In 1984, Papalia attempted to redevelop an entire city block he owned in Hamilton to put up a luxury hotel, which was frustrated by the city of Hamilton, which refused the necessary permits to redevelop the block. [117], In 1979, Monarch Vending was sold to Allind Distributors of Toronto while a non-competition agreement was signed with Frank Papalia and Monaco, stating the two were not to compete with Monarch Vending in the greater Toronto area for the next five years. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . To save face he would had to order a hit on me, he would had no choice. They were able to take control of the local mafia in the 1990s with the backing of Montreal's powerful Rizzuto crime family. He would look after them. It's widely believed by Mafia insiders that Magaddino and Papalia wanted to move in on Perri's territory in Ontario. Buffalo crime family . Mafia Criminal organization Social issue Activism . The Musitano family was founded by Angelo Musitano in Canada in the 1940s, and was one of three centralized Mafia organizations in Hamilton, with the other two being the Luppino crime . Bluestein's Lakeview Club earned more than $13 million a year, but on March 21, 1961, at the Town Tavern in Toronto, Papalia met with Bluestein. [65] The office for the Monarch Vending company was located at 20 Railroad Street and became Papalia's principle base, through officially Monarch Vending was owned and managed by his brother Frank Papalia together with Bruno Monaco. [11] However, Papalia was suspected in playing a role in the murder of Perri's wife Bessie Starkman in 1930. But that doesn't mean I was involved; I wasn't, because I wouldn't have anything to do with Greeks I don't like them, I don't like their restaurants, I don't like their food. [26] By that time, he was considered to be the "most organized crime figure" in Ontario. [99] The allegation made by the FLQ in its manifesto of October 8, 1970 that was read out on national television and radio in both French and English following the kidnapping of the British trade commissioner James Cross on October 5 that Bourassa was working for "the election riggers Simard-Cotroni" caused Bourassa to change his policies that were perceived to be friendly towards organized crime. October 9, 2021. The Papalia crime family ( Italian: [papalia]) also known as Papalia 'ndrina, is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family [2] based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as Plat in Southern Italy and Buccinasco in Northern Italy. Just Paw-fect - new police puppies put through their . [50], Another branch of the 'ndrina moved to Griffith, New South Wales. [28] At his trial, Papalia claimed that he was not selling heroin as the prosecution claimed, but rather buying it as he maintained he needed heroin to treat the pain caused by the syphilis he contacted. Walter Stadnick, a Hamilton native and Hells Angels in charge of expanding them into Ontario, was forced to keep a low profile in his hometown as long as Papalia lived. The Papalia crime family ( Italian: [papalia]) also known as Papalia 'ndrina, is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family [2] based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as Plat in Southern Italy and Buccinasco in Northern Italy. Here is a Law Society bencher, he's likey going to become a judge, or if he goes into politics, he'll become the attorney general. Frank was fined $2000 and Koaches jailed for four months. [38], By the mid-1950s, Papalia was called back to Ontario by Magaddino and inducted as a made man into the Canadian arm of the Buffalo crime family and to be boss of the Papalia family in Ontario. Everywhere I went I was treated as somebody special. [56], The illegal gambling business in Toronto was very lucrative, dominated by Maxie Bluestein who kept the Mafia out of his pocket. [119] In 1977, Papalia was featured in the CBC television documentary, Connections, about Mafia influence on the Canadian economy. [108] Papalia devised a plan under which Swartz would tell Bader that the investors were from the Cotroni family, and that Papalia would volunteer to "return" the stolen money to Montreal in exchange for sparing Bader's life. [48] His brothers, Antonio and Rocco Papalia, used ransom money from kidnappings to buy large shipments of drugs for export. Pat and his baby-faced, 21-year-old brother, Angelo, were charged with the murder, but struck a deal, pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit murder in the death of Papalia's lieutenant, Carmen. [150] Papalia was especially opposed to the Hells Angels moving into Ontario because of their close alliance with the Rizzuto family as he felt that any Hells Angels