Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[Newyorkempire]

Pretty obvious Massechia is made. If you someone can't read between the lines they are a crackhead and has no business even being on this forum

[NickleCity]

Pretty obvious Massechia is made. If you someone can't read between the lines they are a crackhead and has no business even being on this forum

It’s also interesting that there were active investigations into IOC in Nevada and California that were tied to the Buffalo family during the time frame of 2006 when we start to see articles saying the Buffalo mob is dead. Seems these investigations took place before and after the Michael Masecchia investigation started in 2004… IMHO we are learning about an enough activity to question the assertion of the 2006 Niagara Gazette article that relays Coppola’s opinion.

[Newyorkempire]

Pretty obvious Massechia is made. If you someone can't read between the lines they are a crackhead and has no business even being on this forum

It’s also interesting that there were active investigations into IOC in Nevada and California that were tied to the Buffalo family during the time frame of 2006 when we start to see articles saying the Buffalo mob is dead. Seems these investigations took place before and after the Michael Masecchia investigation started in 2004… IMHO we are learning about a enough activity to question the assertion of the Niagara Gazette article that relays Coppola’s opinion.

All those articles claiming it was dead were all bullshit. Those writers didn't know their ass from their face

[antimafia]

Joseph Iavarone was listed for a First Appearance on the ontariocourtdates.ca site on the 10:30 am docket for an Ontario Court of Justice criminal matter to be heard at the Newmarket Courthouse, which is north of Toronto but still in the Greater Toronto Area. We'll all know more in mid-January.

[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.

And it appears Bobby Panaro was one of the main targets of that Vegas investigation… and what I didn’t know was that Bobby Panaro was co-owner of Soho Restaurant in Buffalo. I knew Johnny Amoia (whose family was involved in the mob connected Grazadei drug ring), Frank Parisi (part of Serio DTO), and Angelo Natale were owners.

[NothingNew44]

Interesting

[NickleCity]

After the Bongiovanni conviction, lead prosecutor Joseph Tripi, said they proved Italian Organized Crime exists in Buffalo.



For the whole article see: https://www.wivb.com/news/crime/ex-dea- ... tates/amp/

[Newyorkempire]

What an absolutely shocking revelation. How could this be???

[Newyorkempire]

Beyond the fact Buffalo is alive and well. The term Irish Organized Crime has been used to describe the Irish Mafias, the term Russian Organized Crime has been used to describe the Russian Mafias, so forth and so on. The attempts by some posters here to play semantics and angle an impossibility of this obvious interchangeability to make their argument only continues to show their lack of knowledge and understanding of all of this. They've been proven wrong countless times in so many ways. Embarrassing for them to say the least, once again.

[Tonyd621]

I get it Masecchia is made.Buffalo mob may be a bit stronger then people thought. But highlighting what he said in his guilty plea does not provide evidence for me imo. Alot of statements like that are boiler plate statements you are ordered to make in order to plead guilty. Alot of times they will not accept your plea if you do not admit to it.

[Newyorkempire]

I get it Masecchia is made.Buffalo mob may be a bit stronger then people thought. But highlighting what he said in his guilty plea does not provide evidence for me imo. Alot of statements like that are boiler plate statements you are ordered to make in order to plead guilty. Alot of times they will not accept your plea if you do not admit to it.

Does not provide what evidence for you?

[NickleCity]

I get it Masecchia is made.Buffalo mob may be a bit stronger then people thought. But highlighting what he said in his guilty plea does not provide evidence for me imo. Alot of statements like that are boiler plate statements you are ordered to make in order to plead guilty. Alot of times they will not accept your plea if you do not admit to it.

I understand what you are saying but Tripi is referring to Lou Selva and especially Ron Serio’s testimony. In particular Serio testified that Masecchia told him he is a made man and Ron asked how he could become a made to which Masecchia replied, “Shutup and keep making money.” People can always say that was Masecchia made it up… but we have a cooperator indicating what he was told.

[Tonyd621]

I get it Masecchia is made.Buffalo mob may be a bit stronger then people thought. But highlighting what he said in his guilty plea does not provide evidence for me imo. Alot of statements like that are boiler plate statements you are ordered to make in order to plead guilty. Alot of times they will not accept your plea if you do not admit to it.

Does not provide what evidence for you?

Not really...tbh...he is not willingly forthcoming. He's being forced by the govt to state these things whether he believes them himself or not or whether they happened or not. If you want X amount of years you must state Y.

[Tonyd621]

I get it Masecchia is made.Buffalo mob may be a bit stronger then people thought. But highlighting what he said in his guilty plea does not provide evidence for me imo. Alot of statements like that are boiler plate statements you are ordered to make in order to plead guilty. Alot of times they will not accept your plea if you do not admit to it.

I understand what you are saying but Tripi is referring to Lou Selva and especially Ron Serio’s testimony. In particular Serio testified that Masecchia told him he is a made man and Ron asked how he could become a made to which Masecchia replied, “Shutup and keep making money.” People can always say that was Masecchia made it up… but we have a cooperator indicating what he was told.

Yes, this is evidence to me...

[NickleCity]

Want to know why a lot of people in Buffalo don't trust LE?

Then read what the thread Dan Telvock the investigative journalist at WIVB in Buffalo just wrote on X. He has been at the courthouse for the whole Gerace trial.

Dan T
@DanielTelvock
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It's neither illegal nor is there anything specifically wrong with having your # in the phone of a strip club owner. But the # of cops in the phone of Pharaohs owner Peter Gerace jr. ... let's digest this:
Dan T
@DanielTelvock
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2h
2 former Buffalo police commissioners & former dep commish. 4 NYSP officers, maybe 5; former DEA agent and BPD detective accused of doing coke at a cottage w/ former DEA agent Joseph Bongiovanni; 12-15 cops for smaller police departments.
Dan T
@DanielTelvock
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2h
Must note that only Greg Trotter from Amherst PD (and Bongiovanni obviously) have been charged with anything. Trotter charged w/ lying to federal agents. But when an undercover agent attempted drug buys at Pharaohs, something odd happened:
Dan T
@DanielTelvock
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Someone at the Cheektowaga police department ran the car plates of the undercover agent.
This resulted in the feds moving away from trying undercover buys because of the risk of it becoming known to Gerace & his friends, considering the significant # of police contacts he has.
Dan T
@DanielTelvock
Gerace has been described as a law enforcement groupie, but testimony revealed some of these current and retired cops did some deeds for him. I want all their names.

Here is a link: https://x.com/DanielTelvock/status/1869451125382168726

I agree that these names need to come out and the deeds that were performed for Gerace exposed. If these deeds didn't amount to anything wrong, should be no problem in making them available to the public.