Buffalo/Ontario Mob Acitivity

[Moscone65]

I think ranieri may have been in as the same drug network with martino caputo and those Niagara Falls guys, which may have been In Conflict with the musitanos. Now, perhaps the hit on Paolo caputo was retaliation for the murder of Angelo? The only thing is that martino caputo is in jail.

[B.]

Great photo of the Racalmuto club. Wonder if there's an old membership list archived somewhere like we've seen with other paesani societies in the US. Have to believe there may have been a couple more obscure early Buffalo members from Racalmuto in Hamilton aside from Bordonaro and the Scibettas given how little we know.

[SonnyBlackstein]

https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story ... president/
It’s almost as if guys like this Hill are both cops & biker support!
https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto ... n-hamilton
https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/2012 ... rtion.html

Youve posted an article referring to a cop who got caught speeding/drunk driving and two articles about two hells angels extorting a bar owner.

There is zero relation.

[NickleCity]

I asked the question because it seems that the discussions center around what Buffalo people are doing or influencing in Canada. It seems logical to me that if they have the reach and clout to be important in another country they would have very significant things going on in upstate NY.

To your original question for years I've been intimating the Buffalo Crime Family is heavily involved in collections scams which I believe got started with the call centers of the mid 90's. (That is why I included so many links about them in my "Dead Years" post a while back.) From what I understand thru the Buffalo News and the Bella case there is an active investigation into mafia links to the numerous collections agencies in WNY.



The screenshot above is from the Bella detention hearing transcript. In it prosecutors spend a couple of pages describing the debt collections scheme they believe is connected to the Italian mafia.

See the detention hearing transcript here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/docume ... earing.pdf

See the Buffalo News article here: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crim ... f3d51.html

See also: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/kenm ... 536ed.html

If the Feds are linking current debt collections schemes to Italian organized crime, it sure appears some things never change. When you look at the article below, there seem to be connections to organized crime members/associates (at least former), drug trafficking, and these call center/debt collection companies.

New Today: Feds seize $392K from Lockport firm that processed payments for debt collectors
They are connecting this seizure of money in Lockport to the Kenmore debt collection companies owned by Mark Miller. See last link in quoted post. Here is a relevant portion of the article:

A former employee of Miller’s, Frank J. Morrocco, contacted The News to say he believes Miller may have been victimized by some unscrupulous people working for him.

“I worked for Mark and have known him for about eight years. He’s a class act ... a really good guy. The government has put a target on his back,” said Morrocco, an ex-convict. “I know Mark told his employees, including me, that all collections were to be done following the law ... But Mark was not a hands-on guy with his collection companies. He was not there when the calls were being made.”
Some things never change!

Link to quoted article above: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crim ... -top-story

About Frank J Morrocco: He was convicted for his role in the Grazaiedei Drug ring.

REFUSAL TO HELP POLICE PORTENDS HARSHER TERM DRUG DEALER FACES AT LEAST 21 YEARS
By Dan Herbeck
Dec 12, 1994
Frank J. Morrocco says he is taking the fall for one of the biggest drug rings ever broken up by police in Western New York.

Under federal guidelines, Morrocco, a former Bailey Avenue car dealer and longtime cocaine user, faces a probable prison sentence of at least 21 years when he is sentenced Tuesday for helping Michael Graziadei run a ring that prosecutors say circulated hundreds of pounds of cocaine.

...snip

William Koopman, another associate of the ring, admitted to committing or assisting in five underworld murders. He also took part in $1 million worth of cocaine deals.

But Koopman served less than five years in prison, joined the U.S. Witness Protection Program and was released in September.

How did Koopman and Graziadei get off with easier sentences than the one Morrocco faces?

Both became police informers and testified against Morrocco and others in court.

Morrocco refused. Now, he is paying the price.

"The FBI agent wanted me to be his informant. He wanted to put a wire on me and send me out to do drug buys," Morrocco said in a recent prison interview. "He wanted me to go out and inform on guys who have been friends of mine all my life. I told him no, I wouldn't do that. I wasn't raised like that.

Here is the link to article quoted above: https://buffalonews.com/news/refusal-to ... ff929.html

As many of you know Koopman was a mob hitman who served as a henchman for Luciano "Dilly" Spataro and was arrested for the Pinelli hit. See: https://buffalonews.com/news/koopman-im ... 8463b.html

More articles on Morrocco and the Grazisdei drug ring:

https://buffalonews.com/news/curtin-won ... 09813.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/w-side-coc ... a1523.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/convicted- ... a9c8b.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/executive- ... b221f.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/cheektowag ... fdbcb.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/9-are-indi ... 525d9.html
https://buffalonews.com/news/cheektowag ... fdbcb.html

Here is a article that links the Graziadei drug rings to the Buffalo Mafia and to the telemarketing scams that were imported to Buffalo form Vegas.

