Nicaso,A. Lamothe,L. Global Mafia. 1995
Nicaso, Antonio and Lamothe, Lee. Global Mafia: The New World Order of
Organized Crime. Toronto: Macmillan Canada, 1995. 203 pages.
These two Canadian reporters take a look at organized crime in Canada.
In recent years Canada has noticed an upsurge in activity, perhaps because
of its unguarded border, loose customs restrictions, nonexistent or weak
anti-racketeering and money-laundering laws, and soft sentencing. "Canada
has been described, after Sofia, Bulgaria, as the most active center of
Eastern European mafia activity outside of Russia.... Canada operates as a
free-for-all zone, a kind of underworld laboratory where groups of various
nationalities plan conspiracies and work, if not together, then, with a few
exceptions, in harmony." (page 23)
About half of this book provides a "big picture" overview of Sicilian,
Calabrian, American, and Russian mob activity, Chinese and Vietnamese gangs,
Triads and Yakuza, bikers, and Colombian cartels. The introduction begins
by discussing the myth that the American mob, at its 1957 Apalachin meeting,
decided to stay away from drugs. This theory was presumed by law enforcement
for years and ended up in the movie "The Godfather," but it was based on a
180-degree misreading of the evidence. The other half of this book is less
valuable, as it narrates some big Canadian busts in police-reporter style.
It's slightly entertaining, but doesn't illuminate the topic at hand; by
now we already agree that mobsters are bad guys and the RCMP are good guys.
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- AGOSTINO DOMENICO (MIMMO) (174-9)
- AGOSTINO PASQUALE (177, 179)
- AJZDERDZIS ANDREJ (43)
- ALEKSEEV ALEXANDER (DOPE DEALER) (111-2, 131-2)
- ALEKSEEV ANATOLIY (112, 123)
- ALEKSEEV EUGENIY (111, 131-2)
- AMERICAS VENTURES ASSOCIATES (7-9)
- APPLEBY TIMOTHY (19)
- ARCILA BERNARDO (137, 143-6, 152, 156)
- ARRIBAS JUAN (146)
- BARBARA JOSEPH M (58)
- BARRANCA PAOLO (182)
- BARRANCA ROBERTO (182)
- BARTOLOTTA FARO (161-5, 169)
- BATISTA DEMARYS (175)
- BECKSTEIN GUENTER (21)
- BELLITTI FRANCESCO (162-9)
- BESENTHAL FRANK (134-5, 155)
- BEYER NICHOLAS (111-4, 123-4)
- BLACKBURN WAYNE (22, 192)
- BOMBARI MICHELE (167, 170, 183)
- BONANNO JOSEPH (xi, xii, 57, 77-8)
- BONNER ROBERT C (3)
- BORSELLINO PAOLO (59)
- BOTERO MANUEL (9-12)
- BUFALINO RUSSELL (77)
- BUSCETTA TOMMASO (60)
- BYRNE MARK (130)
- CANCIANI ANDREA (187-9)
- CANDELA PIETRO (174-6)
- CAPODIECI COSIMO (69)
- CAPONE AL (77)
- CASCIO FERRO VITO (55)
- CAVUTO ALFRED (171)
- CHEDDIE IVAN (141, 152-3)
- CINCINNATO LUCIANO (174-9)
- CLIFFORD TOM (4, 6-7)
- COHEN WILLIAM S (R-ME) (44)
- COLEMAN JESSE (160-1, 163, 165)
- COLOMBO JOSEPH (30-1)
- COMMISSO COSIMO (THE QUAIL) (63, 167, 180)
- CONDELLO DOMENIC (150-1, 153)
- COURTNEY ROBERT (U.S.ATTORNEY) (169)
- CUSATO FRANCESCO (182)
- DANG NGOC TUNG (TOMMY) (115-7)
- DE BELLIS VINCENT FRANK (135, 138-56)
- DE CARIA PASQUALE (173)
- DI FRANCESCA JOE (141)
- DI MAGGIO BALDUCCIO (59)
- DOUGLAS DAVE (RCMP) (26)
- DURHAM CAMERON (154)
- FALCONE GIOVANNI (53, 59-60, 190)
- FERRARO LILIANA (xvii)
- FERRARO SALVATORE (25-6)
- FERRO LUIGI (COL) (69)
- FIGLIOMENI RENATO (FAUSTO) (182)
- FILIPPONE SALVATORE (187-9)
