The Siderno Group is turning in on itself.

"Firebombing north of Toronto adds urgency to warnings of brewing mob war in city"

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada...mob-war-in-city

There has been another murder, very likely mob linked, in Toronto. I'm posting in this thread because I am fairly certain who the murder victim is.

'Armed and dangerous’ suspect surrenders to Toronto police in what may be Mafia-linked slaying

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada...linked-shooting

Link to the Toronto Police Service news release:

http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/33847

Thanks for sharing antimafia!

The latest murder victim is senior Siderno Group figure Rocco Zito.

"Toronto police identify Playfair Ave. shooting victim as Rocco Zito"

http://on.thestar.com/1WTvvrL

5 foot two inches and 87 years old? What could he have done to cause his son in law to murder him?

Guy liked his violence. Clubbing people with bottles then shooting them to finish the job how many people this little old guy kill. Dig up his cellar.

Murder of mob boss Rocco Zito: Hit or domestic dispute? Two Canadian mob experts weigh in - “The killing of Rocco Zito is the most significant Toronto underworld murder ever to happen since the killing of mob boss Paul Volpe in 1983.” http://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/murder-of-mob-boss-rocco-zito-hit-or-domestic-dispute by Gangsters Inc.​

Wow!.....They aren't playing around in Canada. When will the bodies stop piling up?...Sounds like they all believe in the LCN teachings of, Little Nicky:
"‘You gotta kill people. And you gotta keep on killing ’em,'”

My little reading into this sounds like the son n daughter was going threw bad times and dad even at 87 was talking shit so the son in law killed him new he fucked up and turned himself into the police cause he was a dead man oR jail for life. I've said this before I never new shit about Canada I thought this month is the revanent was still happening up there but now they got drake and the mob don't give afuck up there. Also when I was I little kid I would go for a week to cape cod and all the French people dudes from Canada were spedos on the beach and not give a fuck. Hairy fat scary. 80 90tys. Fargo season 2 just banged out that was classic.

Yup, sounds like a surprising coincidence. Considering the ties both the victim and the son-in-law have to the 'Ndrangheta clans, I can see why one would expect this to be a hit though. Would be interesting if that actually turns out to be the case, but so far it sounds like it had little to do with Organized Crime, other than the names involved.

I was poking around on the Net for information about Dean Wiwchar, the suspect charged in the murder of Portuguese-Canadian criminal John Raposo back in 2012 at the Sicilian Sidewalk Cafe in Toronto--see my latest post from yesterday at http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=904345#Post904345.

I came across an article/blog published exactly one year ago. The link is

https://panamericancrime.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/the-mafia-and-toronto-an-update/

I don't agree with a number of statements made by the writer but I did want to share the excerpt below (all of you should read most or all of the blog to get some idea of where he's coming from).

In fact, the issue may already have degenerated into armed conflict. Verduci’s murder, now believed to be related to him being discovered by Italian police to be the official messenger between the Camera di Controllo in Toronto and the Crimini Provincia in Calabria, was just the first that can be attributed to the mounting tension. On June 24, 2015 a gunman named Jason Hay, a man with a documented violent criminal past, walked into the Moka Espresso Bar in Woodbridge and opened fire on four people, two of whom were killed. Police believe that Hay, in a move that is a hallmark of Toronto’s ‘Ndrine, was hired by opposing Toronto ‘Ndrine. The actual target of the Moka shooting has not yet been identified by police but police assume it is related to a Calabrian power struggle in Toronto. As was the case with Hay, it is believed that a Toronto ‘Ndrine may also have been responsible for the murder of John Riposo on College Street in Toronto in June, 2012, and that his murderer was Dean Wiwchar. Police sources believe that Wiwchar’s identity as the killer was subsequently leaked by Toronto ‘Ndrangheta members to law enforcement as he was known to attack his employers in order to avoid any future legal repercussions if they were to eventually become cooperating witnesses. These killings point to tensions between the Toronto ‘Ndrine and a capacity for violence in order to resolve the underlying issues.

I think that we will have to wait to see whether the respective lawyers for Dean Wiwchar and Jason Hay even decide to go to trial before entertaining the possibility that either suspect will spill the beans about who hired them.

Anti did they ever solve the murder of the man whose last name was patriarca in toronto think it happen last year. Was just wondering cause they said he was related to the guys in rhode island? Sounded like a hit.

Good Question! The murder was never connected to the Montreal war, but Patriarca was picked up frequently on Rizzuto wiretaps.

pmac:

No, the murder of Alfredo Patriarca in January 2016 remains unsolved. (The VICE Canada reporter was way off the mark in connecting the murder victim with the Patriarca Family. There is no such relation.)

Hollander:

Patriarca's murder could be connected to the June 2012 killing of Raposo, and, in contrast to the theory of the writer whose blog I quoted from just a bit farther above, both murders could be related to tensions between Montreal and the Siderno Group before and after Vito Rizzuto died in December 2013. As many posters who have read the articles about Patriarca's murder know, he was hit by a stray bullet when Raposo was killed, but Patriarca wasn't identified in newspaper articles at the time of Raposo's murder.

