…The Legendary “Don” Giacomo Luppino

This is the untold story that finally lays bare the pivotal role “Don” Luppino played in the early development and expansion of Canada’s vast underworld as we know it today.

This unique article also includes the only known hierarchy chart ever researched and created depicting the extensive membership of the Calabrian-inspired crime “Family” he headed for over 3 decades.

The chart includes 42 inducted soldiers, another 55 known crew associates (some of whom would be inducted in future years), and 29 unique photographs and mugshots.

…The Luppino Family was, and is, a highly successful organized crime network that still continues to this very day!

https://thenewyorkmafia.com/don-giacomo-luppino-the-real-godfather-of-canada/


.....A ButtonGuys of The New York Mafia Exclusive!

Canada had their Johnny "The Enforcer" Papalia. They had their Mike "The Baker" Racco, their Domenic "The Beast" Musitano, their Paolo Violi, Paul Volpe and a host of other dangerous mob bosses through the years.

But for decades, they only had one overarching "Don" who kept his watchful eyes on everybody else...advising them and steering them, admonishing them (or worse) when the need arose.... the overarching boss of bosses, so to speak! The wise old master consigliere!

There was only one "true" old-fashioned type Calabrian Godfather figure who commanded 100% respect from every single mobster, from Family bosses to soldiers all across Canada, the United States, and back in Italy too for that matter.

....That man was the shadowy "Don" Giacomo Luppino!

With this piece, ButtonGuys decided to send some love up to our friends in Canada by focusing on the shadowy Giacomo Luppino — in particular — because this man was widely considered by Canadian law enforcement to have been one of that country's most powerful and respected Italian "Dons.”

Largely underrated and under reported by the media, nonetheless, throughout his long career in the underworld Luppino exhibited a quiet savvy and carefully measured responses to the events taking place all around him.

This legendary racketeer was a man recognized throughout the Italian underworld for his rare qualities....a man who was formally indoctrinated into both the Calabria’s N’drangheta, and Sicily’s Cosa Nostra. A man bestowed with the rare power to speak and be heard and respected throughout the underworld across two continents….A rare privilege, to say the least.

His operating style, coupled with dual memberships in two of the world’s most powerful and deadly Mafias, allowed for Luppino’s continued success and his quiet rise to the top of Canada’s criminal food chain.

While other mob bosses through the years came and went —- one way or another — Canada’s true “Godfather” continued to quietly rule the roost from behind the curtains for over 3 decades….safely, and efficiently.

Very good job on LUPPINO. he should be a model for anyone involved in O.C. he was a true "throwback" for the ways things used to be done, and how they should be done moving forward.

Thank you, Faffy. I'm glad you not only enjoyed this article, but that you also recognize the significance this man played in the overall scheme of things.

Thats one of the primary reasons why I chose Luppino as a project for research and development to begin with.

In my opinion, this man, this master mafioso and underworld tactician, was one of the most underrated bosses that ever exited.

Faffy, I also enjoyed delving into Luppino's background. This was a really fun project for me. (not all of them are)

certainly some projects are more fun than others. the more obscure good fellas are the most interesting for me. that's the way the "life" is supposed to be. stay in the shadows, keep things quiet, and move forward.besides , i am all JOHN GOTTI tired.

i would love more about SANTO SCIBETTA, but he is very difficult to investigate.

I feel the exact same way, Faffy.

I really enjoy delving into the lives of the more "obscure" mafiosi and racketeers and digging up little known info about them. The ones that most people have never even heard of. Or names that may be vaguely familiar to them, but for the most part, were hoodlums who operated as visual ghosts during their underworld careers.

As for Gotti, once again we're in complete accord about that. Its gotten to the point where it actually hurts my ears to even hear his name mentioned.

And as for the shadowy Santo Scibetta? LOL. What else can I say my friend, except that "great minds" think alike.

You see that I placed him as being "with" Luppino on the membership chart. This is how I suspect the hierarchal pecking order went within that faction at that time.

I would love to do a piece on Scibetta...and still might. But (as you already mentioned) info on him is "scant" to say the least.

But just the fact that, of all mafiosi to consider, you mentioned Scibetta as a potential subject for research is tremendous, and only goes to further prove to me that you really know your stuff.

I read that the Musitanos and Papalias were actually Buffalo members, would that also apply to the Luppinos?

As for Magaddino's Ontario group, Joe Bonanno named Giacomo Luppino as the Buffalo crew's long time representative, as noted in Andre Cedilot and Andre Noel's "Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan.

Hollander, If thats what they wrote, then those authors are completely incorrect.

Luppino had absolutely nothing to do with Joe Bonanno or the Bonanno Family. From day one, Giacomo Luppino allied himself to Don Stefano Magaddino, and the Buffalo-based Family Magaddino headed.

For that matter, John Papalia, Santo Scibetta, and the brothers Violi and Volpe were also always firmly under the control of the Magaddino Family.

By contrast, Luppino and Magaddino were so powerful, that at one point they commissioned Montreal boss, Vincenzo Cotroni (a fellow Calabrian like Luppino), to take Paolo Violi and his brothers under his wing, for both Vic Cotroni and Paolo Violi's mutual benefit, protection and expansion.
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Liggio, as far as the Musitano's go, they were not "with" Luppino or the Magaddino Family directly. The Calabrian-born Musitano's were actually a separate entity altogether, but did work together with them for many years for their mutual benefit.

LUPPINO was the father in law of PAOLO VIOLI. this allowed them a "wedge" into MONTREAL.

Thats exactly right, Faffy.

And although Vic Cotroni and his brothers and "Family" were actually, but a single "decina" of the much larger Sicilian-based Bonanno Family of Cosa Nostra --- based in the United States --- nonetheless, (as I mentioned,) Cotroni, Luppino, his son-in-law Violi, Volpe, etc., were all closely connected and worked together for years.

And as you mentioned, placing Paolo Violi into the Cotroni Family as underboss, only served to further strengthen the Calabrian's faction's position in Montreal.

For our Canadian fans...

Admittedly, it's still in the early stages of development. But I've already started research on another Canadian underworld faction that I hope you guys will find interesting.

We also just added 7 more regime mugshots to the gallery, we're now at 36, with more on the way.

That book does not state that all, not even in the English version of it.

I haven't read the book anti, I read it here.

Bonanno's Plan Kept the Peace in Canada's Mafia
By Ed Scarpo Monday, December 01, 2014 0 Comments
The Mafia in America evolved into one organization linked to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, though from its inception it was composed of former members of all Italy's Mafias, including the Calabrian Ndrangheta and Neapolitan Camorra.

Likely due to immigration trends, Canada is composed of two distinct Mafia organizations, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra and the Calabrian Ndrangheta.

https://www.cosanostranews.com/2014/12/bonannos-original-plan-kept-peace-in.html

The Luppino Family hierarchy chart and photo gallery connected to this story is continuing to grow exponentially.

I just finished researching and adding another 49 more mob figures; 6 soldiers, 43 crew associates and 11 more mugshots/photographs.

....and were still going strong, folks. (the Luppino's are fast becoming a much larger Family, and project, than I had anticipated.) lol