Summary of last night's (Dec. 3, 2018) articles:
Now we have the most compelling evidence that the Buffalo crime family is active. More importantly these articles reveal Joe Todaro Jr. is still Buffalo's mob boss. Wiretaps confirm he "hand-picked" Canadian Dominico Violi to be his current underboss. Adrian Humphries writes:
It was in October 2017, at a meeting in Florida, that Joseph Todaro Jr., the alleged Buffalo boss, told Violi he had hand-picked him, according to wiretap transcripts and summaries entered as exhibits in pre-trial proceedings.
After he told the story to his friend, the New York mobster leaned in and kissed Violi in a traditional show of respect, the Crown’s evidence claimed.
He told Violi it was “in his blood.â€
According to both articles putting a Canadian atop a US Cosa Nostra family made history and was so unusual Todaro had to seek permission from the US mob's governing body called "The Commission," which most observers believed was in mothballs. Humphries continues:
"Domenic, you know you made history," Violi said the alleged boss of the Buffalo Mafia family told him in 2017 after Violi was promoted to the position of Underboss, according to a wire tap summary tendered in court.
Violi asked what he meant.
Nobody in Canada has ever held such a high position, Violi said he was told, according to his own recounting caught on an RCMP recording.
...It was such a unique situation that the Buffalo boss had consulted “the Commission†about it, the conversation continued. The opinion, he said, was that as long as someone is a member of the Mafia he is entitled to hold leadership positions within that family.
The Globe & News seem to indicate there are at least 30 active members whom Violi proudly asserts he beat out for this top spot. Molly Hayes and Greg McArthur write:
Shortly before his arrest, according to wire transcripts filed in court, Mr. Violi divulged to the police agent that he had been promoted to underboss of the Todaro family – the No. 2 man in charge of the “whole thing.â€
It was a prestigious role, he said, and he had beaten out 30 other people for the position.
Evidently a reorganization took place in 2014 when captains were placed over various crews--including a crew in Canada. The Globe and Mail goes on to say, “The reorganization seemed to begin in 2014. “Captains†were allegedly appointed to run crews of soldiers, including one in Hamilton.â€
These articles lend credibility to Edwards article and his sources who indicated Buffalo was playing an active role in the current Mob War in Canada.
Here are the links to these two articles:
https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...me-figure-was-underboss-of-buffalo-mafiahttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...rld-how-a-drug-plea-has-exposed-a-mafia/
