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Italian-Canadian Mafia, Dia: "The less influential Rizzuto clan"
February 13, 2019

"In Canada, the Sicilian mafia is, among those of Italian origin, the most dating back in time, being well established in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia where, for some time now, Italian immigrant communities have settled permanently. In Quebec, the Sicilian mafia will flank the 'Calabrian ndrangheta, making the province, with its capital Montreal, the hub of organized crime of Italian origin in Canada. As for the Sicilian families, the RIZZUTO, originating from Cattolica Eraclea (AG) and the CUNTRERA CARUANA, originally from Siculiana (AG), moved to Canada in the 50s, have imposed their hegemony in the Canadian criminal scenario since the years 80, operating in drug trafficking and recycling activities ".This was written by the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department in the Report on the activities of the first half of 2018 delivered to Parliament.

"Due to major arrests by the Canadian police, the RIZZUTO would have seen their influence diminished. A progressive weakening also accentuated by a "mafia war" that led, between 2009 and 2010, to a series of murders of subjects of criminal thickness within the team. To this state of affairs was added, more recently, an internal struggle for supremacy fomented by emerging elements, who would like to supplant the old representatives of the mafia association, many of whom died. Last but not least, the pressure exerted by other organizations for the control of the territory, in particular the 'Ndrangheta, which would be replacing the Sicilian rivals in the control of trafficking and drug dealing, would have contributed to this downsizing. At the same time, the 'Ndrangheta would be equally active in the recycling and redeployment of illicit capital.

The cosche would have adopted, also in Canada, a propagation strategy focused on the reproduction of criminal structures similar to those of the areas of origin.In fact, the Canadian premises would ensure the Calabrian gangs, functional support for the laundering of illicit proceeds and drug trafficking. The loads of cocaine produced in Colombia would transit through Venezuela, for the subsequent passage to the USA and Canada. Over time, the presence of members of the AQUINO-COLUCCIO-SCALI, PAPALIA, SERGI, MORABITO, ALVARO, AGOSTINO, IERINÃ’, but above all the COMMISSO, which would be at the top of the so-called "Siderno group", has historically been recorded, historically in contrast to the COSTA. Everyone would be particularly active in drug trafficking and money laundering in financial, commercial and real estate assets.

On the front of the contrast, of particular importance was the action carried out, in recent years, by Italian and Canadian investigative apparatuses.On 8 March 2011, as part of the "Crime 2" operation, the State Police and the Arma dei Carabinieri arrested 41 subjects by mafia-type association. The investigation, continued the note "Crime" of 2010, has revealed, among other things, the operation of two gangs: one in Thunder Bay and the other in Toronto, respectively linked to the clans of Gioiosa Ionica and Marina di Joyful Ionian. In June 2015, in Ontario, the local police arrested 19 subjects held responsible for extensive drug and arms trafficking, extortion and money laundering, some of which were linked to the 'ndrangheta reggina. The following September, as part of the aforementioned operation '' Acero Connection-Krupy ", concerning a vast international drug trafficking, the State Police and the Arma dei Carabinieri have shed light on the economic-criminal interests and on the foreign branches of the gangs, which spread from Siderno to the Netherlands and Canada. Also the operation "Typograph - Acero bis", concluded in March 2016 by the Arma dei Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza, has shed light on the projections in Piedmont of Cosche di Gioiosa Ionica, Grotteria and Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, also on the offshoots in Canada and the USA.

A common factor, the operations described above show a presence of the 'ndrangheta certainly functional to the large trafficking of drugs, but that also allowed the absconding of criminals of thickness. During the half-year under review, on March 22, 2018 an exponent of the cosca COMMISSO of Siderno (RC) was arrested, at the airport of Fiumicino (RM), after being extradited from Canada, where he had been stopped a few days before violation of the immigration law. The man was wanted since 2010, as the recipient of an order for custody in prison issued by the GIP Reggio Calabria, by mafia-type association and fictitious heading of assets as part of the "Recovery - Common Good" operation. the fact that after joining Canada, using a dense network of logistical support, the fugitive lived permanently in the Greater Toronto Area, using false generality to prevent his identification. Finally, in the country several bands of Hells Angels are active,

there is not any proof the ndrangheta is involved in montreal war and even in ontario war, it's mostly a sicilian mafia and lcn thing, although they say ndrangheta is involved
all the calabrians involved are not even members of ndrangheta but lcn (buffalo or bonanno), except carmine verduci, that's the only one can be an hit internal to ndrangheta

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...ux-qui-etait-vise-temoigne-par-ecrit.php

Murder at the Hillside café: the mafioso who was targeted testifies in writing.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...r-in-the-west-island-a-botched-mafia-hit

Was attempted murder in the West Island a botched Mafia hit?

Ties are not clear-cut Nicolo Rizzuto was very close to Rocco Zito, Frank Arcadi to Carmelo Bruzzese.

and the caruana-cuntrera to the coluccio's, of course lcn and sicilian mafia has links to ndrangheta in canada but it doesn't mean ndrangheta is involved
so far, and withouth any evident proof that is not just speculation, the canadian mafia war both in montreal and ontario is a lcn thing (bonanno/buffalo) and sicilian mafia

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...tueur-a-gages-frederick-silva-arrete.php

The alleged hitman Frederick Silva arrested

The alleged hitman Frederick Silva was arrested by the SPVM's tactical intervention group (GTI) at around 1 am that night in Montreal after a year and nine months on the run.

According to our sources, he was arrested in or near a building on Duke Street, near de la Commune Street. The police had known for some time that Silva was hiding in downtown Montreal.

Silva is already accused of killing a client at a Montreal dance club in May 2017 and attempting to assassinate mafia cleric Salvatore Scoppa in Terrebonne in February 2017.

