THE ALBANESE-COLAPELLE CLAN LEADER(S) 1. FRANCO ALBANESE 2. CARLO COLAPELLE
members 3. nicola valvano 4. antonio mercogliano 5. domenico cocullo
activity= tobacco trafficking from U.S. into canada using indian reserves as entry points. in past investigations this clan has sourced tobacco in north carolina for transport into canada at akwesasne and other U.S. quebec border points. this is the main racket of this clan and they appear to be the most active of any in the trafficking of illegal untaxed tobacco. in same arrests there was also involvement in cannabis grow-ops with connections to asian, most likely vietnamese oc. as to which asian crime group in particular nothing has been said. because of this clans role at the border i will only assume they would also be involved in the smuggling of other contraband but at this point nothing has been proven.
territory= akwesasne, six nations, st-bernard-de-lacolle border area, north carolina.
note: this clan like others could possibly be 2 separate ones, being led by albanese and colapelle respectively. also there connections into tobacco producing areas could also have stretched into virginia. there was also a past article about this clan and no other that was once paying a tax to the violi bros of hamilton. that would have been during a time when violis were on street 2014-2017. no info however has established for what this tax was being paid. was it only in cases where tobacco was first smuggled onto the six nations reserve in brantford, on? or was the albanese-colapelle clan allied with the violis?
