Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[NickleCity]

johh pieri in vegas is a legit guy

I don't care who his dad was , some guy running a low level telemarking scam in 90's for which he wasnt indicted for , doesn't equate to the guy To say hes running the vegas rackets for the buffalo family in 2020 is simply not true , what he had going 30-40 years ago I don't know I am talking about currently, hes no wiseguy
i believe the mgm opened in the mid 70's where the ballys is now.

I don't know about why they came back or went ot Youngstown but according to the fbi chart in the 1980's sam dicarlo was a Cleveland member

Thanks for your comments Stroccos. I don't believe I said he "ran the Vegas rackets in 2020" or suggested he did. Yes, I could have tightened this sentence up:

Michael’s father appears to have been very close friends with John Pieri who has been operating in Las Vegas:

It would have been better for me to write," Michael's father appears to have been very close friends with John Pieri in Vegas." However, it doesn't change the fact that:

1. John's father was a Casino executive in the 60's/70's and considered an associate of the Buffalo crime family by the FBI
2. John's cousin John A Pieri was a soldier and alleged to have been a Capo in the Buffalo family.
3. John's uncles who were powerful members of LCN, including "Sam" who is alleged to have become acting boss or underboss in the Buffalo faction that opposed Magaddino after their percentages were cut by the same.
4. John is friendly with the father of Michael Masecchia the Buffalo teacher who was indicted last year. Michael is married to, made man, Bart Mazara's daughter and the superseding indictment reveals LE considers him a confirmed associate if not made member of the Buffalo crime family.

“On or about July 11, 2013, the defendant BONGIOVANNI received an email
from a fellow member of law enforcement advising him, in part, that defendant ‘MASECCHIA’ is an associate and possibly made member of the Buffalo LCN family,” an IOC group operating in Buffalo, New York, and elsewhere.

5. In '96 John did get jammed up for running a telemarketing operation typical of those operated by the Buffalo crime family in the '90's
6. Or that street talk (which is often inaccurate) indicates one of the John A. Pieris were responsible for bringing the collections and telemarketing rackets to Buffalo from Vegas.

Like I wrote at the beginning of the timeline of potential mob activity for the "dead years:"

For many the lack of known arrests and indictments for the period of 2006 to the present are indicators that the Buffalo Crime family is dead and that any activity is from remnants of the family. This is certainly a reasonable argument. The issue is this: If one believes the crime family is dead he or she may overlook or dismiss possible activity. However, the opposite is true as well. Those who believe the crime family is active may find it in places where it is not.

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...This doesn't mean all incidents are connected to the Buffalo mob.

[Stroccos]

johh pieri in vegas is a legit guy

I don't care who his dad was , some guy running a low level telemarking scam in 90's for which he wasnt indicted for , doesn't equate to the guy To say hes running the vegas rackets for the buffalo family in 2020 is simply not true , what he had going 30-40 years ago I don't know I am talking about currently, hes no wiseguy
i believe the mgm opened in the mid 70's where the ballys is now.

I don't know about why they came back or went ot Youngstown but according to the fbi chart in the 1980's sam dicarlo was a Cleveland member

Thanks for your comments Stroccos. I don't believe I said he "ran the Vegas rackets in 2020" or suggested he did. Yes, I could have tightened this sentence up:

Michael’s father appears to have been very close friends with John Pieri who has been operating in Las Vegas:

It would have been better for me to write," Michael's father appears to have been very close friends with John Pieri in Vegas." However, it doesn't change the fact that:

1. John's father was a Casino executive in the 60's/70's and considered an associate of the Buffalo crime family by the FBI
2. John's cousin John A Pieri was a soldier and alleged to have been a Capo in the Buffalo family.
3. John's uncles who were powerful members of LCN, including "Sam" who is alleged to have become acting boss or underboss in the Buffalo faction that opposed Magaddino after their percentages were cut by the same.
4. John is friendly with the father of Michael Masecchia the Buffalo teacher who was indicted last year. Michael is married to, made man, Bart Mazara's daughter and the superseding indictment reveals LE considers him a confirmed associate if not made member of the Buffalo crime family.

“On or about July 11, 2013, the defendant BONGIOVANNI received an email
from a fellow member of law enforcement advising him, in part, that defendant ‘MASECCHIA’ is an associate and possibly made member of the Buffalo LCN family,” an IOC group operating in Buffalo, New York, and elsewhere.

5. In '96 John did get jammed up for running a telemarketing operation typical of those operated by the Buffalo crime family in the '90's
6. Or that street talk (which is often inaccurate) indicates one of the John A. Pieris were responsible for bringing the collections and telemarketing rackets to Buffalo from Vegas.

Like I wrote at the beginning of the timeline of potential mob activity for the "dead years:"

For many the lack of known arrests and indictments for the period of 2006 to the present are indicators that the Buffalo Crime family is dead and that any activity is from remnants of the family. This is certainly a reasonable argument. The issue is this: If one believes the crime family is dead he or she may overlook or dismiss possible activity. However, the opposite is true as well. Those who believe the crime family is active may find it in places where it is not.

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...This doesn't mean all incidents are connected to the Buffalo mob.