chapters in Ontario would in effect be Rizzuto family chapters. On May 10, 1987, Domenico Papalia was murdered outside of his house in Melbourne and on September 3, 1989, Filippo Papalia was also murdered outside of his house in Sydney. [156] After Papalia refused to get involved, he turned his back, and Murdock pulled out his handgun and shot him. [36] Some sources indicate this value was over $200,000 after allegedly setting up a business to illegally cash in on grants. [54] Both Domenico and Filippo Papalia were the cousins of Johnny Papalia of Hamilton. No question, I would have had to move. [53] The Sydney police described the murder of Filippo as an "execution". You know you didn't have to give them anything back. [20] Papalia then began to expand his enterprise with his son Johnny who had some relationship with the Buffalo crime family. [163][164], Papalia's brother Frank, the former underboss of the family, who would have been the heir to the operation, decided not to retaliate; instead, he retired and lived inconspicuously. [30] The fact that Papalia refused an offer of a plea bargain from the Crown under which he would serve a lesser sentence in exchange for testifying against his employers gave him a reputation in the underworld as someone who could be trusted to observe omert (the code of silence). "[134]", Papalia became more cautious in his last years as he greatly feared returning to prison. [53], In 2010, the National Anti-Mafia Directorate of Italy named the Papalia family as one of the 'ndrinas with "active affiliates" in Australia. [62] The trial ended with Papalia being found guilty of assault and Judge Addison sentenced Papalia to 18 months in prison. You may be in during the glory with the boss, but when the boss goes, you disappear with him", according to Joe Fotia, a retired OPP Detective Staff Sergeant. If a guy needed a few bucks, John would give him a job taking the garbage out, or painting something, or whatever needed to be done. "[2] Antonio Papalia was released in 1941 after he convinced the authorities that he was not a Fascist. [92] The way that murders in Toronto always seemed to occur at the same time that Papalia met with Luppino led the police to suspect that Papalia was the killer. [132] The journalists Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso, in their 1993 book Deadly Silence, accused Papalia of being the one responsible for Volpe's murder. "[170] In a sign of the new power structure, one of Papalia's leading lieutenants, Gerald Ward of Welland, who had served as the Papalia family's principle drug dealer in the Niagara Peninsula, defected over to the Hells Angels after his murder. [142] In December 1985, several of Papalia's associates were charged with extortion in Greektown. Papalia has an inbred need to steal other men's women. [110] In 1974, Montreal mobsters Vincenzo Cotroni and Paolo Violi were overheard on a police wiretap threatening to kill Papalia and demanding $150,000 after he used their names in the $300,000 extortion of Toronto business man Stanley Bader without notifying or cutting them in on the score. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . [122] Papalia told Moon that he had stopped taking vacations in Mexico because there was "too much crime" in that nation, and now preferred the West Indies. [5][73] After his sentence for the Bluestein assault was commuted on March 15, 1962, he was finally extradited. [12], Antonio's wife Maria Rosa Italiano had a first cousin, Nazzareno "Ned" Italiano, who worked as a heroin dealer for Perri and Starkman. He's hard, hard, hard. [2], During his time in Toronto, Papalia served with a youth gang consisting of Paul Volpe, Pasquale Giodrano , Roy Pasquale, and Alberto Mignacchio. [37] Papalia was also associated with F.M. [53] Two members of the Papalia family have been killed in Australia. [11] In 1986, Papalia stated that his biggest regret in life was never attending high school, saying of his life, "It's been an interesting one. [148] The crime expert Jerry Langton wrote, "Well into the '90s, Papalia was the undisputed Godfather in Hamilton, especially after Luppino died in 1987. Close calls. When Bluestein dropped to the floor, he was kicked in the face. Era in carcere dal 1992", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Papalia_crime_family&oldid=1133212737, Racketeering, loan sharking, money laundering, gambling, drug trafficking, extortion, fraud and prostitution, This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 18:41. [37] He later shifted to Toronto extorting brokers and running gambling clubs. Frank, Rocco, Koaches and Monaco were all arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud the federal government of $50,000. "[122] Papalia