past, so it was gonna happen at some point.

Also I should point out that the Musitanos may be one of the smaller families and if Pat dies they definitely take a hit, I wouldn't say they're done. As you know, families like this consist mostly of relatives that are on the "IN" and an extended network of associates. I suspect there will be more retaliation from their end to avenge their cousin. This is more like a mustache Pete peasant kind of war filled with vendettas, it's not longer about business.

He lost a lot of weight recently, he’s not as heavy anymore.

Additional important details are being revealed.

UPDATE: Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano shot in Mississauga

https://www.mississauga.com/news-st...obster-pat-musitano-shot-in-mississauga/

If he was moving from place to place, maybe someone at the funeral picked up that he would visit his lawyer the next day.

Pat Musitano didn't attend either his uncle's visitation or funeral.

Updated article, with contribution by Peter Edwards

Holy shit, it’s the Wild West up there and it never ends!

CHCH News had a good segment on its TV broadcast about 10 minutes ago. I had to watch the live stream on the Net because a current Amber Alert in Ontario prevents TV viewers from hearing any audio while the alert is repeatedly playing on your TV screen.

Musitano met lawyer Joseph Irving at 6:00 am. Musitano is apparently involved in a huge fraud case that alleges he didn't pay subcontractors; the company Havana Group Supplies in Burlington (Ontario) was mentioned, and one page of a document was displayed. After Musitano met with his lawyer for one hour, he left Irving's office and was then shot.

Six things to know about the shooting of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...ooting-of-hamilton-mobster-pat-musitano/

Here's an interesting comment by someone following the Hamilton Spectator's post on Facebook about the attempted murder this morning:

Hamilton Spectator Facebook post linking to its own article

Joanne Barker
The Hamilton Spectator I have your answers. HAVANA GROUP SUPPLIES. Steve sardinha, zach everett. Linda everett (vice president) I believe the lappino shooting was also involving Musitano. He owns ROCCO Construction that was in hauling. And Pat and Havana wanted to be number 1. Pming you!

Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 6:45 pm [EST]

---------------

Incidentally, the website for Havana Group Supplies does not seem to be operational. Here's a link to Google's cache of the site:

Havana Group Supplies site -- Google cache

Latest Mafia-related shooting exposes epicentre of organized crime in the GTA

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...-exposes-epicentre-of-organized-crime-in

Brad Hunter updated his article. A lot.

Reputed Hamilton mafia boss Pat Musitano fights for life after shooting

https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/mobster-pat-musitano-fighting-for-life-after-shooting-report

Hamilton mobster changed Niagara’s underworld

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca...on-mobster-changed-niagara-s-underworld/

The CHCH News broadcast from this past evening's news is now available. Go to https://www.chch.com/news/evening-news/episodes/?epid=1167&sgid=1, let the video buffer, and scrub to the 3:25 mark.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hami...string-of-mob-related-violence-1.5111046


Shooting of Pat Musitano the latest in a deadly string of mob-related violence

The woman who posted on Facebook may be the person on Twitter who posted three pages of what appear to be some legal proceeding involving a number of plaintiffs and numerous defendants. Musitano's name appears four lines from the bottom of the list of defendants.

https://twitter.com/Joclyn36115822/status/1121755446266814464

Reporter Susan Clairmont of the Hamilton Spectator tweeted at 10:20 am today that "[m]obster Pat Musitano is still clinging to life after being shot yesterday. I got his condition update moments ago from @PeelPoliceMedia."

That Peel Regional Police account on Twitter is their main one; she might have dealt with someone in Media Relations.

https://twitter.com/susanclairmont/status/1121780977221689345

That violi guy whose the underboss of the buffalo family was on wiretap saying he knew these brothers were marked for death. Is it because they orderd that guy johnny pops murder like 20 yrs ago. He was in a different crime family and im betting they didnt have permission to kill a lcn member

interesting,, you have a source ? If it true that Buffalo get more power. Then its make sense that they push this group out.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...rld-how-a-drug-plea-has-exposed-a-mafia/

It might be this article. Three quarters of the way down, Violi discusses the Musitanos after Angelo was killed and mentioned Pat being on the lamb/not having much time left.

I support this theory, even though Johnny Papalia wasn't lcn, he was very close to Stefano Maggadino and the rest of the buffalo family. Pat had him whacked in 97. Also interesting to note, Johnny Papalias brother Rocco just got out of prison a year or two ago. But really it could be from any number of people. Pat had this coming from a number of directions...the GTA ndrangheta is done with him.

What makes you think he wasn't LCN? He's been identified as a Buffalo member and capo by various sources.

Only the Musitanos are still a matter of debate whether they were Buffalo members, but I would be suprised if they were the exception.

Antimafia posted a few weeks ago a diagram where pat musitano was linked to several Buffalo figures including a former governor of NY. So he may also be a member of the same family as the Violis.

https://www.insauga.com/police-investigating-after-alleged-crime-boss-shot-in-mississauga

Police Investigating After Alleged Crime Boss Shot in Mississauga

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...alked-about-getting-rid-of-pat-musitano/

Here's how a wiretap conversation talked about getting rid of Pat Musitano

thats the article i read that in. im just guessing a reason for them getting killed it would make the most sense its revenge for having that coke crack head murdock kill balliro and paps. i think they were both inducted members of the buffalo family going back to the 50tys. wasnt he maggadinos capo in canada? isnt that why he almost went to war with his cousin joe bonanno cause he was trying to go in that terrotory

Excerpt:

In the September 2017 recorded conversation, Dom Violi says the Musitanos were supporting the Cuntreras, who at times are referred to as the "coffee guys." The Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia family is known in the Woodbridge and Toronto areas. The home of Giuseppe Cuntrera, referred to in the court documents as "Big Joe," was targeted with gunshots and fire in the summer of 2017.

Pat and Ang Musitano are referred to in an earlier recorded conversation with the police agent, which is also included in the court file, from Jan. 6, 2016 — more than a year before Angelo's murder. In that conversation, Joe Violi talks about a plan he'd heard about from a hit man to target two people, one in Hamilton and one in Toronto.

Violi tells the police agent he thought the Musitanos and the Cuntreras were behind those plans. But it appears those murders, if there was ever any truth to the plans, never happened.

What a mindf*ck this all is, especially because Business or Blood argued that the Siderno Group and Caruana-Cuntrera family were in cahoots, the latter in effect therefore no longer beholden to the Rizzutos.

the caruana-cuntrera's are still allied with the rizzuto's

Yeah canadian authorities need to take lessons from their Italian or US colleagues, with no pentiti this is getting out of control.

violi said morena that 'they' wanted musitano dead, maybe the siderno group? there is a war between caruana-cuntrera and the siderno group?

Problem with that is it's labelled the "Siderno Group" because its members primarily came from the town of Siderno, but it doesn't have a structure it's just a group of families. The structure are the locali.

There is a strong argument to be made that the Greater Toronto Area Siderno Group is still one locale, just as it was in the 1960s. In 2010, at 43 inducted members, there appeared to be fewer members than in the 1970s, when Mike Racco was the undisputed leader of the Siderno Group in Toronto and had probably come the closest any mafIoso has ever come to being the godfather of Toronto.

Can someone educate me on who the siderno group consists of?

Look up Siderno Group, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; it will give you some idea of who they are.

And within the ‘Ndrangheta, the four main families in Siderno – the Commisso, the Aquino-Coluccio, the Crupi, and the Figliomeni – are among the biggest players, according to Antonio De Bernardo, a regional anti-mafia prosecutor.

But who says the Siderno group is alligned with the Luppinos? Who says the intended target of the Cuntreras and Musitanos in Toronto was a Siderno group member?

Rizzuto said to a police officer that he didn't believe the attacks on his family came from Toronto, but that he believed it was coming from New York. We know now that this was largely true so he was most likely oddly honest.

Also, you know better than any about rivalries within the Siderno group. Maybe some were in cahoots with the Cuntreras (and in effect the Rizzutos) and some weren't.

Yet another theory emerges as to why Musitano was shot.

The mobster, the fraudster and the $110-million-a-month construction business: The story of a Hamilton company’s alleged scam

A company with ties to a local mobster and convicted fraudster is alleged to have perpetrated a multimillion-dollar scam that has resulted in tattered lives and lawsuits across the Hamilton area

Link:

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...ry-of-a-hamilton-company-s-alleged-scam/

Web Archive link in case you hit a paywall:

Web Archive link

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/a-new-mafia-crime-families-ruling-toronto-italy-alleges/amp

Anything you need to know.

These wars and murders must make every politician on the payroll or who were willing to cooperate with them in past and future must be trying to avoid and ignore them in fear of them being prosecuted due to the heat. We know from the previous indictments that the Rizzuto Cosa Nostra had political strings, wasn't it Leonardo and a few others who were exanorated by the queen for gangsterism?

I truly don't get why these Ndgrangheta Clans and Cosa Nostra families never learn that this sort of continous open violence makes politicians and other business oppurtunities skeeve away and avoid them in fear of being caught up in a headline. I mean I don' really know but if you were a slightly crooked otherwise A4 politician with a family would you choose to implicate yourself with that sort of risky and loud organization?

Canada's crazy these days

maybe violi meant the luppino's wanted him dead

Or the Papalia clan at least they have a clear motive.


Italy
Domenico Papalia, Johnny Papalia's first cousin, was a boss in the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He was involved in at least five kidnappings and convicted for the 1976 murder of rival mobster Antonio D'Agostino.[4] In the 1970s, a branch of the Papalia family relocated their operations from Platì to Buccinasco near Milan. Another two first cousins of Johnny, Antonio and Rocco Papalia, used ransom money from kidnppings to buy large shipments of drugs for export. In 1993, authorities seized a house, factory, land, cars and businesses that belonged to Antonio and Rocco, worth over $40 million.[4] The Papalias also operated with the Barbaro 'ndrina in the north–south operation, also having connections stretching to Australia.