- FILONOV ALBERT (105-8, 128-33)
- FILONOV JUDITH REYNOLDS (110, 120-1, 132)
- FILONOV OLGA (106, 108, 113)
- FILONOV SERGEY (104-33)
- FILONOV TARAS (104-33)
- FREEH LOUIS JOSEPH (21, 46, 194)
- GALAS LESZEK (112-4, 124)
- GALLEGO JESUS (149, 153)
- GAMBINO JOHN (79)
- GAMBINO JOSEPH (79)
- GENOVESE VITO (56)
- GINNETTI JOHN RAYMON (RAY) (118-20)
- GONZALES MANUEL (146-7)
- GOTTI JOHN JOSEPH (79)
- GRATTERI NICOLA (23, 187-9, 192-3)
- GRAVANO SALVATORE (SAMMY) (79)
- GUAY RACHEL (11-2)
- HANDELMAN STEPHEN (43)
- HANSEN TOM (RCMP) (109, 129)
- HELLS ANGELS (104, 108)
- HERNANDEZ JUAN CARLOS (96)
- IERINO FRANCESCO (180)
- IERINO VITTORIO (173, 177-8, 180)
- INGRATI COSIMO (168, 170)
- INGRATI SALVATORE (167-8, 170)
- IVANKOV VYACHESLAV K (YAPONCHIK) (47-8)
- JIMENEZ PANESSO GERMAN (96)
- KAZUO TAOKA (93)
- KUNDER JOHN (172)
- LA CASSE MICHEL (11-2)
- LANDGRAF HEIDI (6-7, 198)
- LANTE NICOLA (159-61, 170)
- LAU WING KUI (83)
- LAURIA CALOGERO (71)
- LEE TONY (TORONTO POLICE) (84)
- LENA IGNAZIO (163-5, 167-8, 170)
- LESSARD CLAUDE (184)
- LEVI YOSSY (44)
- LOMBARDO VINCENZO (ENZO) (182)
- LUCIANO LUCKY (CHARLES) (76-7)
- MACRI ANTONIO (166-7)
- MACRI VINCENZO (166-8, 170, 180, 183)
- MAGADDINO STEFANO (77)
- MANGANO VINCENT (77)
- MANNOIA FRANCESCO MARINO (70)
- MANOLIO ALEJANDRO (144-5)
- MARANZANO SALVATORE (76-7)
- MARCENO CALOGERO (64-5)
- MASSERIA GIUSEPPE (JOE THE BOSS) (76)
- MAUTI FRANK (135)
- MESSINA LEONARDO (70-2)
- MIDDLETON GREG (120-2, 131)
- MILANO FRANK (77)
- MODONA GUIDO NEPPI (194-5)
- MONTALVO OSVALDO (8)
- MORI CESARE (55-6)
- MORO RENATO (69)
- MORRA ANTHONY (141, 153)
- MUKAI GORD (129)
- MUSSOLINI BENITO (55-6)
- NAVARRA MICHELE (56)
- NEILY JOHN (42)
- NORIEGA MANUEL ANTONIO (193)
- NUNN SAM (D-GA) (20-1, 43-4)
- ORJUELA RODRIGUEZ RAFAEL (164-6, 169-70)
- OSPINA VARGAS ORLANDO CEDIEL (9)
- PAPALIA JOHN (THE ENFORCER) (78)
- PASSIC GREGORY (1-2, 13)
- PINET MARCEL JOSEPH (10-2)
- POLANIA CAMARGO RODRIGO CARLOS (12)
- PROFACI JOSEPH (77)
- PROVENZANO BERNARDO (60)
- PULEO FILIPPO (159, 161-2, 164, 170)
- QUINTERO JAIME (175)
- RACCO ROCCO (62)
- RESTAGNO GIUSEPPE (177)
- RESTAGNO VINCENZO (26, 172, 174-9)
- REYNOLDS GRAHAM (128, 130)
- RICOTTA LEONARDO (32)
- RIINA SALVATORE (TOTO) (13, 59, 70-2)
- ROCCISANO VINCENZO (174, 179)
- RODA FRANK (149-50)
- ROGOLI GIUSEPPE (68-9)
- ROTH WILLIAM V JR (R-DE) (20)
- RUSSO GIUSEPPE GENCO (56)
- SCOTTO VINNIE (158-63, 167, 169)
- SERRANO DIEGO (134-56)
- SEVILLANO JOAQUIN (145-6, 151, 153)
- SHAKHAL MOSHE (44)
- SILVER LARRY (RCMP) (113)
- SMITH KATE (RCMP) (125-6)
- SOTOMAYOR LILLIAN (176)
- STERLING CLAIRE (20)
- SWARTZ HARVEY (130)
- TEJANI ROSHAN (143-4, 153-4)
- TELESFORD ALEX (159-60, 163, 165, 170)
- TERWILLIGER GEORGE J III (13)
- TODARO JOE (78)
- TORTONE DANTE (144-5, 153)
- TRIADS (80-6)
- TYLER JUDY (170)
- VASQUES VITTORIO (71)
- VERWOERS LEO (191)
- VIGNA PIERLUIGI (195)
- VIOLANTE LUCIANO (20)
- VIZZINI CALOGERO (56)
- VOLPE PAUL (45)
- WARREN ROBERT (DEA) (159-60)
- WILSON WARREN (RCMP) (109, 111-2)
- WONG JOEL (110)
- YAKUZA (92-4)
- ZACHERT HANS-LUDWIG (21, 194)
- ZANGARI GIOVANNI (35)
- ZANGARI SAVERIO (35)
- ZIZZO BENEDETTO (162)
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