He is also suspected of having committed at least a dozen other crimes, including the murder of former Rocker Sebastien Beauchamp in Montreal last December.

Silva was on the list of the ten most wanted criminals in Quebec and was a priority of the SPVM. He had been the subject of a joint investigation of Major Crimes and the Organized Crime Division since before Christmas.

The police had almost stopped Silva a few times in a year and nine months. He was taken to a police station for interrogation. We do not know yet when he will appear.

Good job, let´s see if he flips.

Update: On the Arrest of alleged hitman Frederick Silva: La Presse has just learned that an alleged accomplice was arrested this morning and that a search is underway in Terrebonne.

Yes, if he flips a lot of heads are going to roll.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...ges-frederick-silva-arrete-par-la-police

One of the most wanted criminals in Quebec arrested in Montreal

A dangerous individual wanted under a pan-Canadian arrest warrant, Frédérick Silva, was eventually arrested by the Montreal police.

The individual was one of the 10 most wanted criminals in Quebec. He was arrested around 1:00 am by the tactical intervention group (GTI) of the Police Department of the City of Montreal (SPVM), we learned.

Detained, he was to be interrogated by the investigators. He should appear Saturday afternoon.

The Montreal police have been on the heels of this man since 2017 who is considered as armed and dangerous, notably suspected of having committed a murder in Montreal and attempting to murder a mafia individual in Lachenaie, in the North Shore.

Silva and 10 of his friends had appeared in February of this year in a restaurant, where was Salvatore Scoppa, 47, a major player in the Montreal mafia. He then opened fire several times towards Scoppa, hitting him twice.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...st-sought-fugitives-arrested-in-montreal

One of Quebec's most sought fugitives arrested in Montreal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mont...n-on-quebec-s-most-wanted-list-1.5031191

Montreal police arrest man on Quebec's most wanted list

Ce dépanneur ne veut pas mourir

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/02/23/ce-depanneur-ne-veut-pas-mourir

Frédérick Silva has been charged with two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon.

He will plead not guilty.

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He looks a little different than his mugshot circulated by police. His hair is past his ears and he has a beard.

He won't flip. He'll serve his 15 and come home

If they could connect him to the other 7 murders he could be locked up for the rest of his life.

He´s a loose cannon shooting some guy in the head after a bar fight over a girl.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...mme-soupconne-detre-un-tueur-a-gages.php

The time of choice for a man suspected of being a hitman

His name, for the moment at least, does not strike the imagination like those of Réal Simard, Donald Lavoie, Gerald Gallant or Yves Trudeau, but Frederick Silva, apprehended in the night from Friday to yesterday in the street Duke, in the center Montreal City is perhaps another hitman to be put in the same category.

With one difference - it is big and could have a major impact in the Montreal and Quebec organized crime scene over the next few months: unlike the other hit men in Quebec, Silva would not have worked exclusively for one. camp, he would have been "contractual" for several criminal organizations. In fact, it is probably a product of the current organized crime, where all criminal groups are mixed and work hand in hand.

The predator become prey

"Silva was a predator outside. Now that he has been arrested, he is a prey, "a police source told La Presse .

Silva is officially charged with two murders and an attempted murder against a mafia clan leader. But he would be suspected of having committed a dozen others, many even while he was on the run.

Most of the victims were related to criminal organizations and the first natural question is: how will organized crime deal with Silva? Will anyone suspected of being a hitman be supported or not by those who would have been his sponsor?

And how will senior leaders of the various organized crime cells who would have used Silva's services react to those who would have contracted directly?

It is still too early to answer these questions, but one thing is certain, the arrest of Silva is likely to have an impact within organized crime.

The predator is no longer there. People who had reason to fear him will no longer fear him. On the contrary, those who had it in their pocket no longer have it. The wind could turn. Reactions to killings and attempted murder in recent months and years may occur, and settlements could occur. Already, they are a little more numerous in organized crime in recent months, after a relative lull.

"The structure of organized crime has been shaken since yesterday. Organizations are weakened while others feel safer. "

- A police source, in La Presse

Game on the table

Captured, Silva is a prey. Could he be tempted to collaborate with the police and sit down to table, as a consecrated expression requires?

Police believe he is not the type to do it. But what do Simard, Lavoie, Trudeau and Gallant have in common? They all collaborated with the police for one reason or another, not least because they did not feel supported by their "employing organization", and they only had one.

It is certain that the police will put Silva in front of a choice and will try to make him return his jacket. The investigators of major crimes will put all their rigor and those of organized crime, all their knowledge. His arrest is an example of the effectiveness of homicide investigators, organized crime, intelligence, and members of the spinning and tactical intervention groups, when pooling their resources. They will continue in order to elucidate as many crimes as possible for which Silva is suspected.

No way in hell this guy flips

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...uitte-de-possession-darmes-et-de-cocaine

Montreal Mafia: Leonardo Rizzuto acquitted of possession of weapons and cocaine

https://montrealgazette.com/news/ju...acquits-alleged-mobster-leonardo-rizzuto

Judge rules rights violated, acquits alleged mobster Leonardo Rizzuto

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...three-organized-crime-hits-in-st-leonard

Charges filed in cases of three organized crime hits in St-Léonard

I knew that one was coming. Will be interesting now that Rizzuto has nothing to worry about now and see if things get back into gear with the killings and power plays with the coke and what not.

I agree with you there will be more power plays. It looks like a never ending saga.

If I'm Rizzuto, I would GTFO. Announce you are retiring. It's a death wish if he continues. While that family has caused a lot of suffering and pain, a grandfather, father, and son should be enough.

He was probably more safe in prison, Stefano is the boss but Leonardo is his advisor.

A hitman refuses to become an informer and empty his bag

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/02/27/un-tueur-a-gages-pas-interesse-a-devenir-delateur