Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[gohnjotti]

NickleCity in a league of his own

Agreed. One of the best contributors on the forum despite focusing on only one family.

[antimafia]

Organized crime charges laid and proceeds of crime seized as part of Project Sindacato
https://www.yrp.ca/en/Modules/News/inde ... 846e3f10a2

Project Sindacato ends in arrests of 9 members of alleged crime family in Vaughan, Ont.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ ... -1.5216270

‘You’re Never Too Busy For Your Banker’: How Italy’s ’Ndrangheta Mafia Allegedly Infiltrated Canadian Banks
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations ... dian-banks

Alleged Italian Mobsters Grew Powerful in Toronto. Experts Say Canadian Law Can’t Stop Them.
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations ... -stop-them

^^^^
‘I cannot believe we are not even going to try’ (Toronto Star), Apr 25, 2024
https://pressreader.com/article/281509346248205

Major Canadian Banks TD and RBC Hold Mortgages for Alleged Toronto Mafia Boss
https://www.occrp.org/en/scoop/major-ca ... mafia-boss

[antimafia]

^^^^
‘Tell Me What You Need’: Wiretaps Caught Alleged Toronto Mafia Boss Speaking With Property Developers
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/ ... developers

[antimafia]

Paul Manning's tweet from earlier today:

https://x.com/mobinfiltrator/status/1860331212339863871

Paul Manning @mobinfiltrator

During @hamiltonpolice’s hearing about my #Whistleblower activities they released personal medical records, without my permission.

So continuing with the ‘“let’s share private shit” theme.

Let start sharing registered informants.

Nicky Papalia, son of Rocco and nephew of Johnny ‘Pops’ Papalia was on the books for years.

Handled by Halton, I took him on also in 2007 from the CFSEU.

Let’s see how much I can cost the #HamOnt taxpayer in lawsuit and relocation fees.

This one a freebie.

9:34 AM · Nov 23, 2024

[antimafia]

^^^^
https://x.com/mobinfiltrator/status/1860356820075786252

Paul Manning @mobinfiltrator

I have thirteen more registered information [sic: informants], four of which have passed.

That’s 9 still alive.

11:16 AM · Nov 23, 2024

[SonnyBlackstein]

Isn't that a crime? Willfully endangering life?

[antimafia]

^^^^
I fear that even with a recent change of book publishers, a move precipitated by censorship and contractual differences with the previous publisher per Manning, his book may never see the light of day.

[antimafia]

Toronto on brink of a mob war, Italy warns
Adrian Humphreys
Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015


Mobsters around Toronto are on the brink of armed warfare in a brewing feud between some of the world’s most powerful and wealthiest gangster clans, according to wiretaps secretly recorded in Italy.

Friction between Mafia families in Canada has already triggered one brazen murder, an unsolved shooting last year outside a café in Woodbridge, north of Toronto, authorities in Italy warn after listening to private conversations between an accused mafioso who returned to Italy from Toronto.

The allegations on the inner workings of Ontario-based mob families are revealed in documents prepared by prosecutors in Italy in a sweeping anti-Mafia case targeting the “elite” of the underworld.

Last month, dozens of accused mobsters were arrested in Europe as part of Operation Acero-Krupy — the very name demonstrating the Canadian connection: acero is Italian for “maple,” while Krupy is a purposeful misspelling of the name of a family under investigation.

Prosecutors claim hidden microphones captured conversations between two men: Vincenzo Crupi, 50, who had recently returned to Italy from Canada, and his brother-in-law, Vincenzo Macri, 50.

“Crupi, coming from Canada, provided a detailed report to Vincenzo Macri about the outcome of his meetings in Canada with members at the top of the ’Ndrangheta operating in that territory,” prosecutors wrote, summarizing their allegations, translated from Italian by National Post.

(The ’Ndrangheta is the proper name of the Mafia that formed in Italy’s region of Calabria.)

The conversations, authorities say, “seriously highlight the danger of an escalation of an armed conflict within the coterie of ’Ndrangheta clans, operating for a long time in Canadian territory … particularly among the Coluccio and the Figliomeni (clans).”