All those buffalos guys are friendly with each other families . Some commit crimes I highly doubt todaro sr has anything to do with drugs at this point in his life I don’t buy it That he had anything to do with what seem like small drug operations .
John Pieri in Vegas He’s a nobody In terms of oc. Any way u want slice the bread it’s still the same loaf .

[antimafia]

Is the Settemila Café also a bakery?

The white SUV appeared to be parked near there.

Tre Mari Bakery is too far east from where the vehicle was parked.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/suspec ... -1.4991571

Man dead in brazen daylight shooting on St. Clair W.

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/ ... t-clair-w/

After looking at the various news photos more closely, I am certain the unnamed bakery near where the victim's vehicle was parked is the Praia De Mira Portuguese Bakery at 1346 St. Clair Ave. W.

Perhaps more important than where the victim's car was parked at the time of the murder is the fact he was visiting his sister in Toronto.

Incidentally, Jimmy Deleo, who started up the Tre Mari Bakery, died December 15, 2018. One of the more interesting details from his obituary -- to me, at least -- is that his wife, Mary Ferreri, was from Meriden, CT. I don't know whether they married in the US or Canada; the date of their wedding is July 10, 1948 -- this may be of help in determining where. Again, another example of the interconnectedness of North American 'ndrangheta members who had ties, either permanent or temporary, to cities in Connecticut, Ontario, and Quebec.

[antimafia]

^^^^
I know I've gone off on a bit of a tangent but just wanted to share my Evernote item -- link below -- which shows that Jimmy Deleo and Mary Ferreri were married in Meriden. Finding this record was much, much easier than usual.

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s229/sh/ ... d06c10aa75

[NickleCity]

Buffalo News Article on the superseding indictment for Masecchia and Bongiovanni: https://buffalonews.com/2020/06/22/feds ... r-and-mob/

WKBW article in this indictment: https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/in ... ing-bribes

[antimafia]

Is the Settemila Café also a bakery?

The white SUV appeared to be parked near there.

Tre Mari Bakery is too far east from where the vehicle was parked.

https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/suspec ... -1.4991571

Man dead in brazen daylight shooting on St. Clair W.

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/ ... t-clair-w/

After looking at the various news photos more closely, I am certain the unnamed bakery near where the victim's vehicle was parked is the Praia De Mira Portuguese Bakery at 1346 St. Clair Ave. W.

Perhaps more important than where the victim's car was parked at the time of the murder is the fact he was visiting his sister in Toronto.

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Cross-posting.
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Farogh Sadat of British Columbia has been identified as the victim.

http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/47410

[antimafia]

^^^^
Sadat is likely the individual from Vancouver who more than five years ago was reported to be involved in an alleged kidnapping in Brampton (suburb northwest of Toronto that is its own city).

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/br ... kidnapping

[BeatiPaoli]

To Antimafia: Respectfully, who was the kidnap victim in 2015?

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

[antimafia]

To Antimafia: Respectfully, who was the kidnap victim in 2015?

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

I don't think the victim's name was ever published, probably because of a publication ban (a ban protects the individual as a victim). Nor does there seem to be any news coverage regarding hearings, trials, and sentencing for the four men initially charged.

The City of Brampton has a large Indo-Canadian population. My speculation is that the victim could have been Indo-Canadian and/or perhaps shared the same ancestry as the three accused who appear to have Muslim surnames.

[Moscone65]

This could be commisso vs Wolfpack beef

[SantoClaus]

This could be commisso vs Wolfpack beef

Wasn’t there an HA murdered in BC last summer, pretty sure he had an East Indian name, thought he was Wolfpack?

He was murdered at a Starbucks.

[Moscone65]

This could be commisso vs Wolfpack beef

Wasn’t there an HA murdered in BC last summer, pretty sure he had an East Indian name, thought he was Wolfpack?

He was murdered at a Starbucks.

Most likely, in my opinion the Wolfpack are pawns for the most part to the rizzutos. The rizzutos encouraged them to make inroads into Ontario during the Montreal war in order to keep the calabrese busy while they finished the war and recovered. These guys getting killed are all mid tier drug dealers. Higher than your average gangbangers but not on the same level as the mob or some higher tier hells angels.

[Hailbritain]

https://wblk.com/buffalo-teacher-drug-d ... zed-crime/

[SantoClaus]

This could be commisso vs Wolfpack beef

Wasn’t there an HA murdered in BC last summer, pretty sure he had an East Indian name, thought he was Wolfpack?

He was murdered at a Starbucks.

Most likely, in my opinion the Wolfpack are pawns for the most part to the rizzutos. The rizzutos encouraged them to make inroads into Ontario during the Montreal war in order to keep the calabrese busy while they finished the war and recovered. These guys getting killed are all mid tier drug dealers. Higher than your average gangbangers but not on the same level as the mob or some higher tier hells angels.

Thanks, I’ve been trying to get some information about the Wolfpack, for a while.

[Angelo Santino]

Buffalo teacher Michael Masecchia, who is an alleged drug dealer, has also been linked to 'Italian Organized Crime,' according to The Buffalo News. He taught English at Grover Cleveland High School, according to WKBW. Court papers claim that Masecchia is a member of the Buffalo LCN Family.

An English teacher? Joe Todaro is quite progressive.