Italian-Canadian Mafia, Dia: "The less influential Rizzuto clan" February 13, 2019
"In Canada, the Sicilian mafia is, among those of Italian origin, the most dating back in time, being well established in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia where, for some time now, Italian immigrant communities have settled permanently. In Quebec, the Sicilian mafia will flank the 'Calabrian ndrangheta, making the province, with its capital Montreal, the hub of organized crime of Italian origin in Canada. As for the Sicilian families, the RIZZUTO, originating from Cattolica Eraclea (AG) and the CUNTRERA CARUANA, originally from Siculiana (AG), moved to Canada in the 50s, have imposed their hegemony in the Canadian criminal scenario since the years 80, operating in drug trafficking and recycling activities ".This was written by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department in the Report on the activities of the first half of 2018 delivered to Parliament.
"Due to major arrests by the Canadian police, the RIZZUTO would have seen their influence diminished. A progressive weakening also accentuated by a "mafia war" that led, between 2009 and 2010, to a series of murders of subjects of criminal thickness within the team. To this state of affairs was added, more recently, an internal struggle for supremacy fomented by emerging elements, who would like to supplant the old representatives of the mafia association, many of whom died. Last but not least, the pressure exerted by other organizations for the control of the territory, in particular the 'Ndrangheta, which would be replacing the Sicilian rivals in the control of trafficking and drug dealing, would have contributed to this downsizing. At the same time, the 'Ndrangheta would be equally active in the recycling and redeployment of illicit capital.
The cosche would have adopted, also in Canada, a propagation strategy focused on the reproduction of criminal structures similar to those of the areas of origin.In fact, the Canadian premises would ensure the Calabrian gangs, functional support for the laundering of illicit proceeds and drug trafficking. The loads of cocaine produced in Colombia would transit through Venezuela, for the subsequent passage to the USA and Canada. Over time, the presence of members of the AQUINO-COLUCCIO-SCALI, PAPALIA, SERGI, MORABITO, ALVARO, AGOSTINO, IERINÃ’, but above all the COMMISSO, which would be at the top of the so-called "Siderno group", has historically been recorded, historically in contrast to the COSTA. Everyone would be particularly active in drug trafficking and money laundering in financial, commercial and real estate assets.
On the front of the contrast, of particular importance was the action carried out, in recent years, by Italian and Canadian investigative apparatuses.On 8 March 2011, as part of the "Crime 2" operation, the State Police and the Arma dei Carabinieri arrested 41 subjects by mafia-type association. The investigation, continued the note "Crime" of 2010, has revealed, among other things, the operation of two gangs: one in Thunder Bay and the other in Toronto, respectively linked to the clans of Gioiosa Ionica and Marina di Joyful Ionian. In June 2015, in Ontario, the local police arrested 19 subjects held responsible for extensive drug and arms trafficking, extortion and money laundering, some of which were linked to the 'ndrangheta reggina. The following September, as part of the aforementioned operation '' Acero Connection-Krupy ", concerning a vast international drug trafficking, the State Police and the Arma dei Carabinieri have shed light on the economic-criminal interests and on the foreign branches of the gangs, which spread from Siderno to the Netherlands and Canada. Also the operation "Typograph - Acero bis", concluded in March 2016 by the Arma dei Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza, has shed light on the projections in Piedmont of Cosche di Gioiosa Ionica, Grotteria and Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, also on the offshoots in Canada and the USA.
A common factor, the operations described above show a presence of the 'ndrangheta certainly functional to the large trafficking of drugs, but that also allowed the absconding of criminals of thickness. During the half-year under review, on March 22, 2018 an exponent of the cosca COMMISSO of Siderno (RC) was arrested, at the airport of Fiumicino (RM), after being extradited from Canada, where he had been stopped a few days before violation of the immigration law. The man was wanted since 2010, as the recipient of an order for custody in prison issued by the GIP Reggio Calabria, by mafia-type association and fictitious heading of assets as part of the "Recovery - Common Good" operation. the fact that after joining Canada, using a dense network of logistical support, the fugitive lived permanently in the Greater Toronto Area, using false generality to prevent his identification. Finally, in the country several bands of Hells Angels are active,