Below is a good summary taken from http://nathanson.osgoode.yorku.ca/databa...to-march-2016/.

On January 20, Alfredo (Freddy) Patriarca was found shot to death in the garage of an Etobicoke home. Police have not arrested anyone in the shooting. However, a Toronto police spokesperson did tell the media that the murder had all the signs of a professional hit in that the killer took just eight seconds inside the garage to shoot Patriarca dead.

The 42-year-old Patriarca has long been suspected of having ties to Italian-Canadian mafia families. Citing an unnamed police source, the Toronto Star wrote that he was frequently overheard on police wiretaps that were part of Project Colisée, a major investigation into Montreal’s Rizzuto crime family of Montreal during the mid-2000s. During the investigations, police were conducting surveillance on one relative of Rizzuto and two twin brothers who were associated with the Rizzuto family. “The deceased had a close relationship with the twins and Rizzuto loyalists,” the police source said. “He was close to both brothers.”

Patriarca was previously wounded in a high-profile homicide allegedly connected to Italian-Canadian organized crime. As CBC News describes, “he was one of two men shot in the summer of 2012 as they sat together on the crowded patio of a College Street cafe. The men were among hundreds of people watching a Euro Cup soccer match in the neighbourhood’s bars and restaurants that day when a gunman, dressed in a hard hat, construction vest and dust mask covering his face, approached them and opened fire with a handgun. Patriarca was sitting with John Raposo who was shot five times in the head and died from his injuries. Toronto police have since said Raposo was the intended victim of ‘the targeted hit.’” Four people have since been charged in connection with that shooting, including Rabih Alkhalil (see earlier story on the Alkhalil brothers). Police have said the murder was likely related to an underworld dispute involving large quantities of cash and cocaine.

According to CBC News, Patriarca and his family “live in homes that are heavily secured, and rigged with surveillance cameras. But Patriarca’s residence was under renovation, so he, his wife and two children recently moved into a rented home. It was his wife who called 911 after discovering his body.”

A Toronto police spokesperson said that Patriarca “has never been charged with an offence in relation to organized crime.”

Sources: CBC News, January 26, 2015, Etobicoke murder victim survived 2012 Little Italy patio shooting; Toronto Star, January 31, 2016, Murder victim Alfredo Patriarca was picked up on Rizzuto wiretaps: police source; Torstar News Service, February 18, 2016, Police downplay mob angle in Etobicoke man’s murder

Thanks anti. Toronto is alot more midwest or as americans i would say its next to chicago or detroit its funny there stiring the pot in montreal all the way from over there. I no im wrong but i swear theres got to be a little old guy on long island causing all the shit in montreal. And like my boy dixie says i love reading about this shit show up there from all the Canada poster or others who gives a fuck chill. Dixie didnt say that but whats up dix. Roll tide. Lol.

Thanks antimafia for the above post.

What's your take on the Raposo-Patriarca situation? I haven't researched the topic much but from what I gather the murder was linked to that biker dude Nero?

Do you think that Raposo and Patriarca were possibly targeted by the Siderno group?

Patriarca was probably involved with the C untreras.

What makes you think so?

Because he was tied to the Caputo twins one of them was charged last year in the same bust as Liborio C untrera.

Antimafia, did you ever came across information about the ties between Canada and Australia?

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/allege...ppeal-to-courts

Alleged Toronto Mafia boss wins new parole hearing in latest appeal to court

^^^^
"Accused mob boss wins right to challenge parole decision"

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/...e-decision.html

Australia has overtaken Reggio Calabria by number of locali
Published: January 17, 2017

Today we find more local 'Ndrangheta in Canada or Australia to Reggio Calabria

http://www.antimafiaduemila.com/home/ras...-di-locali.html

The Police of the Province of Reggio Calabria prohibits the funeral in public for Pietro Commisso.
Yesterday, at 7:00 am, at the cemetery of Siderno, in Reggio Calabria, was held, strictly private, the funeral of Pietro Commisso, 85, died on January 22, leading member of the homonymous gang operating in Siderno, with branches in Canada, Argentina and Australia, active in drug trafficking, in infiltration in public procurement and extortion rackets.

Per approfondire http://www.strettoweb.com/2017/01/ndrang...iQprISuaUBSe.99

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2017/01...b1a5f0d788.html

Eight tonnes of cocaine seized in 'Ndrangheta probe

Dave,

I missed your post above. Sorry.

I don't have any profound insights into the murders of Raposo and Patriarca, as there were many articles, published about both killings, that contained information about the links each of them had to other criminals and, of course, to each other.

We all know who the four suspects in the Raposo murder are: Nick Nero, Rabih (Robby) Al Khalil, Martino Caputo, and Dean Wiwchar (the shooter).

Nero has ties to the Hells in Niagara Falls, Ontario (but is not a biker himself) and, at the time of his being charged in the Raposo murder, was already in prison as a result of the Project Ink investigation(s) into cocaine smuggling/trafficking.

