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Like Mafia101 said, and others have said Canada has lots of importers. Now, if guys are brokering ships left and right from Colombia, then it is what it is. Here's the thing, I bet a VAST majority are importing from Mexico and over land.

To me, the other way of looking at it is the MEXICANS are EXPORTING to Canada. Thats how they had it in Chapos trial. Now, if you want to come down there and get it for a better price and can arrange your own transport, sure they will sell to a credible buyer. I might even go so far as to say the Mexicans are just subcontracting the export part. But they have brokers up there ready to do business. So to me, Miriarchi either maybe has a South American connect, or some very reliable means of continuous transport. Or some form of specialized corruption? A port? Alliance with Ndrangheta at the Toronto docks? Pure speculation understand. Or some corporate structure he can embed his shipments in. Otherwise, indeed...why would he be important for drug supply, right? If access to it is so democratized? To my eyes, it's ready access to coke that has so many gangs balking at paying a tax.


This dynamic to me weakens the Italians hold on the street neighborhood by neighborhood.

Drugs are how you control the streets. To borrow a phrase from Saviano, I consider it actually a sophisticated form of extortion, a " Forced acquisition of services". You extract street taxes in the form of " advantageous pricing", and reliable supply. You can operate by proxy through groups much more numerous and present in the streets. It's no surprise to see the Rizzutos operating by proxy through different street organizations. It's actually very similar to Naples clans. And I always tell people the CLAN are NOT the gangs they operate through. Or Joe Violi saying " he took over the city with the bikers". It's no surprise to me what the Bonnanos tried to do with Morena and the Violis.


It's why I've payed so much attention to it over the years....