admitted, however, "I did shylocking and bookmaking, but was back in the fifties. They do it for the future. He was killed. [56] Berton turned the Bluestein beating into a cause clbre, constantly demanding in his column that Papalia be brought to justice. "[37] Synowich wrote, "His relationships with women provide the best clue to his character. "[57] Several of the witnesses to the Bluestein beating received threatening phone calls in the days after, warning them that it would be "healthier" for them to forget what they had just seen. Joseph Todaro Sr. took control of the family in the mid-1980s and began to pull the somewhat weakened family together including strengthening its Canadian ties to longtime crime family crew in Hamiton, Ontario also known as the Papalia crime family. [2] Papalia was to serve as the enforcer boss who was to accept the advice of the older dons who were to play a role almost analogous to a consigliere. [127] The strippers from Quebec were the first to engage in nude table dancing in Ontario, which made them very popular. [30], In 1954, Papalia paid the tax arrears of the Porcupine Miners' Club of Timmins, a social group for the miners in northern Ontario founded in 1929 that had been out of business for some time. [159][160][161] In February 2000, the brothers were sentenced to 10 years for conspiracy to commit murder in the murder of Barillaro in a plea bargain arrangement. I'm your new partner. [122] He listed jazz as his favourite genre of music. Two of his siblings brother Rocco and sister Antoinette Pugliese are still alive. [107] In 1973, Bader swindled a group of Montreal investors, which Swartz mentioned to Papalia. [Frank Cotroni]"[127] Simard replied that F.C is "my friend", leading Papalia to ask "Can you get in touch with him? Violi and Cotroni got their sentences appealed to just six months, but Papalia's was rejected; he served four of the years. [135] Despite his fondness for Chinese food, Papalia refused to go to Lee's Garden, his favourite Chinese restaurant, which was located just outside outside of Hamilton in Burlington, instead patiently waiting in his car for someone to pick up the food he ordered. When Michelle Castillo was found hanging from a showerhead in her Ashburn, Virginia, home with an electrical cord around her neck, her family was dumbfounded. [152], In April 1997, Pasquale "Fat Pat" Musitano, the boss of the Musitano family, met with Gaetano "Guy" Panepinto, the Toronto agent of Montreal's Rizzuto family, in Niagara Falls. [47], On July 10, 2008, in the Cerberus operation of the Guardia di Finanza, several people were arrested including Barbaro 'ndrina members and Antonio Papalia's son Pasquale, who received orders from the bosses in prison, Domenico, Rocco and Antonio Papalia who were said to have controlled the construction sector in Buccinasco, Corsico and Pogliano Milanese. The elite Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels based in Montreal purchased their cocaine from the Rizzuto family, and in return sold the cocaine to the other Hells Angels chapters. "[146] The police suspect that Barillaro was involved in Iannuzzelli's presumed murder. [162] In October 2006, the Musitano brothers were both released from prison. [7], Antonio Papalia was a bootlegger with early Picciotteria values,[8] who immigrated to Canada from Delianuova, Calabria, Italy, in 1912, through New York City before moving on to Montreal, Quebec then New Brunswick in the coal mines, before finally settling on Railway Street in Hamilton, Ontario in 1917. In November 1998, Murdock pleaded guilty to three counts of second degree murder, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and named Pat and Angelo as the men who had ordered the murders; he was released on parole after serving 13 years. [157] He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, in a family plot, in Burlington. That's what the police tell you, isn't it? And with him gone, there's no competition for John [Papalia] in Niagara Falls. [38], In the 1990s, Papalia lieutenant Enio "Pegleg" Mora borrowed $7.2 million from Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto, and gave the bulk of the money to Papalia to open an upscale restaurant and nightclub in Toronto. [133] When Longo died, Iannuzzeli disappeared three days later. [19], On October 17, 1943, Perri was released from internment as Italy had signed an armistice with the Allies on September 3, 1943. [66] Through the company records listed Johnny only as an employee of his brother Frank, he was considered by almost everyone to be the real boss of Monarch Vending. [57] Bluestein refused to "merge" his operations with Papalia's and was beaten with brass knuckles, iron bars and