On July 10, 2008, in the Cerberus operation of the Guardia di Finanza, several people were arrested including Domenico, Rocco and Antonio Papalia who were said to have controlled the construction sector in Buccinasco, Corsico and Pogliano Milanese.[13] On May 6, 2017, after being imprisoned since 1992, Rocco Papalia, nicknamed nginu, was released.[14]

in other words the buffalo family

Yes this seems internal within the Hamilton crew.

Pat Musitano lawsuit

https://www.chch.com/pat-musitano-lawsuit/

There will be many theories, the Musitano's seemed to have made many of enemies over the years.

I agree mindf*ck is a good characterization........LOL

But the above mentioned theory (Musitano/Cuntrera) may explain why the Cuntrera's were being targeted. It kind of makes sense for now. Given the fact that some of the Luppino daughters married members of a prominent Ndrangheta family and Violi promotion to underboss shows that there may have been a strategic alliance between NY, Violi/Luppino & Ndrangheta to purge remnants of the Rizzuto holdings in Ontario.

These are the victims of the GTA underworld power struggle

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/ontario-mob-1.5112120

Any updates on his status? If he survives and recovers I think there will be a lot of bloodshed.

Anti,

Here is a tweet from that same twitter feed you linked earlier. This is VERY interesting:


Joclyn
‏@Joclyn36115822
Apr 25
Replying to @PeelPoliceMedia

Not a mob hit bad business related to Havana Group supplies @hollyrowe @Kellyrowe @crystallnorton @ waterdowngardens @ zacheverett @lindaeverett

And they posted that as soon as the supposed hit happened, I'm not even sure they knew it was Pat right away and he/she has already posted that tweet in reply. Very interesting and could other heads roll?

Thanks and does La Provincia control them or a single boss?

NY Mafia linked to bloody Hamilton Mafia War?

https://aboutthemafia.com/ny-mafia-linked-to-bloody-hamilton-mafia-war

During a March 2018 trial of 'Ndrangheta members in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada, an agreed Statement of Fact indicated that "the Locali [local cells] outside of Calabria replicate the structure from Calabria, and are connected to their mother-Locali in Calabria. The authority to start Locali outside Calabria comes from the governing bodies of the organization in Calabria. The Locali outside of Calabria are part of the same 'Ndrangheta organization as in Calabria, and maintain close relationships with the Locali where its members come from." The group's activities in the Greater Toronto Area were controlled by a group known as the 'Camera Di Controllo' (also known as La Provincia, according to the statement) which "makes all of the final decisions", according to the witness' testimony

The informant also indicated that there had to be at least 50 members per locale.

Other sources report that there are 9 locale in Ontario. Some even go as far as reporting that there may be one locale in Montreal.

Any one know musitanos status? Is he still alive? And who is left of his crime family? Does he have enough man power to start sending retaliatory hits?

who's the last guy based out of canada to flip?

Carmine Guido.

Police sting revealed plans for gangland hits on Musitano family

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/musitano-court-documents-1.5115426

This Twitter user posted her first tweet at 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 25. Pat Musitano was found shot and wounded shortly after 7:00 am that day (the call came in at 7:03 am). Media reports from around 9:50 am that day, such as from CHCH News in Hamilton, were already mentioning Musitano's name. (The reason the Peel Regional Police never confirmed his name is that it was not a homicide.)

Nevertheless, this person on Twitter does seem to have some intimate knowledge about the lawsuit. She has continued to tweet images mostly from legal documents, to wit:

https://twitter.com/Joclyn36115822/status/1121466497031970816

https://twitter.com/Joclyn36115822/status/1121755446266814464

https://twitter.com/Joclyn36115822/status/1122871336794247168

https://twitter.com/Joclyn36115822/status/1122871415328391168

I suspect that she or someone she knows has attended the legal proceedings.

Before the Musitanos fell

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-hamilton-spectator/20190429/281496457701764

I believe Giuseppe Avignone is also marked and is the last major member in the Musitano crime family.

A Canadian murder. 'Buffalo's crime family.' Is the Mafia still around?

https://buffalonews.com/2019/04/30/in-canada-the-buffalo-mob-is-viewed-as-alive-and-well/

Ciment,

There is a serious definitional problem with respect to the term locale used to denote a unit of the 'ndrangheta operating outside Italy.

Various authorities in Italy -- individuals who work in government, law enforcement, and justice -- have unfortunately not realized that, in interviews and public statements, they 1) offer different assessments of the number of locali in Canada (Ontario specifically) and 2) hold different views about what constitutes a locale, whether we are talking about the number of members or the number of 'ndrine operating in a territory. These authorities really should coordinate what they say in public and in writing.

By one definition, the Greater Toronto Area Siderno Group in 2010 didn't even constitute a locale because, per phase 1 of the Il Crimine investigation, the crime group had only 43 inducted members.

Give me a day or so, and I'll cite the sources I've collected over the years to show the discrepancies. To start, below is a link to a reprint of an interview with Michele Prestipino, one-time chief prosecutor for Reggio Calabria, that indicates Toronto has one locale and Thunder Bay (a much, much smaller city than Toronto) also has one locale. I don't agree with this equivalence at all, but the confusion arises from the aforementioned definitional problem.

http://www.pinomasciari.it/?p=11376

This older interview also offers a different take on who was actually in charge of the Siderno Group in the GTA back in 2011 despite the fact that the 2010 Il Crimine investigation named seven leaders who were considered to be on the camera di controllo, or commissione.

Giuseppe Avignone is related to the Musitano family right? I thought I read somewhere that he is a nephew of Anthony and Dominc. I am assuming Anthony and Dominic had a sister maybe? That's her kid? Think Giuseppe goes by the name Pino.

Yes him and Pasquale are cousins. The Avignones are also a 'ndrina, originally from Taurianova ( Reggio Calabria).

And how exactly do you know that brothers Pat, Angelo, and Dominic Jr., as well as sister Carmelina, are Pino Avignone's first cousins?

This is how Dominic Musitano Sr.'s newspaper obituary reads near the beginning: "Dear father and father-in-law of Pino and Anna Avignone...." Link to my Evernote item is below, and the item has a PDF of the newspaper obituary.

Dominic Musitano Sr.'s newspaper obituary

Usually, Avignone has been variously described in books and newspaper articles as the adopted brother of Pat, Angelo, Dominic Jr., and Carmelina or as a stepbrother. Stephen Schneider, who wrote Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada, went with the available conflicting information that was out there and decided that Avignone was Dominic Sr.'s nephew. Why does the obituary list Avignone as a surviving family member before the four aforementioned sons and daughter of Dominic Sr. and Carmelina Alampi? The obituary does not make reference to Pino as a stepson.

Looking up surnames of 'ndrangheta members in Italy isn't going to help you figure out a puzzle that only people close to the Musitanos here in Ontario know the answer to; I certainly have no idea what the true relationship is between Avignone and the Musitanos.

Anti, in the Sixth Family they said Pat and his cousin, Giuseppe “Pino” Avignone, had a lengthy meeting with Vito Rizzuto in Woodbridge in '97.

From Today's Buffalo News:

A Canadian murder. 'Buffalo's crime family.' Is the Mafia still around?

https://buffalonews.com/2019/04/30/in-canada-the-buffalo-mob-is-viewed-as-alive-and-well/

Lots of info (some we've already read) from Edwards, Manning and Todaro's lawyer

I see what you mean. The following Italian article refers to Toronto as having a locale and same for Thunder Bay. It gets to be confusing.

http://www.strill.it/citta/reggio/2...nternazionale-41-orinanze-di-custodia-2/

Michele Prestipino also says that Carmine Verduci, resident in the York Region, considered the head of the "local" in Toronto.

Well, this relationship keeps being repeated in books and articles. I wish a more definitive account would come out.

Even an article published today mentions that Avignone is the nephew of brothers Dominic Musitano Sr. and Tony Musitano.

Drug trafficking: How the RCMP busted a Hamilton pharmacy

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9309442-drug-trafficking-how-the-rcmp-busted-a-hamilton-pharmacy

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...ngs-of-ndrangheta-organized-crime-group/

Antimafia,

This article defines cells as locale .

Toronto court hears testimony on inner workings of ‘Ndrangheta organized crime group
For the past week, Carmine Guido has testified in detail that he was deeply involved in fraud, drug trafficking and enforcement in a local ‘Ndrangheta cell under Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino, 64, of Bradford.

In one intercepted conversation, Ursino told Guido: "Money's not everything."

The jury heard from Guido and Piccoli's report that there are two basic grades of membership: major and minor.

Piccoli said different ranks of the 'Ndrangheta range from "picciotto" at the low end of "The Societara Minore," or lower level group, to "Mammasantissima" and "Cavalairi di Cristo" in the "Societa Maggiore," or higher level group.

Cells are called "locali" or "locale" and must have at least 50 members, Piccoli said

It also states:

"Was he (Verduci) a member of 'Ndrangheta?," Streeter asked.

"Yes," Guido replied, adding that Verduci had been on the local board of control.

The Italian article refers Verduci as the Head of the locale and Guido the informant refers to him as a member of the local board control.

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/mob-war-theories-abound-on-musitano-powerplay

MOB WAR: Theories abound on Musitano powerplay

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9309442-drug-trafficking-how-the-rcmp-busted-a-hamilton-pharmacy/

Drug trafficking: How the RCMP busted a Hamilton pharmacy
Allegations involve cheque scams, six-figure wire transfers, a $600,000 property in the Bahamas and a player with ties to the Hamilton mafia

These Canadians are insane. LE there need help! The amount of murders is crazy. In the future they’ll be looking back at this time period as a historic mafia war

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thun...ia-links-faces-prison-in-italy-1.1335488

Antimafia you are correct, here is another example in relation to locales and their quoting Gratteri:

Nicola Gratteri, the chief anti-Mafia prosecutor in Calabria, said the ‘Ndrangheta is the only Mafia that is present on all continents.