Al Khalil has ties to Shane Maloney of Montreal's West End Gang and to the British Columbia Hells Angel Larry Amero--all three were already facing cocaine smuggling/trafficking charges and all were working in Montreal. Al Khalil is likely an associate of Amero.

Caputo and his twin brother, Antonio, at times when both have been based in Toronto, had long been known to be associates of Vito Rizzuto; Martino, the one charged in Raposo's murder, has been in the news more often. Martino had ties to the missing-and-never-been-found Giuseppe (Joe) Renda, as both were caught up in the Montreal Mafia-tied gambling-ring bust in Ontario in the early 2000s. Martino, who has been described as Nero's right-hand man and was also caught up in the Project Ink investigation(s), was also charged at the same time that Liborio Cun-trera and Marco Pizzi were in relation to phase 3 of Project Clemenza, which investigated cocaine importation (about 220 kg smuggled from the US into Canada via commercial vehicles).

Wiwchar has roots in British Columbia and just recently lost an appeal on firearms convictions he faced in that province.

Raposo was described in one or two articles as a former associate of Nero and Caputo, which suggests a possible fallout. I'm fairly certain Raposo's murder had more to do with his drug-related criminal activity than with illegal gambling--mention had been made in one or two articles that Raposo may have had unpaid debts, and his connection to Caputo does then raise the question about illegal gambling.

As to how Raposo may have connections to GTA Siderno Group members, my guess is that Raposo (Portuguese-Canadian) could have been introduced to the 'ndranghetisti in the GTA by the much older Eddie Melo (former well-known Canadian boxer, killed in 2001, who never actually obtained his Canadian citizenship after arriving in Canada from Portugal as a young boy). Melo, who was a driver for Frank Cotroni Sr. whenever the latter was in Toronto in the 1980s and 1990s, was actually identified in a Calabrian document in the early 1990s as a member of the Siderno Group--I can double check the date of the document when I get home if anyone is interested; the mention of this document is made in Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso's Deadly silence: Canadian mafia murders. Melo and Raposo's friendship was mentioned in an article or two. My guess is that Raposo may have been involved in distribution of drugs imported by Siderno Group members.

Patriarca, who was at the ice cream patio when Raposo was killed, was hit by a stray bullet that day. But the media didn't know anything or much at all about Patriarca's criminal ties at the time--as a victim, he wasn't even identified. Only later did the information come out about Patriarca and Raposo knowing each other, as well as Patriarca's being overheard on Project Colisée wiretaps.

So did Patriarca set up Raposo, as has been theorized? If yes, does it necessarily follow that Patriarca was killed because of the setup? If no, are their murders still unrelated or are they in fact still related because the same people who wanted Raposo dead also wanted Patriarca dead? The possibilities regarding motives are endless, but I still think that, as I wrote in the other thread, both killings could be related to tensions between Montreal and the GTA Siderno Group before and after Rizzuto died toward the end of 2013.

Firebombings of Italian bakeries in Ontario cities were a hallmark of Calabrian crime groups in an earlier era. Arson was suspected in a number of fires, usually set for one of two reasons: to eliminate competition through intimidation; and insurance fraud (intentionally set fires).

I don't know what to make of the latest firebombing of a bakery in Vaughan, immediately north of Toronto. Too early to tell.

Links:

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/73...re-suspicious-/

http://www.cp24.com/news/vaughan-bakery-fire-being-considered-suspicious-1.3454106

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/suspicious-fire-vaughan-bakery-1.4156203

http://globalnews.ca/news/3519773/vaughan-bakery-suspicious-fire/

http://www.cp24.com/news/police-investigating-suspicious-explosion-at-cafe-in-woodbridge-1.3481549

Police investigating 'suspicious' explosion at cafe in Woodbridge

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/73...oodbridge-cafe/

More on the explosion.

Woodbridge café explosion suggests mob tensions ‘are heating up’

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/06/29/man-arrested-after-explosion-rocks-woodbridge-caf.html

Excerpt:

A massive explosion at a Woodbridge café has police wondering if southern Ontario is on the brink of a hot summer of mob violence.

“It’s a suspicious explosion,” Const. Andy Pattenden said after the blast early Thursday, which knocked a wall off the Café Corretto on Winges Rd., near the Hwy. 7 and Weston Rd.

The incident came as investigators probe whether there are connections between a spate of recent mob attacks in Hamilton and York Region....

Good, let's hope this stuff continues and police can make some progress, like in the case of the Raposo murder.

Progress? These guys are going to injure or kill a civilian one of these day.

http://www.citynews.ca/2017/07/05/charges-laid-second-suspect-sought-woodbridge-cafe-explosion/

Charges laid, second suspect sought in Woodbridge cafe explosion.

^^^^
"Burned male found at scene of Vaughan cafe explosion charged with arson"

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/74...rged-with-arson
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I still think this arson is in relation to friction within the Siderno Group regarding gambling and loansharking as opposed to disputes with other crime groups about drug turf and cocaine dealing.