fists as a result. Don Micu's personality, friendships, dedication to the rules with which he moves, the close relationships with the powerful De Stefano 'ndrina, immediately make him a point of reference for the rest of the 'Ndrangheta. [10] Papalia later gave his father's internment as the reason as to why he did not serve in the military during World War II. John Joseph Papalia (Italian:[papalia]; March 18, 1924 May 31, 1997), also known as Johnny Pops Papalia or "The Enforcer", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [35] Both Galante and Cotroni served as mentors for Papalia, whom modelled himself after them. [18] Papalia had "a reputation for extreme violence" from the start of his criminal record as a teenager in the 1930s, and despite being only 5feet 8inches (1.73m) with a slender build, was widely feared. [17] Maria Rosa initially married Antonio's younger brother Giuseppe Papalia Jr., giving birth to two sons in Italy, however when Giuseppe died, she immigrated to Canada with her two sons in 1923 to marry Antonio. [60] Berton's columns had their effect, causing massive public outrage and Papalia was ordered to turn himself in. But he got on everybody's nerves. He used our name. The happy-go-lucky mother of five had never displayed . [15] It is also believed that Antonio and his son Johnny Papalia, along with Stefano Magaddino of the Buffalo crime family played a role in Perri's disappearance in 1944 after Perri left members of his Mafia crew "slighted", though both cases remain unsolved. But maybe I'd liked it to be different. "He was kind of the rock of the Papalia crime family. [122] Papalia said about his occupation, "I go into a bar and I tell them my name and I intimidate people into taking our equipment. The family is linked to convictions for bombings and extortion in the 1970s, as well as the hit on mobster Domenic Racco in the 1980s, and the murders of Johnny "Pops" Papalia and one of his. [14] Later in 1929, Nazzareno Italiano was convicted of trafficking heroin and rejected a plea bargain offer from the Crown to testify against his employers Perri and Starkman in exchange for a lighter sentence. [47], In the 1970s, the Papalia siblings relocated their operations from Plat to Buccinasco near Milan. I believe you'll kill me. [156] Papalia was brought to Hamilton General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. [15], Nazzareno "Ned" Italiano, the first cousin to Maria Rosa Italiano, was imprisoned in 1929 for trafficking in heroin while he refused a plea bargain offer from the Crown to testify against his employers Perri and his common-law wife and business partner Bessie Starkman in exchange for a lighter sentence. "[37] Papalia's fondness for the wives and girlfriends of other men led him to engage in a succession of fights with the cuckolded men. [129] Cotroni's right-hand man, Claude Faber, told Simard, "If he makes any trouble, kill the fucker he's old enough to die. [36] In 1954, Papalia was running a taxi company in Hamilton, which attracted police attention when one of the cab drivers, Tony Coposodi, was killed execution-style. [91] Vendemini's widow, Giuseppina, told the police that her husband was frequently on the phone with a man she only knew as Vincenzo. [55] In 1959, Papalia was the only Canadian who attended the meeting in New York that formally set up the French Connection smuggling network. "[24] On January 27, 1944, Papalia was arrested for failing to register for conscription for the defense of Canada as he was legally obliged to do in 1942 when he turned 18. [16][10], Antonio's wife, Maria Rosa Italiano, also came from a Mafia family, the Italiano clan, who also participated in Perri's gang. [92] Using the phone records, the police discovered that Vincenzo was Vincenzo Sicari, the owner of a pizzeria in Montreal who often visited Toronto. John Joseph Papalia , also known as Johnny Pops Papalia or "The Enforcer", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [170] Langton noted Papalia had a marked distaste for outlaw bikers and, in a sign of his power, Walter Stadnick, the former president of Hells Angels Canada, had trouble establishing the Angels in Ontario while Papalia was alive. Not because he used his name. [126] At a meeting at Hanrahan's strip bar in Hamilton, Papalia told Simard, "Maybe you have friends? Musitano wanted an alignment with the Rizzuto family, which in turn was looking to expand into Ontario. [56] Berton described the beating, "as terrible a beating as it is possible to give a man without killing himIron bars with ropes attached to them for greater leverage rained down on Bluestein's head and across his forehead, eyes and cheekbones. [54] The police noted that he had a .25 caliber