A transcription of the actual words the men spoke was not publicly released and the evidence has not yet been tested in court. Arrest warrants for both were issued on Sept. 28 in Italy as part of the Acero-Krupy probe.

Inter-clan friction in Canada sharply increased after the 2014 murder of Carmine Verduci, the prosecutors say. Verduci, 56, was an important mobster in the Toronto area, described as a transatlantic go-between for gangsters in Italy and Canada, until he was shot dead outside Regina Sports Café in Woodbridge in April 2014.

The prosecution documents claim Crupi also spoke about Verduci’s unsolved murder, calling it an “assassination,” and alleging it was “planned and determined” by two brothers from Vaughan, Ont., who are considered fugitives in Italy for Mafia association.

The information from Italy has been shared with Canadian law enforcement, sources in both countries say.

Requests for comment from York Regional Police and the RCMP’s anti-organized crime unit went unanswered Tuesday.

There would be hurdles faced by Canadian police in using the wiretaps to lay charges in the murder, however, especially if the legitimacy of the information was challenged in court. Judicial authorization for a wiretap is far easier for police to obtain in Italy than in Canada.

On the streets of Toronto and north of the city in Vaughan, where many of the suspected mobsters live and work, police say there is no palpable sense a war is brewing.

“Whatever the problem was between these groups, it looks like, somehow, it’s may have been worked out,” said an officer familiar with local ’Ndrangheta figures.

“It looks like business as usual with these groups,” he added, asking his name not be used as he is not authoritized to comment on the cases. In the 18 months since Verduci’s slaying, police are not aware of any dramatic retaliation.

Another police investigator said a war would be so bad for business, cooler heads will likely prevail.

“There are too many important people who would lose money if there was a shooting war. They have to have some cohesion, they have to show strength to stave off competition from (mobsters based in) Montreal.”

However, one officer mused, it just might be a little “too quiet.”

“People seem to be getting along, everyone is shaking hands and kissing each other. It is either really good or really bad — it is sometimes difficult to tell.”

Operation Acero-Krupy began when police in Italy eavesdropped on conversations between two other men with close ties to Canada.

Giuseppe Coluccio, 49, and Antonio Coluccio, 46, are both former residents of Ontario. The older brother was deported in 2008 and the younger left under pressure from immigration authorities in 2010.

The documents allege Giuseppe is now the boss of the globally powerful Coluccio clan.

The ’Ndrangheta is built on a confederacy of like-minded clans, each relying on family bonds. It is similar, but separate from the better-known Mafia of Sicily, called Cosa Nostra. Police around the world say the ’Ndrangheta has become the most dangerous and powerful Italian crime group.

A national risk assessment by the RCMP recently identified the ’Ndrangheta in Canada as a priority threat.

As reported by the Post in 2010, Italian authorities said there were at least seven primary ’Ndrangheta clans in the Toronto area and the organization had climbed “to the top of the criminal world,” by establishing a “continuous flow of cocaine.”

In 2010, prosecutors said there was “an unbreakable umbilical cord” between the ’Ndrangheta in Canada and in Italy.

An Italian government official familiar with the latest case said Canada and Italy continue to work closely in investigating mobsters with ties to both countries.

“It is not only a fight for Italy against this group, but a fight at an international level. It is important to share information and work together,” the official said.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/blog.h ... taly-warns

Cross-posting.
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The Italian media outlet TeleMia just recently reported that Vincenzo Macrì’s sentence in relation to Operazione Acero-Krupy has been reduced. A subsequent article, published within 24 hours, indicates toward the end that Macrì, had he been able to intervene in time, could have prevented the murder of Carmine Verduci [in Woodbridge, just north of Toronto, in April 2014].

https://www.telemia.it/2020/02/processo ... nzo-macri/

Siderno Group: la Corte d’Appello conferma il legame con il clan Commisso, traffici tra Italia e Canada
https://www.telemia.it/siderno-group-la ... -e-canada/

Il gruppo criminale tra Siderno e il Canada una “costola” dei Commisso
https://reggio.gazzettadelsud.it/artico ... cb62f191d/