The firebombing of the Di Manno bakery, on the other hand, now has me wondering whether there are elements of the Siderno Group who are in business with remnants of the Sollecito-Rizzuto faction in Montreal.

You caught my curiosity, what makes you think that DiManno's bakery arson was related to the Sollecito/Rizzuto faction ?

It seems things got worse in Ontario after the murder of the Godfather Rocco Zito.

"Shootings, explosions, killings and the bloody fight to be ‘the next boss’ after mobster Vito Rizzuto’s death"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/07...utos-death.html

Are they saying the wolf pack is with the rizzuto's?

I think this was stated in an earlier article.

This is pretty significant:

"At the time of his death, Rizzuto was believed by police to have drafted a “black list” of men in the Commisso family he wanted killed."

It makes sense that the Commisso approval was necessary for the Siderno group to back Montagna and others in their bid to overthrow the Rizzutos. It also makes sense that this Wolfpack Alliance need some backing from other Italian crime groups (perhaps the old Rizzuto group) to go after 'ndrangheta members.

This latest article, as well as Rob Lamberti's July 3 article, claim that the Wolf Pack has ties to remnants of the Rizzuto group. However, I don't know just how strong a Sollecito-Rizzuto faction is at this point.

Lamberti is the one who broke this news --
see http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/03/recent-mob-violence-a-drug-war -- but Edwards has scrounged up some interesting tidbits.

I find this alliance between the Rizzuto clan and the Wolfpack to be a desperate move by the Rizzuto's clan.

It confirms that they were losing the battle in MTL and needed to form an alliance. I feel this alliance is only postponing the inevitable.
Even if this alliance were to succeed in overthrowing the Ndrangheta in Ontario; what would stop the Wolf pack in turning against the Rizzuto clan at some point in time. In my opinion it is an act of desperation.

The Wolf pack also have their enemies in B.C and it seems that the Wolf pack war is also taking place in other parts of Ontario, Ottawa being one of the cities.
One thing for sure, it will be one hell of a war that will be waged in Ontario.

But the rizzuto's was apart of an alliance anyway and one faction turned on them, Thiers no difference. It's a smart move on their part

What part do arcadi play in all of this?

The Wolf Pack was formed by the Hells Angels I think.

Two other men who investigators consider to be senior underworld figures in York Region have chosen to quietly leave town over the past month, sources say.

One of those departing is related to Commisso. The other is related to Agostino [BadWord], a former leading member of the Rizzuto crime family in Montreal who was murdered in 2010.

Big Joe maybe?

http://vancouversun.com/news/crime/slain...k-gang-alliance

Published on: June 8, 2016; this is some info.

Giuseppe [BadWord] is no longer in Canada, he took a flight to Venezuela.

I read those guys in BC have ties to the Mexicans, several canadians have been killed over there.

Yes, read the same thing.

I understand why they did it but I thing they would of been better off brokering a deal with the Ndrangheta from Ontario. These new guys can turn on you on a dime. Furthermore, land you in trouble with the law because they would be more prone to being infiltrated by informants. They do not have the same code as that of Italian mafia's.

Interesting article. Thanks for posting Hollander.

When Edwards says that 2 senior York region mobsters left town, one related to Commisso and the other to Agostino. Is he saying Commisso's and Cun-trera's are on the same side and worried about the wolf pack alliance? or in was it meant in more general terms such that they both just left because of the tensions

Liborio?



Might be too late for that.



I don't think he was saying they were on the same side, he was just mentioning both I think to show that both sides are facing death.

I think the Rizzutos will use them just like they use the street gangs in Montreal. The Violis are the ones to watch. They killed all of their fathers.

I wonder if the Rizzutos would've kept the Bonanno flag, even in name only, if it would've preveted this war? Doubtful that NY could've stopped anything though, especially how decimated they were once Massino flipped.

Wonder too where the five families currently stand on all of this? The Gambinos seem to have some connections with the Ndrangheta, and have been at meetings in Canada in the past amongst many different groups (Calabrian and Sicilian). Wonder if they support the Ontario Ndrine groups? Cali and John Gambino are Palermitani whereas the Rizzutos are Agrigentines, so it's not impossible to believe the Gambinos wouldn't necessarily side with the Rizzutos (if they had a stake in the conflict).

Either way, it seems as if almost the entire Rizzuto leadership has been wiped out, so those remaining would probably be smart to cut a truce, but this old world shit goes back so deep for hundreds of years it's probably impossible.

Also, I'm shocked a C.untrera fled to Venezuela. That whole country is so violent and going straight to hell. I talked with someone in Montreal who's family is in the life and they told me that they had fled Caracas a few years prior because of how bad the violence is. Tons of murders and kidnappings... have to go everywhere with a bunch of bodyguards. So if that C.untrera had to flee Canada to go to Venezuela, they must really be scared they're gonna get clipped.

Good points stubbs. Venezuela is in a political turmoil, but still crucial for the narco-business. Maybe Big Joe stays in Aruba, that's what I would do.

Don't fall for those lies. No reliable source has stated he went to Venezuela.