TESTIMONY BY TWO MOB FIGURES LINKS TELEMARKETER TO 1980S COCAINE RINGS
Dan Herbeck
January 10, 1998

...snip
Two government witnesses with organized crime ties testified Friday against Joseph Amoia, 41, who faces felony cocaine-trafficking charges.

Michael Graziadei, a former drug kingpin who is now in prison, and admitted drug dealer Andrew "Babe" Novino told jurors that Amoia was involved in large-scale drug dealings with them and others.

Novino also claimed that in the mid-1980s, Amoia tried to hire one of Novino's close friends to kill him because of a dispute over drug money. Novino said his friend came to him and told him Amoia offered him $5,000 to perform the "hit."

Defense lawyer Patrick Brown asked Novino why Amoia would hire his friend to kill him.

"Usually, your best friend will kill you," Novino testified. "From what I know of, that's how it works."

See this link for the article quoted above: https://buffalonews.com/news/testimony- ... c7518.html

If this is true, some things never change: Drugs (Bella), call center scams, and organized crime.

Kenmore debt collector is target of civil lawsuits, federal probe
Dan Herbeck , Lou Michel
May 9, 2021

Link: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/kenm ... op-story-1

From the Article
Miller said he believes federal agents have targeted him because "my father was in the Mafia," and he thinks agents want to link him to an ongoing investigation into organized crime in Western New York.

Miller declined to identify his father by name. He said that, in his opinion, there no longer is any viable Mafia organization in the Buffalo area.

U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy declined to comment when asked if the investigation of Miller and any other debt collectors is related to the organized crime probe.

For what it is worth, rumors indicate most and maybe all of these debt collection companies pay monthly tribute to the mob in Buffalo.

[antimafia]

Giuseppe Gregoraci has committed suicide in an Italian prison. He was arrested in relation to the Canadian ‘ndrangheta Connection operation last July.

He and Vincenzo Muià, who are cousins, were the two 'ndranghetisti from Italy who visited the Greater Toronto Area last year, having arrived on March 31. They met with Angelo Figliomeni in April, possibly with Angelo’s brother Cosimo present.

https://www.quotidianodelsud.it/calabri ... 804052.018

Mafia boss with ties to GTA arrests found dead in prison cell, Italian media reports | The Star

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/0 ... -cell.html

Pino Gregoraci “non c’entrava con la ‘ndrina”/ Suicidio in carcere, era innocente

https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/pino ... e/2167850/

[SantoClaus]

https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story ... president/
It’s almost as if guys like this Hill are both cops & biker support!
https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto ... n-hamilton
https://www.thespec.com/news/crime/2012 ... rtion.html

Youve posted an article referring to a cop who got caught speeding/drunk driving and two articles about two hells angels extorting a bar owner.

There is zero relation.

Ya there is actually, that cop is linked via a sports club of sorts in Hamilton called Iron Tiger Muay Thai, the Hells Angels from Hamilton and Kitchener both worked out and socialized there. The original sports club was on Barton and Green in Hamilton in the same plaza as the Monello Sports Club, which is Musitano.

The HAs are a guy named Mitch from Kitchener/Cambridge and another named Jay ‘One Eye 👁’ Myer. ‘One Eye’ was from the Niagara Chapter originally and moved to Hamilton, those two seem to be two of the more active MMA HAs in Ontario.

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Jay ‘One Eye 👁’ Myer is second from the left.

Adrian Woolley was a Canadian MMA Champion as well, the HAs dominate that business in Canada.

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Adrian Woolley the cop is on the right, the guy on the left is Alin Halamagean he is the owner of the sports club, Iron Tiger Muay Thai, and a UFC cutman?

https://houseofchampionsmma.com/about-us/

If you read his list of fighters both Josh Hill and Adrian Woolley are part of that team!

[SantoClaus]

Cudmore had ties to HA but was doing those hits hired by Danny ranieri.

Thanks! Do you know Ranieri HA contacts in Hamilton, outside of Cudmore? Did he know the Nomads that were shot in 2016. The one guy is photographed in a Hamilton HA jacket? This guy must of been in Hamilton, during the time frame prior to the war breaking out.

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Great photo of the Racalmuto club. Wonder if there's an old membership list archived somewhere like we've seen with other paesani societies in the US. Have to believe there may have been a couple more obscure early Buffalo members from Racalmuto in Hamilton aside from Bordonaro and the Scibettas given how little we know.

