I kinda disagree with this notion that Ndrangheta is some kind of inferior to Cosa Nostra. In the 70s, absolutely. In 2021? I'm not so sure.....johnny_scootch wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:44 amMafiosi can only serve one master. Whenever it was Giacomo Luppino was made into the Buffalo family he most likely would have had to renounce membership in his previous Ndrina. Though with his knowledge of Ndrangheta members customs and internal politics he was able to serve as the conduit between the Buffalo Cosa Nostra and the Canadian Ndrangheta. Now it's not all black and white and I do believe Giacomo was allowed to keep some sort of honorary status within the Ndrangheta to help facilitate high level discussions in the same way Ndrangheta bosses had been previously made in Sicily. The difference being Giacomo became a full Cosa Nostra member subservient to the Buffalo family and the Ndrangheta bosses who got made into Cosa Nostra stayed Ndrangheta bosses.calabrianwatch wrote: ↑Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:43 am See my point above - for some investigators the Violi are with the 'ndrangheta today due to their double past. And Luppino was both, with Buffalo and with Toronto Sidernesi, so why can't the Violi be also both?
It's clear Violi is 100% Buffalo Cosa Nostra. I doubt with a grandfather father and uncles all Cosa Nostra members he was even eligible for Ndrangheta membership. Remember Joe Violi was deciding between Buffalo and Bonannos not Buffalo, Bonannos and Sidernesi. It seems like for whatever reasons joining the Ndrangheta was not a viable path for them.
Also Johhny, you know the Destefano, Piromalli, the Mancusos with maxi trial going on right now.... THEY ARE ALL COSA NOSTRA....as well as Ndrangheta, but to be fair, it is in Italy...