What you claim exists in Buffalo has not been demonstrated by these investigations. What
has been shown is precisely what Peter Ahearn said - "There's a difference between an organized criminal syndicate, like the Mafia, and those who are just committing crimes." This is the exact same thing investigators said over 15 years ago when they stated "Small numbers of loosely associated individuals may still get together to commit what once were Mafia style crimes." You couldn't find a better example of this than Louis Selva, Peter Gerace, Anthony Gerace, Peter
Militello, Michael Messechia, Joseph Bella, and Ronald Serio in the larger Bongiovanni case. That's the sum total of the Buffalo side in recent years.
On the Hamilton side, as I've said many times, the Angelo Musitano, Albert Ivarone, Cece Luppino, Pat Musitano, Jason Lalonde, and Giorgio Baressi shootings were more the result of underworld strife in Canada than anything directly relating to the Buffalo LCN. The Carfagna, Violi, and Iavarone busts occurred irregardless of anyone or anything in Buffalo. The connection between the two is more historical than present day. The Papalias and Musitanos are finished. There are a few members left in Violi and the Luppinos but that's it. You have to look at these things in their proper
context.
All roads lead to New York.
sad.