Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[antimafia]

"Jury finds alleged ‘Ndrangheta crime boss guilty of cocaine trafficking for criminal organization"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... ation.html

[SonnyBlackstein]

"Jury finds alleged ‘Ndrangheta crime boss guilty of cocaine trafficking for criminal organization"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... ation.html

Thanks for the post AM.

Be curious as to his sentencing.

[antimafia]

"Jury finds alleged ‘Ndrangheta crime boss guilty of cocaine trafficking for criminal organization"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... ation.html

Thanks for the post AM.

Be curious as to his sentencing.

You're welcome.

The link below lists the mandatory minimum sentences for a Schedule 1 drug like cocaine.

http://www.ppsc-sppc.gc.ca/eng/pub/fpsd ... #section_5

Keep in mind that Ursino was found guilty on the other charges.

[antimafia]

Article to which I've linked below, by Adrian Humphreys, is about Vincenzo DeMaria.

"When cops can't convict a 'top Mafia boss,' they turn to desperate measures"

http://nationalpost.com/feature/when-co ... -measures/

[antimafia]

More on the trial of Domenico Scopelliti, accused of murdering Rocco Zito.

"‘My father was a family man,’ mobster Rocco Zito’s daughter testifies at murder trial of her ex-husband"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... sband.html

[antimafia]

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"Defendant said he would never have married mobster’s daughter if he’d known who he was getting for a father-in-law"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... n-law.html

[Laurentian]

Man pegged as Toronto’s ‘top guy’ in powerful global Mafia starts new court battle against deportation to Italy


http://nationalpost.com/news/man-pegged ... n-to-italy

[Laurentian]

Court hears killer shot at Rocco Zito from his basement

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...s ... ement.html

[antimafia]

"Rocco Zito was shot three times, court hears"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... hears.html

[antimafia]

"Mobster Rocco Zito was pointing gun at son-in-law before being fatally shot, murder trial hears"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... hears.html

[antimafia]

^^^^
Article to which I've linked below, which was actually published today, is about yesterday's trial proceedings. The courthouse has apparently been packed with observers the last two weeks. I had to wait 45 minutes this morning to get a seat. Trial resumes Tuesday, May 22, 10:00 am, when the Crown will cross-examine Domenico Scopelliti.

Rocco Zito's son-in-law testifies he had to shoot Zito to save himself

http://torontosun.com/news/crime/rocco- ... e-himself/

[antimafia]

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"Defendant tells trial he had to shoot mobster Rocco Zito or he ‘was going to die’"

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... o-die.html

"'I WILL DIE, BUT YOU WILL DIE FIRST': Murder trial hears mobster's last words"

http://torontosun.com/news/crime/i-will ... ast-words/

[antimafia]

"Son-in-law killed mobster after Zito threatened to cut off his cash flow: Crown"

http://torontosun.com/news/crime/son-in ... low-crown/

[antimafia]

^^^^
I've linked below to an article that was about yesterday's trial proceedings. All the evidence in the trial has been heard as of today. The jury will be called back on Thursday, May 31.

‘He was also an old man in 2011 when he tried to stab me’

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8625 ... to-stab-me

[antimafia]

^^^^
Accused in mobster Rocco Zito’s murder still fears for his life, court hears

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/0 ... hears.html