Carmine Verduci
Carmine Verduci (Italian: Camera di Controllo in Canada.[1]
Criminal activities
Verduci was considered to be the
mafia association.[3] Further, prosecutors named about 40 men linked to the "Canadian cell" 'Ndrangheta crime network; many with "operational links" to Italy.[2] The charge against him in Italy meant he could not return there without arrest, but was not grounds for extradition as Mafia association is not a crime in Canada, nor deportation as he was a Canadian citizen.[2] Police suspected Verduci was smuggling AK-47 assault rifles into the GTA, as well as having arranged heroin shipments from Mexico, and multi-kilo shipments of cocaine.[2]
Death
Verduci was shot to death outside the Regina Sports Café in Woodbridge, Ontario on April 24, 2014.[4] According to police, Verduci was a prime target for Montreal assassins because he tried to encroach on turf which the Rizzuto crime family considered their own.[4] During the fight to steal turf from boss Vito Rizzuto, Verduci was allegedly part of a group that became involved with Salvatore Montagna, head of the Bonanno crime family of New York City.[4]
References
- ^ "Court hears details of mob killings in secret recordings". thestar.com. 27 March 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Carmine Verduci — the man who exposed Mafia's 'Canadian cell' — was gunned down near Toronto yesterday". nationalpost.com. 25 April 2014.
- ^ "Italy issues warrant for GTA man". thestar.com. 8 March 2011.
- ^ a b c "Rizzuto revenge suspected in murder of GTA mobster Carmine Verduci in Woodbridge". thestar.com. 25 April 2014.