But the Hamilton families aren't really 'Ndrangheta right? How come they are on the board of control? Isn't the board controlled from Calabria itself?
The founders of the Board of Control are Luppino, Racco, Stalteri, Commisso and I forget who else.
The Luppinos and Musitanos are Ndrangheta members but from a different part of Reggio Calabria. Violi married into the Luppino family as did a Commisso.
Ultimately the board of control is controlled from Calabria. The Hamilton families however, were more part of the Buffalo LCN and I wonder what involvement they still have.
The Siderno Group is autonomous and has become over the last decade, very very powerful.
The founding members of the Board of Control in 1962 were Giacomo Luppino, Michele Racco, Salvatore Triumbari, Filippo Vendemini, Rocco Zito, Vincenzo Deleo and Cosimo Stalteri.
The most recent report lists the current members as Vincenzo Tavernese, Antonio Coluccio, Cosimo Commisso, Angelino Figliomeni, Cosimo Figliomeni, Giuseppe Andriano and Domenic Ruso. This info could be a little outdated though.
Getting back to the Montreal situation, that article implies that different factions may be battling for control after some disagreements that happened since the fall of the Rizzutos. Any idea who is on each side?
Definitely looking forward to reading Mafia Inc in a couple weeks.