Based on Business or Blood I'm thinking that Big Joe [BadWord] betrayed the Rizzutos by siding with the Siderno group members.

Not Liborio, Giuseppe, son of Paolo, nephew to Liborio.

Agostino [BadWord] was a cousin of Giuseppe's father. So Liborio is a distant cousin of Giuseppe.

The Business or Blood book indicates that Rocco Sollecito had visited Ontario at least six times in the months before Vito Rizzuto's death (December 2013) and that he would have known the mourners from Ontario who paid their respects at Rizzuto's funeral in Quebec. (pp. 267, 268) Sollecito, of course, visited Ontario--Toronto in particular--numerous times over many decades. A lot of the Montrealers who have been part of or involved with the Montreal Mafia were or are no strangers to Toronto and its suburbs. Conversely, you can say the same about Ontario-based members of the 'ndrangheta, Sicilian Cosa Nostra, and American LCN having visited Montreal over the decades.

With whom was Sollecito meeting in Ontario? Who were the members of the 'ndrangheta in Ontario that, according to the aforementioned book (p. 268), were observed attending Rizzuto's funeral--do we automatically assume Pat and/or Angelo Musitano, who might have been worried about being seen associating with members of organized crime? Or were GTA-based Siderno Group members in attendance? Is there any truth to the discovery during the Acero-Krupy operation targeting the 'ndrangheta that Carmine Verduci and Sollecito had links? Any truth to the theory that Verduci was killed because of his ties to Sollecito? Any truth to Sollecito's having close ties with 'ndrangheta clans of the Locride (an area in the province of Reggio Calabria)? Was Sollecito murdered because of his ties to Verduci?

Adrian Humphreys wrote on the day after the murders and attempted murders at the Moka cafe in Woodbridge (June 2015) that the establishment at that address had previously operated under a different name, with different owners. One of the co-owners of the differently named establishment is related to Vito Rizzuto's wife, and this co-owner's name was removed from the paperwork just two days after the business was registered--Verduci was previously seen socializing at this place before it closed down, but we don't know how often.

What follows is a result of some sleuthing on my part. In July 2015, an espresso machine was installed at the Di Manno Bakery in Woodbridge. (It really is just a coincidence that the installation happened in proximity to the shootings at the Moka.) The company that installed the machine is owned by relatives of Rizzuto's wife. The company employee who installed the machine descends from Siderno (Reggio Calabria).

The point I'm trying to make is that one of the many possible reasons there is internal friction in the GTA Siderno Group is that after decades of criminal collaboration with the Montreal Mafia, some Siderno Group members still want to continue doing business with Montreal, most of said business having been conducted in the 2000s and a significant part of said business having been conducted in Italy--the latter is why the 'ndranghetista Carmelo Bruzzese was charged in Italy with being a member of Cosa Nostra, a charge of which he was acquitted.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Good info. !!

Ok, we are talking about two different people.

Don't fall for anything that comes out of his mouth.

There are two Giuseppe Cun treras in the GTA, that's why Pasquale's son is called Big Joe.

A couple of quick thoughts:

* Éric Thibault wrote that article, back in April of this year, in which he indicates no one wants to be in charge of the Montreal Mafia. Compare this article with Peter Edwards's article from yesterday. You'll recall that in Thibault's article, he cited a senior law-enforcement officer who said that even the 'ndrangheta in Ontario, where Paolo Violi's sons live, don't seem to want to be in control of Montreal; and that, furthermore, if members of the 'ndrangheta in Ontario are networking in Quebec, they don't seem to have the resolve or the will to make a breakthrough in Montreal.

* Of the seven leaders of the Siderno Group's 'ndrine in the GTA who were identified in 2010, I believe that Cosimo Commisso is the only one of those leaders who isn't in prison or a fugitive. The Commissos in the GTA wield a lot of power and influence, but Cosimo still had only one vote on the camera di controllo. The poster eurodave164 occasionally asks whether the GTA Siderno Group is heeding orders from Calabria or not, as the Siderno Group in the Toronto area is supposed to answer to those back home. I think the 'ndrine here have not been getting along because they aren't listening to people like Rocco Aquino, who is the head of the Marina di Gioiosa Ionica locale.

I'm talking about the Giuseppe 'Big Joe' [BadWord] who is believed to be the head of the [BadWord]-Caruana clan.

I agree, btw his business partner Giuseppe Colluccio has been released in Italy in December 2012 his family had been in disarray without his guidance.

Who's the other one?

Not much is known. Born in 1962, lived until 1989 in Aruba. He owns/owned two restaurants in Toronto.

Big Joe was born in 1956.

My memory may be failing me, but did anyone save or capture a news story regarding either the Di Manno Bakery arson or Café Corretto explosion that mentioned a high-ranking mafia figure who regularly hung out at one of those establishments?

I'm even thinking that the article insinuated the figure was from the Caruana-Cun trera clan. Thanks in advance if you have the article I'm looking for. It's possible the story was edited to remove that mention or insinuation--this may be the reason I can't find it online.