"I think the foreign country where the ‘Ndrangheta is the most present is in Canada," he said.

"Mostly in Ontario, especially Toronto, and also in Montreal," Gratteri added. "We have found in our research there are at least nine ‘Ndrangheta localis just in Toronto. Which means there are hundreds of members, as each locali has at least 51 members."

the 50 members rule is applied in calabria only, in north italy and abroad usually locali are smaller
gratteri probably misunderstood a wiretaps where a member in canada said 'nine of us' meaning not the locali numbers but the members
obviously there is no way there are 9 locali with hundreds members, maybe 1 or 2 at most

In 2015 they were on the brink of a mob war, according to wiretaps recorded in Italy. Leader Vincenzo Crupi talked extensively about the drug trade and a power struggle with the Mafia in Canada. It seems Crupi was right.

Giuseppe Avignone, Tony Lavarone, Gino Colamartini, Nick Toriello, Angelo Kirkopoulos, Angelo Natale, I can't think of anyone else. There really is not much left of the family as members are too old, or just switched sides.

Thanks for the info

Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano expected to survive Mississauga shooting

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...xpected-to-survive-mississauga-shooting/

^^^^
Mobster Pat Musitano expected to survive multiple shooting

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pat-musitano-1.5118664

Ontario investigating allegations of contaminated soil dumping at Waterdown Garden Supplies property.
Residents around the site have been threatened for speaking out, says neighbour Jim Whelan. “It’s gotten totally out of hand.”

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...g-at-waterdown-garden-supplies-property/

Web Archive link (in case you hit a paywall):

Web Archive link

-------------------

Hard to believe that three decades later, Pat Musitano is still involved in the illegal dumping of tires.

Here is another, if you google Project Scopa Hamilton, you will get as an image one of those police charts titled Project Scopa. They show Avignone as being the "stepbrother" of Pat Musitano.

^^^^
Yup. Exactly.

Links:

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=928495

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUQTGTnX4AYtHAg.jpg

Barbara Brown, who at one time was the justice reporter for the Hamilton Spectator, referred to Pat Musitano as "a close friend of Avignone's" in her October 28, 1999 article about Avignone.

I also recall an article in which Dominic Musitano Sr. was said to have five children (not four, as many of us assume) -- presumably, Avignone would be the first child that Musitano Sr. sired.

http://wiseguy.overblog.com/2019/05...-par-les-familles-de-la-cosa-nostra.html

THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAFIEUX CHIEF OF ONTARIO SPONSORED BY THE FAMILIES OF COSA NOSTRA?
May 4, 2019 , Written by Xav Posted in #Bonanno, #Buffalo , #Rizzuto

Pat Musitano
Pat Musitano
On April 25, Pat "Fat Pat" Musitano, leader of a mafia faction affiliated with the Ndranghetta based in Hamilton, Ontario, was murdered in front of his lawyer's office. Given the current tensions and especially in the Ontario region, or three mafia factions, Luppino, Papalia and Musitano are fighting over this territory, one could think that a war between faction is currently held for a single purpose , take power. But because of recent arrests in the Buffalo family, including Giuseppe Violi and his brother Domenico who went into exile in Hamilton after the murder of their father Paolo, the question everyone faces is "The families of Cosa Nostra can they be behind this assassination? ". The first, who would have refused an enthronement in the Bonanno family, is currently serving a sixteen-year prison sentence for trafficking in cocaine and fentanyl following Operation 'Otremens'. The second, freshly named Buffalo family's Underboss, was arrested in a joint operation by the FBI and the RCMP, the Canadian police, with charges that eventually led to the recording by a government informant. Soldier of the Bonanno family, Vincent Morena. The most likely scenario would be that families Luppino and Papalia, rivals of the Musitano family and affiliated with families of the Cosa Nostra, would be the cause of this assassination. A theory more than likely, but the order to perform Pat Musitano would have come from New York? of the Bonanno family? who has always had a pied-à-terre in Canada or the Buffalo family? Back to back In September 2017, Vincent Morena, who had decided to collaborate with the authorities after an arrest for cocaine trafficking, was inducted into the Bonanno family. That day, on Canadian territory, the Captain Damiano Zummo unintentionally initiated a government informant into the ranks of the Bonanno family. The ceremony itself was rather anecdotal, far from the rites of enthronement desired and desired by this criminal organization. But having become a Cosa Nostra Soldier, Vincent Morena had an easy access to other members that was much easier, the gangsters revealing themselves more easily to a member of their organization, than to a simple Associate. These recordings were of capital importance to the American and Canadian authorities, who quickly realized that Buffalo's family, whom she thought was dead, was still active and worse, had grown stronger. Quickly, Vincent Morena asked Domenico Violi about the current situation of the Musitano family or a few months ago, Angelo Musitano had been shot in front of his home. Domenico Violi certified that the murder of Angelo Musitano was a "message for Pat", to show him that now, his days were numbered. He added at the same time, "before Christmas," Pat Musitano would be "gone," implied, to be murdered. These recordings proved to the authorities that the Bonanno family had a rather special relationship with the family of Buffalo, now run by Joseph Todaro Jr. So even though he fiercely defends himself to be the Godfather of a Cosa Nostra family , it is clear that the Buffalo family has always had very close ties with the Luppino family and it is possible that it would have helped the latter to plant the last nails in the coffin of the Musitano family. The Bonanno family, meanwhile, has always had historic ties to Canada, especially with the Rizzuto family, or its former Godfather, Vito Rizzuto was an inductee member of the Bonanno. Since, his influence on this territory has certainly diminished, but an enthronement of a member of the Bonanno family on Canadian soil could demonstrate later that the Bonanno want to contribute to the reconstruction of some business, supporting this time members of factions affiliated with Ndrangheta. always had historical ties with Canada, especially with the Rizzuto family, or his former Godfather, Vito Rizzuto was an inductee member of the Bonanno. Since, his influence on this territory has certainly diminished, but an enthronement of a member of the Bonanno family on Canadian soil could demonstrate later that the Bonanno want to contribute to the reconstruction of some business, supporting this time members of factions affiliated with Ndrangheta. always had historical ties with Canada, especially with the Rizzuto family, or his former Godfather, Vito Rizzuto was an inductee member of the Bonanno. Since, his influence on this territory has certainly diminished, but an enthronement of a member of the Bonanno family on Canadian soil could demonstrate later that the Bonanno want to contribute to the reconstruction of some business, supporting this time members of factions affiliated with Ndrangheta.

He died?

No, Pat is in stable condition and expected to survive.

He is still alive.

The Bonanno induction in Canada shows the NYC family is still involved over there.

I agree with you but there’s still A LOT of people that will disagree with that statement. I think it’s crazy how many conflicting statements there are about the buffalo mob. Some people say they are calling shots in this war and others say that they don’t exist. I’d love to know what’s really going on but I’m sure we won’t know any time soon.

It's pretty obvious Buffalo still is connected to Buffalo the Violi tapes made that very clear. As far as the Bonanno family running Montreal that one is not happening Montreal is all over the place the Bonanno family would not even know who to talk to anymore.

The bonnanos contacts/people in Montreal are the cotroni faction and arcuri bros. I don’t know how much influence people in New York have in this, other than they are closely monitoring the situation. However, the aforementioned people are still “with” the Bonannos

Yep not sure pal the Cotroni faction is so small they got swallowed up by the Rizzutos along time ago. When Frank took over which was along time ago they were nothing. They came to Toronto to try to take over some rackets and got the boot so fast they don't know what hit them.

The cotroni extended family is big, they still have a good group of them left and they are closely allied with the violis. The remaining violis in Montreal are with them/bonnanos, while the violis in Hamilton are Buffalo/Luppino. Obviously if they try shit in Toronto they get their shots but they’re base is still in Montreal.

You got a point.

NYC is in control of the American families NJ Philly New England Buffalo.

I know not convinced they have influence here.

From what I know nyc has some influence in Ontario and Montreal (most Bonanno and Gambino) but not enough to really call any shots.

I know he didn't die. But the bull shit I was responding to said he was "assassinated" and "murdered".

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...released-from-hospital-after-being-shot/

Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano released from hospital after being shot

The 51-year-old was shot multiple times in a Mississauga parking lot April 25
NEWS 01:26 PM by Nicole O'Reilly The Hamilton Spectator

Hamilton mobster Pasquale (Pat) Musitano (left) has been released from hospital after being shot multiple times in an attempt on his life in Mississauga nearly two weeks ago. He’s pictured here in a Spectator file photo with his borther, Angelo. - Hamilton Spectator file photo
Hamilton mobster Pasquale (Pat) Musitano has been released from hospital after being shot multiple times in an attempt on his life in Mississauga nearly two weeks ago.
The 51-year-old was hit as many as four times, including to the head, around 7 a.m. on April 25 outside 120 Matheson Blvd. E., where he had just left a meeting with his lawyer Joseph Irving. The lawyer was acting for Musitano in connection with a paving and construction company allegedly involved in a multimillion-dollar scam.
While Musitano was initially rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, Peel police said last week the 51-year-old man had improved and was expected to survive.
The Spectator has learned he was released from hospital on Friday, May 3.
Six things to know about the shooting of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano
In this file photo from Jan. 14, 1998, Pat Musitano, 30, right, leaves Provincial Court with his brother Angelo, 20, behind him| Spectator file photo
Just like when his younger brother Angelo Musitano was gunned down in his Waterdown driveway May 2, 2017 , and when Pat Musitano's own St. Clair Boulevard home was sprayed with bullets weeks later, the family is not co-operating with police.
It remains unclear what Musitano's recovery will look like and whether this shooting will spur more mafia violence amid a resurgence of mob shootings in the Hamilton area. Also unclear is what power he still holds in the criminal underworld and who remains loyal to the traditional organized crime family.
Mob, Murder and the Hamilton Connection