I’ve got a copy of the original as well, it’s a lot wider with more people in it. It was taking in 1931, same year as CN was established in NYC.

I know of people with the last name Licata, Cino and Marranca, with ties to Railway Street as well as the actual train system at the time, as well as having people in those circles working for the Church in Buffalo. As well, as potentially at Steve Magaddino’s funeral home!

There were also Sylvesteri or Sylvestro and the Serge Family, but I think they were Calabrese.

[SantoClaus]

Also, Ontario HA President Joe Ertel’s family is connected to the Federal Government in Canada , which is a link between HAs, the cops and military, that is hard to deny.

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That is his wife Colette? with members of the Conversation Party, the Second guy, is suppose to be the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. The first guy is Pierre Poilievre a member of Parliament?

https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/pi ... vre(25524)

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Joe Ertel is the one on the right, I’ll assume those are his kids (Tommy & Ashley?) I’m pretty sure Joe and his brother Dana were originally Satan’s Choice from Kitchener.

Joe Ertel had a website about himself, which was pulled down early this year after a link was posted about it, encouraging people to check it out and identify the people in the group picture with him.

[OcSleeper]

the Second guy, is suppose to be the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.

What is the 2nd picture with Harper showing?

[Moscone65]

Cudmore had ties to HA but was doing those hits hired by Danny ranieri.

Thanks! Do you know Ranieri HA contacts in Hamilton, outside of Cudmore? Did he know the Nomads that were shot in 2016. The one guy is photographed in a Hamilton HA jacket? This guy must of been in Hamilton, during the time frame prior to the war breaking out.
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Great photo of the Racalmuto club. Wonder if there's an old membership list archived somewhere like we've seen with other paesani societies in the US. Have to believe there may have been a couple more obscure early Buffalo members from Racalmuto in Hamilton aside from Bordonaro and the Scibettas given how little we know.

I’ve got a copy of the original as well, it’s a lot wider with more people in it. It was taking in 1931, same year as CN was established in NYC.

I know of people with the last name Licata, Cino and Marranca, with ties to Railway Street as well as the actual train system at the time, as well as having people in those circles working for the Church in Buffalo. As well, as potentially at Steve Magaddino’s funeral home!

There were also Sylvesteri or Sylvestro and the Serge Family, but I think they were Calabrese.

Not sure but I think he had HA connections in niagara via nick nero. Nick Nero worked with martino caputo who was also a rizzuto connected guy like ranieri, in the gta.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Ya there is actually, that cop is linked via a sports club of sorts in Hamilton called Iron Tiger Muay Thai, the Hells Angels from Hamilton and Kitchener both worked out and socialized there.

So your proposition that the 'Cops are in bed with the Hells Angels!' (and apparently Politicians, ((FEDERAL!))...) is based upon a cop being a member of the same gym that two HA members also worked out as?


Dude. Reaching.

[SonnyBlackstein]

What is the 2nd picture with Harper showing?

Its showing a federal conspiracy between the the Hells Angels, the Police in Hamilton and the Prime Minister in bed with the Hells Angels.

[NickleCity]

FEATURED
Former Buffalo police commissioner linked to 2006 letter seeking leniency for Peter Gerace
Dan Herbeck
May 13, 2021

“A high-ranking Buffalo Police official and his wife sent a letter to a federal judge in 2006, seeking a lenient sentence for Peter G. Gerace Jr., who pleaded guilty to a felony in a telemarketing fraud case, court records show.

The April 21, 2006 letter – describing Gerace as a close friend for 18 years – was signed "Michelle and Dan Derenda."

At the time the letter was written, Derenda was a deputy police commissioner. He was appointed the city's police commissioner in 2010, a post he held until he retired in January 2018.”

Snip...

“Another letter supporting Gerace was sent to Skretny by the late Rev. Joseph F. Moreno Jr., a popular Buffalo priest who died in a Buffalo church rectory on Oct. 13, 2012, shortly before he was scheduled to celebrate a Mass.

Buffalo Police concluded that Moreno died of a self-inflicted gunshot, but his family disputes that, alleging that he was murdered”

Here is the link: https://buffalonews.com/news/local/crim ... -top-story

[NickleCity]

^^^Notable people who wrote letters of leniency for Gerace in 2006:
1 A judge who appears to lay on tracks to commit suicide after question Les about his relationship with Gerace.
2. A Buffalo Police Commissioner (deputy commissioner at the time).
3. A Buffalo priest who police said committed suicide, but family thinks was murdered

[NickleCity]

The Derenda's were close enough to Gerace to ask him to be their daughter's godfather. Here is their leniency letter published by The Buffalo News: