OcSleeper wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:03 pm
To me it seems like they're just calling him a Ndrangheta member simply due to his calabrian roots and that his grandfather, Giacomo Luppino was heavily involved while pushing Sergi's hybrid mafia theory.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the article says, that the informant WAS TOLD BY SCARFO, that hes an ndrangheta member. So it apparently came from Scarfo, not something the journalist made up. The question is was he boasting? If not... what does that mean, exactly?
To me, he could be a member of a minor society of an ndrine, a lower level guy. Maybe that's why hes availible for contracts? His isnt one of the dominant surnames, so to me, the highest he COULD be is a sggarrista? Is that it? The highest of the Minor Society, like a street crew chief? I, and I'm open to being wrong, but I dont think he could be TRULY made without belonging to a ruling or ranking family clan, either by blood or marriage.
And yet, lol... if you read Machin's articles on Ndrangheta, you would see Verducci had guys in his crew/ndrine that were not even Italians, and that this was at least within THAT crew, accepted.
The bigger question, is IF hes ndrangheta, under which locale? Siderno? Antimafia thinks no. The Collucio/ Verducci/ Bruzzese locale, I'm not sure of their current strength. Besides, they were pretty close to the Sicilians, I doubt it being them. The Ursinos got wrapped up, but were pushing for a lot of power, at the SAME TIME the Bonavonta clan was, and they are allies in Canada.
That's why I posted all that on the Bonavonta, they were a powerful clan, BEFORE receiving formal recognition in Calabria. We've heard rumors of upstart clans moving into Hamilton, around the same time these clans, Ursino and Bonavonta were reaching into Ontario. I dunno... its interesting...
Also, this drug arrest, the latest Renaud article on Montreal, they ARE working together more across organizational lines....
What exactly is it you think this journalist is"pushing"? And for who? The way you phrased it, the author is working with Sergi for some larger agenda. But to what end?