14 Chesapeake Dr., where Angelo Musitano was gunned down May 2, 2017| Spectator file photo
Since the shooting, there have been rumours and speculation swirling about what Musitano was up to in the days before his shooting, and what actually happened in the Mississauga parking lot.
The Spectator has learned through police sources that he was not wearing a bulletproof vest when he was shot (as has been rumoured).
At the shooting scene, Musitano's black GMC Denali was seen parked just outside the door of the law office, with a flat tire and pool of blood beside it. Sources tell the Spectator the vehicle was armoured. The vehicle was towed for forensic examination.
And while Pat Musitano may have been taking more precautions since his brother's murder, he was not in hiding, as some have suggested, including in wiretap conversations recorded as part of the prosecution against Domenico (Dom) Violi and Giuseppe (Joey) Violi. Musitano was living in Hamilton, but whether he will continue to after being shot is not clear.
Here's how a wiretap recorded a conversation talking about getting rid of Pat Musitano
In this photo from Dec. 1, 1998, a Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police special constable opens the back of the paddy wagon for Pasquale (Pat) Musitano | XSpectator file photo
That Pat Musitano was shot was not surprising to mafia watchers, given the ongoing violence and conversations captured on the Violi wiretaps where getting rid of Musitano was said to be impending. Since Angelo Musitano's death, there have been several other mafia-related murders and crimes in Hamilton, including the shooting deaths of Albert Iavarone and Cece Luppino.
Last week, police revealed that a home invasion in April 2018 was actually an attempted murder at the home of mobster Natale Luppino.
All three killed were seen as less powerful men whose murders were, perhaps, meant to send a message to the more commanding criminals in their families.
Angelo Musitano had reportedly found God and was raising a young family. Albert Iavarone was the younger brother of Tony Iavarone. And Cece Luppino, son of mobster Rocco Luppino, had, at least in 2015, rejected being "made."
No one has been charged in the attempt on Pat Musitano's life or in the murders of Iavarone and Luppino. However, three face first degree murder charges in the shooting death of Angelo Musitano and another botched mob hit in Vaughan that saw innocent bystander Mila Barberi killed.
Jabril Abdalla, who is accused of taking part in the sophisticated surveillance leading up to the murders, is the only man behind bars. He's seeking bail.
His co-accused, Michael Cudmore of Hamilton (the alleged gunman) and Daniel Tomassetti of Ancaster, fled to Mexico and are wanted on international warrants.
The attempt on Pat Musitano's life came a day after the funeral for his uncle Tony Musitano, a former Hamilton mobster who said he retired and died of natural causes at 72. The Spectator and other media has reported Pat was not seen at the funeral, however, a police source says it's now believed he was there.
noreilly@thespec.com
905-526-3199 | @NicoleatTheSpec
noreilly@thespec.com
905-526-3199 | @NicoleatTheSpec

Wonder where he is going to hide out wont be here in Hamilton that's for sure.

The article Ciment posted two posts back was a lot more informative than the one to which I've linked below.

Mobster Pat Musitano released from hospital after shooting

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pat-musitano-1.5127998

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/reputed-mob-chief-pat-musitano-leaves-hospital

Reputed mob chief Pat Musitano leaves hospital

He won't be so lucky the next time, we have seen hits in Mexico, Sicily, DR where should he go?

Not sure where he should go and to be honest it looks good on him that he hiding like a rat now. His brother Ang and him and some if their cousins are all assholes, especially when they were younger always going out looking to start shit and then starting you know who I am freaking bullies. Where as the Luppino family Cece and other cousins were gentleman never starting shit and using their name to intimidate. As for the Papalias either then John because he was a mean prick but Rocco was good and Frank was a super.nice guy. I went to school with one of Frank's grandkids what a good family. So all in all the Musitano family is getting what they deserve being bullied for a change.

If it were me, I’d send a messenger to the other side telling them that I’m stepping down and that they can have my rackets, and that I wouldn’t retaliate. Then, move away from Ontario.

But, that’s just me if I was actually trying to walk away from the life and not get clipped. To his enemies, it’s probably not worth hitting a guy who’s walking away without a fight.

But, with these Italians in Canada they’re on some old school shit, like it’s Sicily in the 80’s or New York in the 70s... everyone is getting clipped just to be safe.

Great info Scalish!

Or like Chicago back in the days. They got so many of their own whacked for minor screw-ups or the faintest fear of indictment that there's only about a 100 of them left nowadays lol

Thanks the Musitanos have always been a second-tier gang for a reason.

Yep they have no class never have.

I know no one here either then their family cares about what is going with the family, I know tons of people here feel the same way looks good on them. I remember the article after Ang got killed and they said he was out of the life and found religion yeh right what a joke alot people here found that hilarious. He found God.my ass he was doing the same shit he always had been doing he was not killed.because.he was.a.saint that's for sure.

Whatever you say about the musitanos, they made a lot of money and commanded a lot of respect and power with a small group. They are basically the underdogs.

Not anymore pal they ain't shit now.

Notice how I said “made” indicating past tense. Read things more closely before making juvenile responses, I think that will help you in other situations as well “pal”.

Buddy I understood what you said and I am far from juvenile I have been on this sight for years without any issue so please let's not go there. It just seemed like you wanted someone on here to agree with you and praise what those scumbags have done.

Maybe that’s how you interpreted it, not how it was meant. I love how you use words like buddy or pal, what are you gonna call me next, guy?

https://aboutthemafia.com/pat-musitano-survived-but-can-the-musitano-crime-family-do-the-same

Pat Musitano survived but can the Musitano crime family do the same?

I was raised saying bro, buddy, pal when I call someone that it is a good thing. If I was trying to insult you it would not be hard to figure out, anyway I am done with the back and forth with you take care.

Fair enough, take care.

Thanks.

That would just cause your own crew who are not leaving the life to feel like whacking you for handing your rackets over to the enemy instead of your own guys. Poorly thought out exit strategy

This shit is too deep I don’t see pat going out that easy...he seems like he’s true to the code the only thing probably on his mind right now is who he’s going to hit next

I don't think Pat will be on the attack, he does not have much to attack with pretty sure whoever is left around him are looking over bith shoulders. If I were Pat I would go somewhere real far and odd because he stays around here he will probably be dead by the end of summer.

i
i doubt there is a safe place to hide, they are capable to carry out murders basically everywhere... i bet big joey cuntrera is hiding in venezuela

But they don't think like we do (meaning outsiders, non "family" members etc.). These folks killed his brother and have went after him more than once now even shooting up his house with his family inside. If that doesn't drive you to revenge then you're for sure dead like someone mentioned above about Pat not even trying to retaliate with this. If he's going to cower and hide then he might as well flip, otherwise he's a dead man walking if he doesn't even try to fight back.

Hamilton area MP calls for RCMP to investigate contaminated soil dumping case

https://globalnews.ca/news/5281452/hamilton-area-mp-rcmp-soil-dumping/

Wonder what will come out of this?

"Seven things to know about the mob and Musitanos in Hamilton"

Web Archive link

^^^^
Nicole O'Reilly's article mentions a Giuseppe Capobianco being stabbled in uncle Natale Luppino's home last August -- this is the first we're learning about this, unless she confused August 2018 with April 2018.

Vincenzo "Cece" Luppino's obituary indicates he is a nephew to Diane and Joe Capobianco.

I had an exchange with Nicole O'Reilly on Twitter, and she will have the article revised to show that the date of the attempted murder of Giuseppe Capobianco was in April of last year.

https://twitter.com/NicoleatTheSpec/status/1129157897898930177

If the Rizzutos could come back after nearly all their top brass being whacked I wouldn’t put it past the Musitanos to make a comeback in some shape or form. Canadian oc is so interesting and volatile. It’s like the us oc 30/40 years ago

Musitano's were not even close to the Rizzuto's as far as power Nick Sr. And Vito had way more power nf influence. They did however manage to sustain a okay relationship with the Rizzutos.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...of-mobster-angelo-musitano-denied-bail/?

Man charged in murder of mobster Angelo Musitano denied bail

Six new charges against Steve Sardinha, the Hamilton man behind Havana Group Supplies Inc.

https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/n...ton-man-behind-havana-group-supplies-inc

^^^^
Niagara police charge two men in ongoing theft, fraud investigation near St. Catharines

https://globalnews.ca/news/5387582/niagara-police-theft-fraud-charges-st-catharines/

^^^^
Theft - Fraud and Theft Investigation Leads to Arrest – Update 1

https://www.niagarapolice.ca/en/news/index.aspx?newsId=b18382cb-64a9-4623-80c7-40071e93f452

Wasn't sure in which thread to dump the article link farther below. Paul Manning called it here:

https://twitter.com/mobinfiltrator/status/1140314968325349376

-------------

Man shot at Stoney Creek townhouse known associate of the Musitano crime family

Web Archive link

^^^^
Man wounded in shooting a reputed Musitano associate
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/man-wounded-in-shooting-a-reputed-musitano-associate/

Man gunned down in Stoney Creek tied to organized crime, sources say
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/shooting-1.5178459

Stoney Creek man shot multiple times in ‘targeted and specific attack’
https://go.shr.lc/2WQ7Rqf

^^^^
Motive unclear in shooting of man with ties to organized crime

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...ing-of-man-with-ties-to-organized-crime/

Theft - Fraud and Theft Investigation Leads to Arrests – Update 2

https://www.niagarapolice.ca/en/news/index.aspx?newsId=a620b56b-4314-4865-8831-5519a11f3291

^^^^
Niagara police arrest 3rd man in ongoing theft, fraud investigation near St. Catharines

https://globalnews.ca/news/5438338/...theft-fraud-investigation-st-catharines/

https://twitter.com/ACollinsPhoto/status/1153438571061268481?s=20

^^^^
Two-car crash on St. Clair Blvd. in front of Musitano home

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9515014-two-car-crash-on-st-clair-blvd-in-front-of-musitano-home/

^^^^
Paul Manning on Twitter:

Paul Manning @mobinfiltrator

Yep...Quebec plates on one of those cars apparently.
1:05 PM · Jul 23, 2019


https://twitter.com/mobinfiltrator/status/1153712635948539904?s=20

^^^^
Police investigating mob ties to collision outside Musitano home

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...-ties-to-collision-outside-musitano-home

^^^^
UPDATE: Motor Vehicle Collision on St. Clair Boulevard

http://hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/update-motor-vehicle-collision-on-st-clair-boulevard/

CASE NUMBER 19-684069
Hamilton, Ontario, 23 July 2019

As reported yesterday, a motor vehicle collision between a Buick Lacrosse and Mercedes C300 occurred around 4:30 p.m. on St. Clair Boulevard between Cumberland Avenue and Delaware Avenue.

The 76-year-old driver of the Buick was transported to hospital by ambulance with minor injuries. The occupants of the Mercedes were seen fleeing on foot, northbound on St. Clair and then westbound on Delaware. A third male, who was either in the Mercedes or who ran from the area of 206 St. Clair, also fled northbound.

The investigation was initially handled by the Division 10 Criminal Investigation Branch but has since been taken over by members of the Major Crime Unit and Intelligence Unit. This was due to the injured male parking in the driveway of Pat Musitano at the time when he appeared to have been spooked by an observation. This caused the Buick to leave the driveway suddenly, in a dangerous manner and resulted in it colliding head-on with the southbound Mercedes.

The driver of the Buick has not cooperated with the investigators.

The three males connected to the Mercedes are described as black and between 25 to 30-years.-of-age. Two are described as being approximately 6 feet tall, with an athletic build and one was initially wearing a mask. The other male was carrying a bag that was retrieved from the Mercedes. The third male was described as being shorter and stockier than the other two.

Video surveillance from the area shows the males removing their initial clothing at various times as they made their way eventually to the area of Holton Avenue and King Street East.

The Mercedes was from the Montreal area. A male identifying himself as the owner of the Mercedes later contacted police to report the accident. The male owner eventually attended Central Police Station around 2.40 a.m. this morning at which time he was arrested for the Failing to Remain at the Scene of an Accident and as a result of ongoing investigations involving the Musitano Family, Conspiracy to Commit Murder. He was interviewed for several hours and remained uncooperative. He was eventually released unconditionally as currently there is insufficient evidence to proceed with criminal charges.

Police continue to investigate the incident and the search for further video surveillance in the expanded area is ongoing.

If you have any information that you believe could assist Police with the investigation into this case you are asked to contact Detective Sergeant Peter Thom by calling 905-546-2458.

Someone fucked up

Police investigating crash outside home of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/musitano-crash-mercedes-1.5222260

Hamilton police say crash in front of Musitano home may have mob connection

https://globalnews.ca/news/5674129/hamilton-police-crash-musitano-home/

It won't be too long before we hear more about the Montreal connection.

Wonder who’s sending these guys

Was head-on crash a murder attempt on Musitano 'associate'?

https://torontosun.com/news/local-n...mp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1563988520

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...s-criminels-du-quebec-et-de-lontario.php

A new incident earlier this week in Hamilton, a suburb of Toronto, reinforces the hypothesis of some collaboration between Ontario and Quebec mafia clans.

At approximately 4:30 pm Monday, a Mercedes carrying three individuals circulated on St. Clair Boulevard, in front of Pat Musitano's residence, a prominent Ontario Mafia clan leader - formerly linked to the Sicilians - who escaped a spectacular murder attempt last April.

Presumably worried about the passing of this suspicious vehicle, a 76-year-old man, who was in a Buick car parked in the entrance to Mr. Musitano's residence, pressed the accelerator and hit.

As a result of the impact, the three occupants of the Mercedes, one of whom was wearing a mask, fled on foot while removing clothes, leaving their vehicle behind. The septuagenarian who was driving the Buick was slightly injured. He refused to collaborate with the investigators.

Later, an individual describing himself as the owner of the Mercedes introduced himself to the police. He was arrested and charged with conspiracy for murder and leaving the scene of an accident.

We do not know for the moment the identity of the man who is 25 years old, lives in the Saint-Hubert borough in Longueuil and has no criminal record in Quebec.

The young man was not very cooperative and was released under conditions, pending further proceedings. It has also been established that the Mercedes vehicle comes from the Saint-Hubert borough.

The Hamilton police are investigating this case, which appears to show links or, at the very least, a new exchange of services between criminal groups in Ontario and Quebec.

Québec labor force

This is at least the fourth event in two years in which an Ontario criminal is targeted and where the suspects have a connection with Quebec.

The police observed suspects aboard a car registered in Quebec before Angelo Musitano, brother of Pat, was murdered on May 2, 2017.

On January 30, the nephew of former Montreal Mafia boss Paolo Violi, Cece Luppino, was murdered at his home in Hamilton by a suspect whom the police believe to be a Quebecker.

In recent months, four Montrealers have been arrested and charged with the murder of Michael Deabaitua-Schulde, a 32-year-old Hells Angel who was killed on March 11 when he was leaving a Mississauga training room.

A source told La Presse that the use of Quebeckers for settling accounts in Ontario could mean a rapprochement between criminal groups of the two provinces and aim to confuse the tracks by using the labor of a province. other province.

Several murders or attempted murders have occurred recently in organized crime in Ontario. Sources mention a power struggle between mafia clans and a conflict in the sports betting world.

Towards new tensions?

The large-scale Sindicato operation last week by York police against the Figliomeni clan, one of the largest in Ontario, could cause further tension.

Hamilton police say the three black suspects on board the Mercedes were hit in front of Pat Musitano's residence on Monday, aged between 25 and 30 years. Two of them are about 6 feet tall and are described as having an athletic body.

MOB MUDDLING: 'Incompetent hit team' fails to ice Musitano again

https://torontosun.com/news/local-n...nt-hit-team-fails-to-ice-musitano-again/

So let me get this straight pat has a 76 year old bodyguard/driver lol this old dude must be a savage

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...-musitano-s-house-/#.XTrfNVRf3N4.twitter

What clues were left in car hit in front of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano’s house?

He got the job done..........

Lmao yes he did

Damn first the old guy shows he's a boss by hitting the Mercedes and then Fat Pat shows up at the hospital to see him. Crazy bastards up there!

It really is a whole different breed up there I love it

And not one shot was fired......LOL

The mobster next door: How do you sell your home when you live next to Pat Musitano?

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...ome-when-you-live-next-to-pat-musitano-/

https://torontosun.com/news/local-n...usitano-hit-teams-mercedes-for-new-clues

Cops scour suspected Musitano hit team's Mercedes for new clues

Home of Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano hits the market

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9548334-home-of-hamilton-mobster-pat-musitano-hits-the-market

^^^^
Want to live in the home owned by Hamilton mobster Pat Musitano? It's up for sale

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-home-pat-musitano-sale-mobster-family-1.5246480

Fall of the House of Musitano (Dive Bar) w/ James Dubro
Murder Was The Case

Organized crime expert and author James Dubro unveils the bloody history belying a recent rash of mafia assassinations and attempted murders in the Greater Toronto/Hamilton area. Replete with tales of bllundering hitmen and crumbling criminal dynasties.

https://podcasts.apple.com/bz/podca...james-dubro/id1327969221?i=1000456961187

The guy giving the interview seems to know his stuff, never knew Pasquale was so hated. I have heard from multiple people that people where considering murdering Angelo Musitano in Spring 2014
Part about Montreal being Ndrangheta because Contronis are Calabrese, not the most accurate
LCN was/is made up of predominantly southern Italian heritage, Naples, Calabria, Bari and Sicily

All the business as of 1931ish no matter where you’re from was considered LCN, wasn’t really until late 50’s that the Woodbridge really separated itself as a quasi independent from LCN, Ndrangheta which exist today

Very cool listen, thanks for sharing

Cotroni and Violi were part of cosa nostra, but also rooted in the 'ndrangheta like Angelo Musitano, aka "Beast of Delianova".

Awesome that confirms some stuff, really cool
Paul Kelly aka Paola Vaccarelli was one of the guys that survived to be around when LCN 5 Families was finalized and he was from Naples, hooked up with the Cammora big time prior to 1931

There has never been any evidence that Nicodemo Cotrone -- father of Vincenzo (Vic), Giuseppe (Pep), Frank Sr. (Santos), et al. -- was part of the Picciotteria or l'Onorata società, let alone had 'ndrangheta roots. Vic Cotroni most definitely came into contact with 'ndrangheta members after being inducted into the American La Cosa Nostra in the 1950s -- who knows whether he had contact before then? -- and he even permitted a small group of 'ndranghetisti in Montreal to conduct their meetings in at least one of his establishments.

One of Pep Cotroni's drivers, Domenico Torrente, was very likely an 'ndrangheta member affiliated with the Siderno Group in Toronto, but this doesn't mean Pep was a member of the 'ndrangheta or had 'ndrangheta roots. If Cotrones had early and then enduring influence in the locale or 'ndrina in Mammola, the name of a Cotrone clan would have appeared in print at some point over the last seven decades, let's say, in Italian-language newspaper articles, books, anti-ndrangheta investigations, arrest warrants, etc. But such a clan has not, whereas the Callà clan and Macrì clan have.

Paolo Violi had deep, extensive connections to the 'ndrangheta. An 'ndrangheta expert like Antonio Nicaso knows this but is always careful in his articles and books to identify Violi as a made member of the Bonanno Family who was an acting captain. Why does Nicaso do so? Because he and we don't know if and when Violi and his brothers were inducted into the 'ndrangheta. On the other hand, we know, for example, that 'ndrangheta member Vincenzo Melia, who had connections to Montreal over the course of at least 30 years, was inducted in Calabria in 1962. He might have been one of the earliest 'ndrangheta members to move to Quebec and live there for some time, although it should be noted that a number of such members also spent time living in various cities in Connecticut and/or Toronto.

One of the younger individuals charged in Project Colisée in November 2006 was likely a member of the small 'ndrangheta group in Quebec that appears to have roots in the province going back to the 1960s. But to no one's surprise, he was working in concert with people considered to be in the orbit of the Montreal Mafia.

Domenico Musitano Sr.'s uncle Angelo, the so-called Beast of Delianuova, was very likely an 'ndrangheta member. There seems to be evidence that Musitano Sr. and brother Tony were also 'ndrangheta members, but we don't have evidence that Musitano Sr.'s sons -- Pat, the murdered Angelo, and Domenico Jr. -- are/were members of this secret society.

Thanks for taking the time to inform us, it's true that the Cotroni brothers seem to have had very few ties to Calabria in the early years, but later they developed ties to both sicilian and calabrian clans like Lo Presti, Mazzaferro, Aquino, Inzerillo, Gambino, Zito, Tripodo.

I agree the information is top notch, thanks. Basically I feel from observations and talk that if you’re/were south Italian, more than likely you had a home grown system for these businesses and a shared reason to participate. In foreign lands whatever home grown system (ie. Cosa Nostra, Cammora. Ndrangheta etc) you originally got trained in you put it aside, partially to become LCN at the time, and only North America, the rest of the planet you maintained the home grown system in it’s totality.

In bloodbrothers Nicaso did write that Violi's family in Sinopoli is one of the families that have intermarried into the Alvaro clan.

Mob wars: An early history of Mafia in Hamilton
Rum-running during the 1920s gave rise to three powerful Italian organized crime families in Hamilton — the Luppinos, Papalias and Musitanos.

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca...s-an-early-history-of-mafia-in-hamilton/

Hamilton’s Mob violence: 2019 in review
Pat Musitano shot, Cece Luppino murdered and other cases

https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/9795659-hamilton-s-mob-violence-2019-in-review/

This is awesome, learned some new stuff, especially about the Iavarone being made potentially out of LA, didn’t the recent Gambino/Inzerillo bust have guys grabbed in LA. This could be a stimulant, to the war, I really am not that up to date on current Hamilton families. But with a LCN button and the new HA connects in Montreal, Iavarone could be at the heart of all the action.

Over, the holidays, I was able to get this info about some older stuff, that may be able to be confirmed on hear. Apparently, in Sicily they have what is called the Brotherhood/Sisterhood of the Snake, something to do with Medusa, which is part of the Sicilian Flag.

That along with CN, it crossed the Atlantic as well. Tony Papalia and others including Rocco Perri were made members in Hamilton at a club on Bay and Barton Street. Also, the original Angelo Musitano was a member made over in Calabria, by the same type of Sigs.

This somehow enabled John Papalia, very high level contacts with Sicilians, as a Calabrese. That on Railway, John Papalia had a nickname of Pepino, in reference to Pepino Bonnano. Basically, he was selected at a young age, the whole Honor & Respect which is the only real premise for all of the sacred criminal societies.

Yeah that is some good info here is the quote:

On June 30, 2017 the police agent talks about A Iavarone (believed to be Albert) being "straightened out" with an L.A. Family and that Joe Todaro was mad about not being told this.

That being combined with the Musitano and Papalia coming from the same part of Calabria, both Antonio and Maria Rosa being from proper bloodlines within the Ndrangheta, also benefited Hamilton.

Jack Luppino arrived a little latter, but as high level member of Ndragheta, helped creates the board of control in Woodbridge. That it was the death of Dominick Musitano in 95, and how his business was influenced/influencing the Biker War in Quebec, that ultimately got John Papalia whacked.

Combine this with the tale Rizzuto, and that’s the current state of business in Canada 🇨🇦

Yes of course, Buffalo as well!!!

Giacomo Luppino was head of Hamilton crime family until his death in 1987
He was said to have carried the severed ear of a rival in his wallet.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/...-his-death-in-1987/#.XhB2y0pYCaw.twitter

I don't agree that there is a "Papalia crime family" still currently operating in hamilton,on.Papalia and his crew ceased to exist upon his murder.Any remnants of rackets would have been taken over by Musitano bros. and other Mafia groups I.E. buffalo crime family,luppino 'ndrine.

I wouldn’t know, whether they still exist in Hamilton or not, you could be100% correct. The Papalia is I believe in Milan, Calabria? and Australia.

Seems to be a common last name in italian and never did John Papalia have an international reach to those countries.his crew operated as an extension of the buffalo crime family.centered in hamilton w/connections and influence throughout southern ontario I.E. toronto,niagara falls,guelph...

Nice, for sure Papalia was no Rizzuto in terms of international business and Rizzuto never got the traction in Ontario that Papalia did. That’s a great point Papalia not being around anymore, almost erases the revenge on Musitano being Papalia . I never thought of that until now.

So, is Buffalo still the influence in Hamilton? How does the fact that Hamilton is now a HA city opposed to Outlaw city when Papalia controlled Ontario?

I may be wrong but Papalia was called before US Congress to testify, don’t know if it was because of his connections in the US, the French Connection, or the circles of people he was with Galante, which grew into Pizza Connection. I agree, I’m assume they would have to run it by Magaddino in Buffalo. I pretty sure he even worked with Valachi before his decided to testify before Congress.

From what I’m told Hamilton was good until Musitanos got arrested, I believe their shooter ratted on them. The Violi brothers or just one was in prison, then the province went HA.

Stadnik and Stockford got arrested, a bust on Lottridge in 2006? HA, now all the stuff that’s happened since.

Domenico Papalia, Johnny Papalia's first cousin, was a boss in the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria. He was involved in at least five kidnappings and convicted for the 1976 murder of rival mobster Antonio D'Agostino.

The guest list of gangland figures attending Angelo Musitano’s wedding was interesting only one guy linked to the Rizzuto's Big Joe Cuntrera, among the others Cosimo Commisso, Domenic Violi, Domenico Figliomeni, son-in-law of Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria and Natale Luppino.

Do you remember the man outside Musitano home who drove head on into the vehicle from Quebec? That man was John Clary(I know breaking news), he was apart of Carmen Barillaro's crew in Niagara Falls. Musitano took over in Niagara Falls, & all the gambling profits.

With the arrest of the Violi bros in project o-tremens(2017) wiretaps revealed that Domenico Violi is now the UB of the buffalo crime family.Now whether that is 100% true who knows but it shows that the buffalo crime family still holds influence in hamilton.
The Luppino/Violi family is an alliance of buffalo crime family and 'ndrangheta Luppino family.
Since maggadino era giacomo luppino was his man in ontario and sons carried on influence after his 1987 death.

Nice, who was Stefano Maggadino man in Hamilton prior to Jack Luppino arrival in Hamilton?

LCN was ratified in 1931ish, sorry not sure, it could be 1933. Luppino arrived in 1950’s, and Rocco Perri was pretty much finished by WW2 or so, interment camps, MIA.

Papalia was in Hamilton in 1910’s, Musitano in 1930’s, maybe Sylverstro/Sylvestri?? Sigs same time as Papalia?

In 1984, there was yet another relationship that Pino Avignone was believed to have had with the Musitano family: a cousin to Domenic Musitano Sr. and Tony Musitano (Pat and Angelo’s father and uncle, respectively). See https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca...=DC-TSPA_0122140F&searchPageType=vrl

I think — I’m not sure — that the reporters who have indicated that Avignone was a nephew to Domenic Musitano Sr. are the ones who have got it right. Avignone would be related to Musitano Sr.’s wife, which means that Avignone was not a nephew of Tony Musitano.

New $75M lawsuit claims city conspired to dump contaminated soil on land with mob ties

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/waterdown-gardens-1.5919000

^^^^
Lawsuit claims a Hamilton city manager and a bylaw officer conspired with mobster Pat Musitano in soil dumping scam

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...r-pat-musitano-in-soil-dumping-scam.html

^^^^
Hamilton councillor says ‘full-fledged’ police investigation required into mob conspiracy allegations

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/02/23/hamilton-council-mob-conspiracy-lawsuit.html

City says well water safe from polluted dirt mountain

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-hamilton-spectator/20211001/281492164477292/textview

Not sure if this is relevant to this thread, but I found an interesting article on Domenico Violi: https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...m-because-parole-board-asked-about-mafia

^^^^
Flamborough landowner seeks to have polluted dirt mountain charges tossed over “abuse of process”

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...harges-tossed-over-abuse-of-process.html

This is TOOOOO CRAZY
He gets a 20 year sentence in 2018 and is out already...

You wanna know why everything is happening in Canada
Here you have it ..

Canada has one supermax prision that hold 160 prisoners.

Correct. Their penal and justice system is what ours was back in 1940. No wonder why OC thrives there.

Its a wonder that more of families did not set up crews and expand.

it is a wonder in general why very few of the remaining families in the U.S. dont expand at all or setup crews elsewhere.
also a complete lack of ability to form alliances with other non italian crime groups.

I think Domenico Violi pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 6 years and a bit, no? His brother got more.

Sorry I stand corrected
Yes I read in one article to 8 years and another 6 years.

Well not as bad.

And NY was right C.A. Is where we were before Rico.

It was that more than anything else combined that had lead to the demise of LCN in America.

If your getting with 10 years and getting out in 3
Nobody is flipping over 3 years.

Even if you get 15 for a murder be home in 5
Your still killing people and not flipping over 5 years.

Yes, also if you flip in the U.S., you can go to Florida, California amongst other places. Not as many options in Canada.

They're not just killing "people," it's fellow mobsters who are just as dangerous. I don't feel in the least bit threatened. Also, guys in America are flipping over 5 years, hell, you even have guys running to the FBI who aren't even under investigation or been arrested.

There have a been a couple of guys that flipped that were afraid for their lives.

However, most guys flip because they either don’t want to do it and feel they can’t do the heavy sentences.

Out of all the guys that flipped, Made Members I doubt there are many that flipped over doing 5 years.

I would have to analyze each individual case to be able to reply to that one. I don't know if I have that kind of time lol.

‘It’s like Groundhog Day’: City probes new dumping complaints at Waterdown Garden Supplies

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...erdown-garden-supplies-soil-dumping.html

MOB IN FLUX: Since hit on boss Pat Musitano underworld is 'fluid'.

https://torontosun.com/news/provinc...on-boss-pat-musitano-underworld-is-fluid

The Musitano family is huge their role in Canada IDK, but in Italy and Australia they are still there.

The article is stating they are DONE FOR.
Where is the revenge for taking out their boss?

If another family can take out your boss with no repercussions?
Why would you be kicking up stairs.

I'm just curious. Does anybody even have a clue as to how many alleged "members" this Musitano Crime Family supposedly had?

I get the feeling they were more a "Crime Family" in name only because they were indeed "Musitano's," more than actually having a large membership that made up their ranks. I could be wrong because I don't know enough about them. But I'm thinking they only had a few guys who were associated with them. And once these two brothers were killed, their wasn't enough left of their alleged "troops" to even amount to anything, much less stage a retaliatory assault.

Anybody wanna add an opinion to my statement?

They had a few guys around them, not many maybe about a dozen left that didn’t take off from what I heard, only 4-5 were serious associates, so I guess they figured they would be killed soon too if they tried any retaliation. That’s what I heard anyways

I can save you some time.

You wouldn’t find many made men that flipped just because they were facing 5 years.
I don’t think I ever heard on any. That the whole story was just they were facing 5 years.

I don’t know any made guys that just ran to the FBI, because they just wanted to run to the FBI.

What you are referring to is a few guys that were either marked for death of thought they were marked for death so they ran to the FBI.

You are obviously talking about J.P.

J.P. addresses the judge and said I came here on my own I was not in trouble.

The judge shot back and said you came here because you needed protection from the FBI, and you were afraid for your life.

The Narrative of Made Men flipping because they couldn’t do 5 years, being a common thing in LCN today just is not TRUE

Canada is such a mystery how could the 2 brothers and a few associates have any sort of real power in the region?

I might have to break down and read a book or two to begin to have an understanding of what is going o up North.

Thats why many of these Canadian based crews became affiliated with traditional Cosa Nostra Families from across the border in the USA like the Buffalo and Bonanno Families. These outfits like the Musitano, etc., were Calabrian N'drangheta members who operated small "cells" of members, clans, whose central "command" for the most part was back in Calabria. So in North America they went "under" the auspices of larger established Mafia families like the Magaddino's.

The Musitano's drew their "original" power from their father Dominick who was closely tied to the N'drangheta back in Italy. Giacomo Luppino was similar to Musitano (although I firmly believe Luppino was on a much higher level than Musitano, Papalia, and others).

After the fathers death the boys (his sons) were never as powerful IMO.

It makes sense
That is why Musitano has not been touched all these years.
He had the backing of the Rizzutto's
I read that they had an associate Reiniere that was on the ground locally

I also read that Reiniere worked for Fernandez, he got killed, and then Reinierre was murdered
Than Vito Rizzutto died
The Rizzutto family was decimated the last thing they probably cared about was Hamilton area.

That left the Musitano's out on there own
In a way they never dreamed of.

If they were smart which they were NOT.
They would have closed up shop, and moved to where ever I read they have a ton of Real-Estate.

Most on here this prob old news.
I am a little late to the ball game
Sorry, about that but the thread is 8 pages too many comments to read through.

The N'drangheta Cell structure seems like a better structure in todays day and age.
Cell is really a small crew

If someone in that cell goes bad they can only hurt a few people at worst
And if the cells were family related

Not going to happen that often.

Both the Papalia's and Musitano's are from Delianuova, first are associated with Buffalo the latter with Rizzuto/Bonanno.

Thank you
I read that

Obviously as we have stated the reason why the Musitano’s are no more is because the Rizzutto’s are no more.

Are they even considered a family today?

For as smart and as powerful as they were they never seen this coming.
They were not prepared for this.

The son that is at the head today.
He wasn’t even in the life.

I still don’t know why he is in the life
If the stories about their wealth are true

Why when in a landscape where you will be killed at the drop of dime.
Anyone kills anyone it looks like.

It makes no sense.

Say what you want when LCN, was at its height
The commission made the rules to preserve itself

“NO KILLING BOSSES”

Once your made only a boss can order you dead.

Associates are not allowed to raise their hands to made men.

The Hierarchy in place if they were knocked out

You had members below waiting to take the reins.

The Rizzutto’s didn’t really survive one coup attempt.

Without Vito it collapsed.

Who did Vito see as his successor his son Nick?
Couldn’t be…

He wasn’t cut from the same cloth as his father.

Without order, there is only anarchy! Especially in Cosa Nostra and the underworld in general. Without CN as the "overseers" there is NO "organized" in organized crime.

The rules (however faulty or biased they may be) were put in place for a reason.

Musitano was in hiding after his brother was murdered someone must have found out his whereabouts in the GTA area.
Two other individuals sustained injuries John Clary and Musitano's cousin, Giuseppe (Pino) Avignone.
A retired RCMP officer later told the Toronto Star that in his opinion, Musitano was betrayed; "otherwise, how would the killer know where to find him?

There was a tracking device attached to his car by the hitmen.

He really was not hiding at all. We seen him around the city enough times. He knew his time was coming, he use to tell people it was only a matter of time.

What is the story with Rizzuto's the final story.

What crews were fighting with who?

How many crews were there?
Who is left?

Do we know any of this?

the rizzutos are not finished....yet.
we will see what frederick silva has to say at some point.

the musitanos at some point had an alliance w/ the rizzutos in the late 90's. when both bros were jailed for the papalia murder i would say it stopped.
the musitanos as others have stated operated a small cell in hamilton never exceeding 10 members/associates. they attempted to control hamilton after the papalia murder but never achieved total control before arrest in 1998/99.

it seems the bros were able to carve out a small area of control after both were released running sports gambling,illegal dumping and other rackets.
the situation in hamilton from 2015 on becomes more confusing. if the musitanos re established an alliance with rizzuto/sollecito faction i can find no evidence.
considering the legal and murder problems besetting the faction in MTL starting in 2015 i doubt any thought was given to what the musitanos problems were.

2015 would also be a starting point for the violi/luppino push to take out the musitanos. there is a thread on here with many infos about this.

as far as daniele ranieri being a member of the musitano cell absolutely not.
ranieri was juan ramon fernandez' man on the street in toronto running a small crew.
ranieri wanted since the project forza indictment was responsible for orchestrating the hit on angelo muitano in 2017. ranieri was found murdered in mexico in 2018.

from 2015 on there was a war between the remaining members of the rizzuto/sollecito faction and those aligned w/ the scoppa bros in mtl finally ending with the murder of andrea scoppa in 2019.

to think of the rizzutos as a structured NY like mafia family is wrong. at one point in there history they had a structured functioning admin similar to most mafia families, but this stopped with the 2006 colisee arrests. from 2006 on you have 2 separate factions mainly fighting each other. in this atmosphere though many took advantage of the lack of leadership to take out whom ever they wanted over old feuds/debts. NOT all of the murders going on 2006 forward can be said to be part of the main war.

more to come gotta go to work....to be continued?

If the Musitano's only had a small Hamilton cell as VitoCahill claims, how did they still manage to fight back, clipping CeCe Luppino and Iavarone amongst others? By hiring shooters from Montreal street gangs?

They were one of three major crime families in Hamilton the others Papalia and Luppino-Violi.

Hamilton is a port city a lot of stuff still going on there.

after a quick search and some note checking...

the musitano cell
2015-2020
leader
1.pat musitano-murdered 2020

2.angelo musitano-murdered 2017
3.giuseppe avignone-attempted murder 2020 alongside pat.
4.john clary-attempted murder 2020 alongside pat and avignone.
5.giorgio baressi-murdered 2020
6.grant norton-associate murdered 2020( nortons murder at this time is not considered related to OC but non the less).
7.jason lalonde-associate attempted murder 2019
8.steve sardinha-associate...currently alive was involved in illegal dumping alongside pat and corrupt hamilton city officials.

we can assume that each of these men have other criminal connections and associates but we have no way of knowing an exact number.

as of 2022 it looks like only avignone and clary are still showing there face in hamilton.

in montreal there is as of 2022 12-13 different cells/crews operating on the street.
not all of these cells are aligned under one leader.
some work together ,some work in alliance with HA or street gangs or other OC groups in MTL.

there is not currently one overall BOSS in MTL. the last to hold this title would have been Vito Rizzuto.

the same can be said for toronto and hamiton.
in toronto there is as many as 5 different 'ndrangheta cells operating but not ruled by one boss.

Ok so this was before Rizzutto’was arrested for the 3 captains murder??
Which crews were fighting with who and why?

Interesting I never heard this before.

I thought it all fell apart after Rizzutto got indicted and was extradited to America.

Italian wiretaps recorded in 2009 a visit of Rocco Etreni, high rank of the Locale of Thunder Bay, to Giuseppe "The Master" Commisso\, supreme boss of Siderno, inside his laundry mat that served as cover for him.