handgun with him at the time of his slaying, which the police took as a sign that he was "expecting trouble". [75] It was around this time that Papalia started to be known in the underworld as "the Enforcer. Half. [11] Papalia later described himself as a "wild kid" who was known for his womanizing, and who had contracted syphilis by the age of 19. "[104] However, inviting Papalia to the meeting to discuss a problem within the Racco family was sign of great respect, showing that Racco held him in high esteem. [145] It was only later that Pressey learned that "Pennybender" was working of Papalia. [57] It was understood that if Bluestein accepted a drink paid for by Papalia, it would mean submission to Papalia and he refused it, it would mean defiance; Bluestein refused the proffered drink. [43] Papalia used the right that he gained with the social club charter to reopen the Porcupine Miners' Club in Hamilton in 1955, which served as a cover for an illegal gambling club that operated for the next two years. "[75] Papalia's behaviour was such that he was refused admission to the airplane, and instead the RCMP were forced to drive him to the U.S. border at Fort Erie with Papalia vomiting in the backseat to be handed over to the agents of the federal Bureau of Narcotics. Antonio Papalia. [10], In 1940, Papalia's father was arrested and sent to internment at Camp Petawawa as part of the Italian Canadian internment, as potentially dangerous enemy aliens with alleged connections to Benito Mussolini's fascist regime, causing his son to have a grudge against the Canadian government. He was basically the only Canadian Mafia figure who could sit at the table with the top guys in New York. [13] Antonio is believed to have been involved in Starkman's murder as her killers fled in an automobile stolen from the garage where Antonio worked. Antonio, born in 1894, was thought to have immigrated straight to Canada in 1900, however U.S. immigration records were found in 2004 confirming his origin. [119] Mora ran the Papalia family's operations in the greater Toronto area while Barillaro ran the operations in the Niagara Peninsula. "[140] Papalia greatly resented the police surveillance, and was once overheard by a police bug complaining about the "lady Mountie" who had been assigned to follow him, saying, "What's the world coming to? [14] Moon stated, "John was a bastard. [57] As Papalia entered the Toronto police station, he displayed his hatred of journalists yelling insults at the assembled reporters, being quoted as saying "look at the dirty rats. Calls came in reporting a shooting Read More Canadian Mafia Is the Musitano family era at an end in Hamilton? [154], Papalia was fatally shot in the head on May 31, 1997, at the age of 73 in the parking lot of 20 Railway Street outside his vending machine business, Galaxy Vending, in Hamilton. Rizzuto's expansion was boosted by the 1997 murder of veteran Ontario Mafia boss John Papalia, of Hamilton, known as "Johnny Pops" or "The Enforcer." The hitman who shot Papalia testified he. "[48] Papalia's principle enforcer was Howard "Baldy" Chard, a professional heavyweight boxer with a scarred face. [70][71] On May 22, 1961, several people were indicted related to the "French Connection" from informants Salvatore Rinaldo and Matteo Palmeri. "[37], By the early 1960s, he earned his reputation from the "French Connection", which had then been responsible for supplying over 80 percent of America's heroin market between the 1960s and 1970s. [136] The police placed bugs on the parking meters on Railroad Street, hoping to catch Papalia say something incriminating as he held his meetings while walking up and down the street. 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[13] The refusal of Perri and Starkman to financially support the Italiano family despite the way he observed Omert caused much resentment and Antonio was described at the time as being angry with Starkman, whom he felt was greedy. [87] There is also an Australian branch of the Papalia family based in Griffith, but the precise relationship, if any, between the Australian and Canadian Papalias beyond blood ties remains unclear. The Papalia crime family is one of three major crime families in Hamilton, the other two being the Musitano crime family and the Luppino crime family. [92] Sicari stated to the police that on the day of the murder, he had driven Vendemini to Hamilton to see an unnamed mutual friend and then drove Vendemini to the Toronto airport; he denied knowing anything about the murder. [42] By 1955, Papalia was known for wearing expensive suits and driving equally expensive automobiles, together with his womanizing habits. 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