Also interesting that murder victim Domenic Triumbari was related to Commisso.

Is it this article. The bakery incident was around June 12, 2017 and this article was dated July 7,2017. It's most likely the DiManno bakery they are referring to.

http://nationalpost.com/news/guest-list-...11-289cda7824c9

That's the one, Ciment. Thanks.

I agree that when Humphreys wrote in that article that a "Toronto-area bakery that Cun trera frequently hung out in was recently firebombed," Humphreys was referring to the Di Manno bakery.

http://www.voiceonline.com/alliance-involved-struggle/

Another article on the Wolfpack gang/ Ontario Ndrangheta.

Peter Edwards's most recent article, which was published this past Sunday, is receiving a lot of attention. As a result, he's been appearing on radio/talk shows. Yesterday he was interviewed on the "Bill Kelly Show," which airs on AM900 CHML in Hamilton. Below are two links to the first 4 minutes and 45 seconds of the interview (the first link may not work well on your mobile):

https://omny.fm/shows/bill-kelly-show/are-members-of-organized-crime-trying-to-claim-vit

https://www.facebook.com/AM900CHML/videos/10155637229148628/

Edwards was up first on the show, which ran a total of 52 minutes and 57 seconds. Below is the link to the full program; Edwards appears at the very beginning, and the total length of the segment goes to the 15:32 mark, i.e., the full interview was 15 minutes, 32 seconds.

https://omny.fm/shows/bill-kelly-show/organized-crime-bike-lanes-and-infrastructure-doll

Apparently, you can listen to the podcast of the full interview by downloading it on Apple iTunes and Google Play--I don't have any links, though.

Thank for the info. !!

An arrest was made in relation to the bombing of the Di Manno Bakery. Peter Edwards provides a good timeline in his latest article.

"Kitchener man arrested in Vaughan bakery bombing"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/26/kitchener-man-arrested-for-vaughan-bakery-bombing.html

This guy has a violent history.
Would be interesting to know who employed him or what group he is affiliated with.

http://www.wrps.on.ca/news/police-releas...est-information

Can't the forum program recognize that the last name of that mafia family isn't a "bad word"? The first 4 letters may be, but not the whole word...As bad as those guys may be, associating their surname with a word that can't be used in public is too much, they could take offense

I was wrong about the article to which I posted a link in another thread back on August 22--see forum link below.

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...true#Post918753

The article about the arrests of eight people on charges for firearms and drugs is relevant to the shootings, arson, and firebombings in York Region.

The Ndrangheta Clans are the new Strong and Powerful Italian Mafia Organisation this Times and in the Future.

The Rizuttos they were once maybe the Richest and strongest Mafia Family in North America have no Chance against the Calabrian Clans.

This Guys have More Money, more Power Worldwide, more in the Drug Business, more contacs to other Criminal Organisations, and a lot more secretive as the Sicily Guys.

Also the Caruana/cun... i think is more a Power from the Past, not the Future.

The Cotroni-Violi will take over in Montreal again.

^^^^
There's as much chance of that happening as there is of me taking over the Dutch throne currently being held by King Willem-Alexander.

I think the Ndrangheta Clans from Siderno (Commisso, Coluccio) and other Calabrian Clans are the Dominant Italians in Canada and North America.

The Cotroni and Violi maybe are not strong enough.

in canada maybe, in the united states ndrangheta barely exists, sicilians are by far stronger
anyway coluccio is allied with the caruana's and they are under attack

"Two men now accused of blowing up Vaughan cafe"

http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/two-men-now-accused-of-blowing-up-vaughan-cafe/

https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/79...SlAKC2w.twitter

https://t.co/hwYzyIjNcn

Suspect sought following assault at illegal Richmond Hill gaming house.
Assault caught on video.

https://www.cardschat.com/news/is-hashtag-king-salomon-ponte-the-victim-in-this-video-beatdown-55083

https://t.co/hwYzyIjNcn

Police Seek Poker Room Assault Suspect, ‘Hashtag King’ Salomon Ponte Rumored to Be Victim

https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-st...-gambling-dens/

Debts, threats, despair: Vaughan man's life in 'mafia-run' gambling dens.

I wonder where the Alvaro-Violi-Macri 'ndrina stands in all of this.

@Hollander

what do you mean with these Clans. What's up with these Clans?

You think this ndrinas are active in Canada?

They worked closely with the Aquino-Coluccio from Marina di Gioiosa Ionica.

Are you possibly confusing Antonio Macrì of Sinopoli with relatives of Z'ntoni of Siderno?

I don't recall any investigations in which the Alvaro-Violi-Macrì cosca has been linked to the Aquino-Coluccio cosca. If you have a source, please share if you don't mind.

In Ontario, Carmine Verduci would have felt comfortable operating a crew in Hamilton. His birthplace of Oppido Mamertina likely provided him with natural connections to Giacomo Luppino's relatives, including Paolo Violi's sons Domenico and Giuseppe (regardless of the fact that Paolo Violi's birthplace was Sinopoli). If Verduci's murder was the result of the Toronto-area conflict between the Figliomeni clan and the Aquino-Coluccio clan, do we still consider him a chief plotter in the attempt to topple the Montreal Mafia hierarchy? If his murder wasn't the result of the aforesaid conflict, was he targeted from within the Siderno Group for some other reason that had to do with other internal dissent? Or did Vito Rizzuto exact revenge for Verduci's involvement in the high-profile murders in 2010?

I am very curious about James Dubro's thoughts earlier this year about the murder of Angelo Musitano in early May and the firing of shots into Pat Musitano's home in late June. Dubro's source(s) told him that a new player in Hamilton was a new 'ndrangheta cell from the Italian mainland--if there is such a new cell, is it a rival of the Musitano group? the Luppino-Violi group? or of both?

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Below is more evidence of the problems that were brewing in the Greater Toronto Area Siderno Group more than five months before the December 2009 murder of Nick Rizzuto Jr. From volume 3 of the Operazione Il Crimine arrest warrants, which refer on pp. 1981–1982 to a July 18, 2009 conversation in Calabria between Vincenzo Tavernese (of Thornhill, just north of Toronto) and Rocco Aquino of Marina di Gioiosa Ionica:

Poi il dialogo continua con TAVERNESE che chiede ad AQUINO Rocco di andare a Toronto perché vi sono delle persone che si stanno comportando male con loro:

TAVERNESE V.: vieni a Toronto una quindicina di giorni...
AQUINO R.: no… penso che vengo...
TAVERNESE V.: devi venire anche per sessantaquattro...(n.d.r.: soprannome)
AQUINO R.: no ma io a quest'ora dovrei essere lì...
TAVERNESE V.: non puoi lasciare a Vice?..perchè lo devi andare a riprendere
in qualche maniera… subito subito...ahh?..perchè solo questo
è rimasto..hai capito?
AQUINO R.: si...
TAVERNESE V.: ehh..perchè ci imbroglia...se ti metti tu non sbroglia
nessuno...inc...
AQUINO R.: adesso sta con questi due... mi ha detto " che me ne faccio di
questi cornuti"...
TAVERNESE V.: è bravo...è bravo...ti dico che è una bravissima persona...lui
si è cresciuto sempre con tuo zio...ahh?
AQUINO R.: me ne fotto di loro...
TAVERNESE V.: ahhh?...con..inc...là...hanno preso tutti e due qui...
AQUINO R.: ahhh?
TAVERNESE V.: capisci?...
AQUINO R.: ma noi dobbiamo...inc...
TAVERNESE V.: si si ...
AQUINO R.: ce ne fottiamo degli altri...
TAVERNESE V.: si si con noi...con noi...
AQUINO R.: io.. aspetta un attimo...se parliamo di tutti i costi che ha lì
sopra.. non eravamo lì da Peppe...inc... erano per fatti loro, a
me mi riguarda se facciano una cosa noi...
…OMISSIS… dialoghi incomprensibili a causa del basso tono di voce
Fino alle ore 10.47.36

La conversazione appena riportata appare estremamente interessante poiché dimostra il ruolo di capo ricoperto da AQUINO Rocco (cl. 60), tanto rispettato che, solo con il suo intervento, TAVERNESE ritiene di poter risolvere un contrasto in Canada con un soggetto (indicato come “64”), di origini italiane, che sembrerebbe essere rimasto l’unico a non accordarsi con loro nell’area di Toronto (lett: “perchè solo questo è rimasto”).

I'll repeat below what I previously typed in the thread titled "The mafia and a very special flower arrangement" (http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...true#Post922575).

Emergeva, tra l’altro, un significativo spaccato sull’operatività criminale di tale sodalizio, storicamente conosciuto come “Siderno Group of Crime”, confermando pienamente la sua dipendenza organizzativa e decisionale dalla “locale madre” sidernese.

The preceding sentence essentially states that the GTA Siderno Group, which gets orders from the mother house in Siderno and is supposed to obey said orders, went rogue. So if the GTA Siderno Group started experiencing problems after Giuseppe Coluccio's arrest in July 2008 and, one year later, Vincenzo Tavernese is asking Rocco Aquino to make an appearance in Toronto to quell tensions, was only one faction on board with meddling in Montreal's affairs? Because I can't see the whole commissione (board of control) being unanimously behind such a move.

Anti, I saw an article (try to find it again) that said both groups were working together in Colombia. I mean the Macri's from Sinopoli. I think Giuseppe Coluccio has been released and is back in the fold. Thanks for the response.

@ anti mafia


I feel really presumptuous even posting, I usually just read what you guys post cause you all are so well versed I this topic, but here's a couple a two cents in the hat.....


This situation is very complicated. I think you are correct in the deduction that not all of the Siderno group was behind the moves on the Rizzutos. I think it was the Coluccio group, and maybe the Commissos.

The Violis are related to the Commissos right? And the Coluccios had the connections to the Mexicans right? The Zeta-Gulf organization?

I think the Violis-Commiso-Coluccio group was probably behind it...


Couple of fun facts.......

Don't you find it interesting that the Rizzutos went " rouge" , half the people following don't believe it, but here you have circumstantial evidence that the Toronto Calabrese family based drug clans, APPARENTLY DID THE SAME THING!!?? Lol, I keep telling people it's a consequence of being entrenched in narcotics operations. Drug operations BIRTH criminal syndicates. They are like incubators and steroids for criminal networks.


They dramatized this exact scenario on the second season of Gomorrah. The guy Mico said, " These guys are the worst pigs....... Get permission from this one, go over here talk to this one to get the okay from this guy here...( or some shit like that, he was complaining about the ruling council in Calabria)

And then Gennaro was like " They had a meeting in Polsi, and the Mother ( the holiest of all Mothers, the Calabrese commission) is pissed......

Anti, I can't find the 2015 article, but it said:

traffico internazionale di droga tra gli Alvaro-Violi-Macri, i Pesce e i Coluccio-Aquino insieme ad un comandante delle FARC colombiane.

Link:

Mob fugitive arrested in Rome after seven years hiding in Toronto area

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/...after-seven-years-hiding-in-toronto-area
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From the article:

Police in Italy knew [Tito Figlomeni] was in Canada, however, because several wiretaps in Mafia probes kept catching mobsters talking about him and mentioning him.

He was involved in a dispute between mob factions in Ontario over illegal video gambling machines in bars and cafes, a dispute that required intervention from the mob clan’s leadership in Siderno, according to court documents from Italy.

It may have been that dispute that led to his arrest.

Figliomeni was arrested on March 10 by Toronto police when officers were conducting a liquor license inspection, the Post has learned. He was not charged in the liquor probe but arrested on the immigration warrant. Toronto police could not confirm the arrest prior to deadline.

CBSA would not confirm or deny his removal, citing privacy concerns....

Link below is to YouTube video of Tito Figliomeni's arrest at the Fiumicino airport in Rome--video sent to Adrian Humphreys by Italian law enforcement.

https://youtu.be/Tm-WrRAxh2o

Adrian Humphreys's latest article about Tito Figliomeni explains some of the tensions between various 'ndrine in the GTA Siderno Group. You wonder whether Maria Voci's murder will be avenged one day in 'ndrangheta style.

Fugitive mobster who hid in Canada was cousin of murder victim in brazen 2015 café attack

http://nationalpost.com/wcm/f2980233-58bc-42d5-8791-5292a13eca3a

Link to Peter Edwards's article below is one of the best stories I've read all year. He is continuing to report on the testimony provided by police agent Carmine Guido (not his real name), a witness in the current trial of Giuseppe Ursino and Cosmin Dracea, who were arrested as a result of the Project OPhoenix investigation from 2015.

Court hears details of mob killings in secret recordings

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

Domenico Scopelliti, charged in January 2016 with the murder of Rocco Zito, his father-in-law, has his trial begin tomorrow at 10:00 am at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in downtown Toronto. A motion is also scheduled at 10:00 am.

The cocaine-trafficking trial of 'ndrangheta member Giuseppe Ursino and 'ndrangheta associate Cosmin Dracea is being held in the same courthouse and continues tomorrow.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...-of-reputed-mobster-carmine-verduci.html

Man who worked as paid agent for RCMP tells court he was not involved in murder of reputed mobster Carmine Verduci

why NY doesn't try to stop whatever goes in canada ?
i'm sure that if there be peace ny can benefits from it too

How exactly would they stop what's going on in Canada?

i don't exactly know how
but with a sitdown or something, even try

Those of you who are following the various threads regarding the Siderno Group in the Greater Toronto Area know that I've recently been linking to articles written by Peter Edwards, who is covering the cocaine-trafficking trial of Giuseppe Ursino and Cosmin Dracea. The article to which I've linked below could have been been posted in one of a number of threads, but I decided to post here.

‘Respect’ came up at least 33 times in secret tapes, drug trafficking trial told

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

Excerpt:

On May 23, 2014, [Carmine] Guido and Ursino spoke elliptically about the murder of reputed York Region mobster Carmine Verduci a month earlier.

Verduci was shot dead outside the Regina Café in an industrial and retail plaza near Hwy. 7 and Martin Grove Rd. The killing remains unsolved.

Guido told Ursino that a man named Antonio Coluccio ordered the closure of the Regina Café after the murder.

“They said close it for respect for Carmine, and they closed it,” Guido said.

“What’s Carmine have to do with this?,” Ursino asked.

“Because they killed him outside of there,” Guido said. “Closed. I don’t know why but together ... now it’s …”

“They were four or five that were involved,” Ursino said in a combination of English and Italian....

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...stic-dispute-not-mob-hit-court-told.html

Reputed mobster Rocco Zito was killed in domestic dispute, not mob hit, court told

lol a mafioso kills a top boss over money and it's not mob related?

Slain reputed mobster Rocco Zito had guns, cash hidden all over house, court hears

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...h-hidden-all-over-house-court-hears.html