“In Toronto [to be understood as Ontario] there are nine of us". Meaning 9 Locali.

from 2004-2006...a period after V.R's arrest and up to the nov 2006 project colisee arrests the rizzutos were led on the street by francesco arcadi...think of him as the street boss and Nick Sr. as boss standing in for his son.
the main feud was between arcadi in particular and the d'amico family from granby, an italian group mostly involved at the time in large scale cannabis export to the U.S. members of arcadi's crew, nicola varacalli in particular worked in concert with this group. at some point a debt of between 800 000 and a million was incurred by the arcadi crew over the cannabis export. the d'amico's allied w/ sergio piccirilli and some of his associates wanted the money back. a series of kidnappings took place varacalli being one of them. that is one feud.
in the same time period desjardins is released from jail one of his longtime associates giovanni bertolo is murdered w/ approval of arcadi in 2005.
some of arcadis men also come into conflict with the 67's street gang unrelated to crime activity. mike lapolla a low level associate is murdered in march 2005 over an incident at a nightclub. i mention this because it shows a breakdown in authority and respect for the rizzutos power or lack thereof that members of a black street gang can murder one of there associates with no fear of revenge.

after the nov 2006 arrests there comes a total break up of any functioning admin for the rizzutos and the once united family splits into different warring factions.
nov 2006-dec 2011
1.the rizzuto faction
vs.
D-D-D alliance
2.the desjardins/dimaulo faction
3.the devito faction

the desjardins/dimaulo/devito alliance is the major group targeting the rizzutos and there allies from 2006 up until the dec 2011 arrests of desjardins mirarchi et al for the murder of salvatore montagna.

apr 2009-nov 2011
the montagna faction
after deportation from ny to canada in april 2009 montagna slowly begins to assert his presumed authority in montreal. Nick Rizzuto Sr. and those still allied with the rizzuto family do not accept any claim by montagna to leadership of the rizzutos. (this is another glaring example of the rizzutos now 10 year + independence from the bonannos,montagna was up until 2009 the acting boss in ny of the family.)
montagna allies himself with the arcuri family domenico sr and jr and antonio,antonio pietrantonio,lorenzo lopresti and moreno gallo and begins trying to extort and collect pizzo or street tax from business' in montreal and allies with the D-D-D to control montreal.

this alliance will eventually also fall apart as desjardins/dimaulo do not recognize montagna either and it seems only a matter of time before one kills the other.
for some on this site i realize this scenario seems backwards that a french canadian wouldn't back down to a former AB of the bonannos. we could take this as glaring point #2 of what the underworld in montreal in general thought of montagna and the bonannos after the ongoing implosion of that family from the time of massinos cooperation with the feds and bascianos terrible short term as boss/acting boss and the seemingly endless list of rats.

in nov 2011 montagna is murdered by associates of desjardins and his close associate and alleged 'ndrangheta member vittorio mirarchi.
there has been no known retaliation by the bonannos for montagnas murder.

there is a seemingly endless thread about all of this but i realize it is 120 pages and growing alot to peruse for sure.
more ? ? i will try my best to answer but perhaps on a thread related to the montreal/rizzutos so as to not hijack this one.

WOW thanks for the break down…

Vito THANK YOU, for taking the time to explain.

I started a new thread so we don’t “HIJACK” this one as you said.

I have a bunch of other questions that I am posting on that thread.

See you….

Ben

Should Hamilton clean up the Mob-linked dirt mountain on Highway 5?

https://www.thespec.com/news/munici...b-linked-dirt-mountain-on-highway-5.html

A City of Hamilton manager who lunched with Mob boss Pat Musitano says the business meeting was appropriate

https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...he-business-meeting-was-appropriate.html

Havana Group leader swindled ‘gullible’ investor out of more than $200,000, court hears

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s229...kCqSJNutqXGeB-IHT_vsNHeXU4wwZcpozcaeByxg

^^^^
Here’s a PressReader.com link to the article, which is easier to read than what I captured in my Evernote item:

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-welland-tribune/20230403/281496460552148

So, was this family specifically Pat Mustiano responsible for any of the murders that took place over the past few years in Ontario?
The article about Rizzuto says so.

What is left of this family?
Basically, the Violi's wiped them off the map as pay back for what was done to them in the past?


What happened to the remaining memebrs of the family?
They working a 9-5?

.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/daniel-tomassetti-musitano-murder-suspect-1.6778124
Daniel Tomassetti is only suspect left in shootings of mobster Angelo Musitano, Toronto woman Mila Barberi


Bobby Hristova · CBC News · Posted: Mar 14, 2023 12:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 14
A man standing

Daniel Tomassetti is wanted on two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and three counts of conspiracy to commit murder, according to Interpol. (Interpol)
After six years, police are still looking for the final suspect in a pair of Hamilton mob murders — and while police believe the 32-year-old Hamilton man is still alive, the country where he may be is still unclear.

Daniel Tomassetti has been wanted in connection with the shooting death of notorious mobster Angelo Musitano and Mila Barberi, an innocent bystander killed in a botched mob hit.

Tuesday marked six years since Barberi's death.


"A young 28-year-old woman was murdered for no reason, essentially in the wrong place at the wrong time," Const. Laura Nicolle, spokesperson for York Regional Police, told CBC Hamilton on Tuesday.

"It's an awful tragedy."

Murders seemingly part of underworld power struggle

Barberi, from Toronto, was shot while sitting in an SUV parked outside a business in Vaughan, Ont., in March 2017.

She was picking up her boyfriend, 40-year-old Saverio Serrano, who police say had connections to organized crime and may have been the intended target.

Two months later, Musitano's pickup truck was peppered with bullets after he pulled into his Waterdown driveway in May 2017.

In 2018, Eric Girt, police chief in Hamilton at the time, described it as "a well-planned murder involving a sophisticated and lengthy surveillance of the victim."

A woman smiling.
Mila Barberi was shot while sitting in an SUV parked outside a business in Vaughan, Ont., in March 2017. (Facebook)
Police said the shootings were connected and part of mob-related violence.

Experts previously said the shootings were likely part of an underworld power struggle and bad blood that stretches back to the 1970s.

Back then, the Musitano family was linked to convictions for bombings and extortion, as well as the hit on mobster Domenic Racco in the 1980s.

Angelo and his older brother Pat were charged with first-degree murder in 1997 for the contract killing of local Mob boss Johnny (Pops) Papalia and one of his lieutenants, Carmen Barillaro.

Two men walking.
Pat Musitano and Angelo Musitano, left to right, were both shot dead. (The Hamilton Spectator)
The brothers reached a deal and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Barillaro. In turn, the charges against them in connection with Papalia's death were dropped.

Both men were sentenced to 10 years in prison and were released in 2007.

Mafia experts say the Musitanos had a target on their back from that time forward.

These are the victims of the GTA underworld power struggle
Pat was shot weeks after Angelo was killed, but survived.

In 2020, he was shot again in broad daylight and died, effectively wiping out the Musitano family.

Police haven't named any suspects in Pat's death.

Tomassetti is only living suspect left

Two other people were wanted for the deaths of Barberi and Angelo.

Jabril Abdalla ended up being convicted for the lesser charge of participating in a criminal organization because he didn't plan or carry out the murders.

Michael Cudmore, meanwhile, fled to Mexico in May 2017. Hamilton police said he was killed in 2020.

Hamilton man accused in mob murders pleads guilty to lesser charge, gets time served of 46 months
Suspect in death of Hamilton mobster Angelo Musitano was murdered, investigators say
Eric Girt, Hamilton's chief of police in 2018, previously said Tomassetti left Canada for Cancun, Mexico, in January that year.

At the time, Girt said there was no sign of Tomassetti returning to Canada or leaving Mexico, adding that his family "showed no signs for his well being" and people Tomassetti knew were likely helping him keep a low profile.

Police still optimistic despite pair of cold cases

Tomassetti faces a Canada-wide warrant and has a file with Interpol.

He is wanted for two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and three counts of conspiracy to commit murder, according to Interpol.

Interpol states he is roughly 5-foot-4 and weighs 145 pounds.

A $50,000 reward for any information leading to Tomassetti's arrest or conviction is still up for grabs.

Nicolle, from York police, wouldn't say if there's been any update in the case or where he might be.

A wanted poster.
Police are offering $50,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest or conviction of Tomassetti. (Hamilton Police Service)
Hamilton police Det.-Sgt. Steve Bereziuk previously said any unsolved case from 2018 or earlier is considered a cold case — but Nicolle said investigators are still optimistic about the case.

"We don't at any point stop looking," Nicolle said, adding police encourage Tomassetti to get a lawyer and turn himself in.

She also said detectives hope someone who might know something will come forward with information.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bobby Hristova
Reporter
Bobby Hristova is a journalist with CBC Hamilton. He reports on all issues, but has a knack for stories that hold people accountable, stories that focus on social issues and investigative journalism. He previously worked for the National Post and CityNews in Toronto. You can contact him at bobby.hristova@cbc.ca.
Follow @bobbyhristova on Twitter
With files from Adam Carter and Daniel Taekema

CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News
Corrections and clarifications|Submit a news tip|Report error
Footer Links
My Account

Profile
CBC Gem
Newsletters
About CBC Accounts
Connect with CBC

Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Mobile
RSS
Podcasts
Contact CBC

Submit Feedback
Help Centre
Audience Relations, CBC
P.O. Box 500 Station A
Toronto, ON
Canada, M5W 1E6

Toll-free (Canada only):
1-866-306-4636

About CBC

Corporate Info
Sitemap
Reuse & Permission
Terms of Use
Privacy
Jobs
Our Unions
Independent Producers
Political Ads Registry
AdChoices
Services

Ombudsman
Corrections and Clarifications
Public Appearances
Commercial Services
CBC Shop
Doing Business with Us
Renting Facilities
Radio Canada International
CBC Lite
Accessibility

It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.

Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem.

About CBC Accessibility
Accessibility Feedback

©2023 CBC/Radio-Canada. All rights reserved.
Visitez Radio-Canada.ca

Hamilton files $30-million claim against own contractor in Mob-linked dumping legal battle
https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilt...arden-supplies-dirt-dumping-lawsuit.html