[NickleCity]

I've long contended that the 2007 Masimmi murder was LCN connected. Masimmi married into the mob connected Jacobi family and was close with Jimmy Caci. Moreover numerous people connected/related to Buffalo LCN figures signed his online obituary. This included:

1. Rose (Joe) Bongiovanni from Vegas
2. Stephen Cino
3. And that Rose and Joe Bongiovanni signed Jimmy Caci's online obituary
4. The Durante family
5. The Alessi family

Also, interesting that Judge Gerard Bongiovanni in Vegas was tried for accepting bribes from associates of the Buffalo crime family and was tied to buffalo mob connected figure Ben Spano.
For those who would like the background click this link to read my previous post and the couple right after it. viewtopic.php?p=140553#p140553

Additionally, we recetly have learned that Mario Vacanti, the murderer Sam Vacanti's brother, was part of the Serio/Masecchia DTO that is alleged to be connected to Buffalo LCN.

Now after going through DEA Agent's Tony Casullo's testimony in Bongiovanni trial 1, it becomes clear that in 2004 he was investigating a DTO in Los Angelos and Vegas with ties to the Buffalo Italian Organized Family. He started investigating Michael Masecchia when he learned that Masecchia was going to go to Vegas and live in the home next to Marty Mazzara. Early on in his testimony he starts to mention Jimmy Caci but is told not to go into that further. Additionally the Spano's and Cino's are both brought up.

Also of interest is the fact that Anthony Casullo is related by marriage to the Domiano family (brother in law to Phil Domiano in Vegas who is friends with Gerace and Manager at Pharaoh's for a time.) The prosecutors bring this up at the beginning of the trial because after Bongiovanni learned that Casullo was likely goign after him... he filed to make the DEA aware of Tony's relationship. Tony speaks a lot about how Phil is not allowed at their home and he has never been friends with him. Phil Domiano's dad is Phil "Bucky"Domiano Sr. who was Vito "Buck Jones" Domiano's son. Buck Jones was close to Randaccio and handled gambling for the arm. Vito's brother was John Domiano. Both Vito and John Domiano were caught up in a large heroin trafficking bust moved heroin from Canada to Buffalo.

Casullo's testimony verifies that the DEA had its Christmas parties at the SoHo restaurant and that he had an issue with that because Bobby Panero was an owner. You will recall my previous post indicating that Amoia's were part owners as well.

I am trying to figure out if Sam Spano is the sam Sam Spano who reluctantly testified against Lenny Falzone and sought witness protection after that.

Here are some of the screenshots from Casullo's testimony:

[NickleCity]

^^^^
B wrote the following about “Buck Jones” Domiano:

- Magaddino talked about making alliances and business relationships with policemen and disparaged some of them who were backing his gambling operations. Apparently Vito Domiano was originally responsible for paying off the Buffalo police. Without Domiano, Magaddino says their operations would have been raided but instead they received tipoffs. He also claims to pay legislator Frank DeFalco a weekly salary.

Here is the link where you will find B.’s info: viewtopic.php?p=69675&hilit=Domiano#p69675

[antimafia]

Over on X (former Twitter), Paul Manning is asking his followers and nonfollowers to guess which of the two people in an accompanying photo "assisted the police" in the past. The people? Pino Avignone and Percy Regimbald.

https://x.com/mobinfiltrator/status/186 ... jwKywCiI0w

[antimafia]

^^^^
Manning intends to reveal the name of another informant later today.

https://x.com/mobinfiltrator/status/186 ... jwKywCiI0w

[NickleCity]

Looks like Casullo believed Bobby Panaro’s son is possibly involved in IOC.



BTW I had an individual from Vegas tell me years ago that he thought Bobby’s son was involved.

[NickleCity]

Interesting that Casullo is asked by defense if Peter Gerace has cousin and an uncle named Joe Todaro that are all involved in organized crime. Wouldn’t that be Joey III?

[NickleCity]

Interesting that DEA Agent speaks of active investigations in Buffalo IOC activity in Vegas and California from 2004 forward while he was in the Las Vegas Field Office.