"[2] Antonio Papalia was released in 1941 after he convinced the authorities that he was not a Fascist. [86] It was for this reason that Papalia never visited Italy. Musitano wanted an alignment with the Rizzuto family, which in turn was looking to expand into Ontario. [51] On July 15, 1977, Donald MacKay, a Griffith politician who had long been opposed to the activities of the 'ndrina in his hometown disappeared after going to meet a man who promised him information about the Papalia family. 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. The Bonanno family in turn had sent Galante to Montreal to supervise the heroin smuggling. Amusements, a pin-ball machine company and Beer Magic, which had a virtual monopoly on supplying beer dispensers for bars in Ontario for decades to come. [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. They used a password that changed from time to time, just like in gangster movies. 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. 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. ", "Parole of convicted mob killer notorious for his explosive temper tested by road raging motorist", "Kenny Murdock, mob-boss Papalia's killer, gets new identity", "Notorious mobster Pat Musitano believed to be targeted in Hamilton house shooting", "Musitano, 29, was arrested Wednesday for violating terms of his parole, which prohibited him from associating with known criminals", "Frank Papalia was 'the rock' of Hamilton mafia family", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Papalia&oldid=1142139522, Canadian people convicted of drug offences, People murdered by Canadian organized crime, People extradited from Canada to the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple parents, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 18:49. [35], Also in late 1979, the wiretaps allowed police to raid homes and businesses for files in a defrauding case. He's hard, hard, hard. According to the investigations, Domenico is "one of the most authoritative figures, by far, of the entire 'Ndrangheta organization". [10] In 1968, after serving less than half the sentence, he was released from a United States prison and sent back to Canada. Papalia also operated various gambling bars and vending machine businesses. [51] Using money raised from kidnappings in Italy, the Griffith branch of the family invested heavily in the marijuana industry in the 1960s and 1970s, making a profit of about $60 million Australian dollars that was laundered via investments in tourist related developments such as restaurants and hotels in Calabria. In October 1990, 11 years after the police raids, the charges were withdrawn after the Crown Attorney disallowed the recorded wiretap evidence. [40], After the hit, Murdock also killed Johnny's right-hand man Carmen Barillaro two months later. 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. He is a cop-hater, a primitive. Michelle Castillo Murder: Where Is Braulio Castillo Now? [75] It was around this time that Papalia started to be known in the underworld as "the Enforcer. "[121] The Gold Key Club became Papalia's principal base for entertaining visitors as the large, illuminated neon yellow key on the front of the club became a symbol of his power in Hamilton. In the 1960s, he played a role in the French Connection drug smuggling operation, for which he was extradited to the United States and served five years of a 10-year prison sentence. [148] The crime expert Jerry Langton wrote, "Well into the '90s, Papalia was the undisputed Godfather in Hamilton, especially after Luppino died in 1987. [8] He was suspected in playing a role in the murder of Perri's wife Bessie Starkman in 1930. [27] Ryce wrote in her 1988 memoir Mob Mistress: How a Canadian Housewife Became a Mafia Playgirl, "I was 23 years old and all of a sudden there I was with people waiting on me and taking care of me. "[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. [118] At a press conference, Page answered the question if he was nave with the remark, "Yes, we knew the connotations, yes, we were nave. [a] His father became associated with Calabrian compatriot and notorious bootlegger Rocco Perri, and later Guelph mobster Tony Sylvestro, working as a bootlegger who operated speakeasies. [24], By the late 1950s, Johnny Papalia was a made man in the Buffalo family, and boss of the Papalia family Ontario faction. [35] Both Galante and Cotroni served as mentors for Papalia, whom modelled himself after them. [57] Bluestein refused to "merge" his operations with Papalia's and was beaten with brass knuckles, iron bars and fists as a result. [104] Racco asked Papalia to look after his son after his death, which was a mark of great honor within the Mafia subculture. Sylvestro's son-in-law Danny Gasbarrini, Papalia's brothers Frank, Rocco and Dominic, half-brothers Joseph and Angelo, brother-in-law Tony Pugliese, and associates Red LeBarre, Freddie Gabourie, Frank Marchildon and Jackie Weaver, all worked in running Papalia's clubs. [168] Rizzuto appointed Musitano as one of his Ontario lieutenants to work under the authority of Panepinto. [110], The next year, Bader mentioned to a friend from the Montreal underworld about what had happened to him in August 1973, who in turn passed along the news to the Cotroni family. 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. Ron Sandelli, a staff inspector with the Toronto police and a Mafia specialist said in 1986 about Papalia's claims to have never killed anyone, "He is probably telling the truth in a stretched way. [135] Papalia refused to break his parole conditions that he was not leave to Hamilton. [12] 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 1913 to live with Antonio, whom she married at some point, through it remains unclear when the wedding actually took place. [39][40] It is not clear just precisely when Papalia became a made man, but it appears to have occurred sometime in 1955. He would look after them. [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. "[124] A man who knew him stated, "John was revered on Railroad Street. "[37] However, Synowich focused on Papalia's sex addiction, calling him "a compulsive womanizer. [62] The trial ended with Papalia being found guilty of assault and Judge Addison sentenced Papalia to 18 months in prison. Close calls. [155] The hitman Kenneth Murdock claimed that he had been ordered to kill Papalia by Angelo and Pat Musitano of the Musitano crime family who owed $250,000 in bookmaking debts to Papalia. Papalia also operated various gambling bars and vending machine businesses. The crime family was founded in the early 1940s by Anthony Musitano, who fled to Canada after murdering his sister in an honour killing when she became pregnant out of wedlock. FOX 5's Jacqueline Matter reports. Papalia was born in Hamilton, to Italian immigrants who also had a history in organized crime. [130] Papalia is reported to have told Cotroni, "Put a leash on Melo or I'll kill him. He used our name. [166] The journalists Andr Cdilot and Andr Nol described the Musitano brothers as merely proxies for Vito Rizzuto, the boss of the Rizzuto family, who saw Papalia, who was loyal to the Magaddino family, as an obstacle for his plans to dominate Ontario. All are welcome, there is no charge. [70][71] On May 22, 1961, several people were indicted related to the "French Connection" from informants Salvatore Rinaldo and Matteo Palmeri. [103], In 1972, Papalia was summoned to a meeting in Toronto by Michele Racco to discuss the situation with his son Domenic who was facing three counts of attempted murder after he lost his temper and impulsively shot three men whom he felt had insulted him. 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. It's widely believed by Mafia insiders that Magaddino and Papalia wanted to move in on Perri's territory in Ontario. I knew some other people that knew him, acquaintances of Carmine Galante and those guys were class acts in comparison. 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. Loudoun County Sheriff's Office 803 Sycolin Road SE Leesburg, VA 20175 Phone: 703-777-0407 Fax: 703-771-5744 Mailing Address P.O. [41][42][43][44][40] The Musitano's pleaded guilty to conspiracy of Barillaro's death, but not Papalia's, receiving a 10-year sentence in February 2000, but were released in October 2006. [28], Police also identified Ryce a month later and also admitted to being paid by the Papalias for sexual favours, agreeing to cooperate with police by placing a tape recorder in her purse. During this internment he served some time with Perri, however Papalia was released two years before Perri, in 1941, after he convinced the authorities that he was not a Fascist. [10], Shirley Ryce, became the mistress of Rocco Papalia, the younger brother of Johnny, in 1962. He made millions and laughed about it in the media. He owned an entire city block among his vast real estate holdings. [104] Despite their efforts, Domenic Racco was convicted of three counts of attempted murder. [53] The Sydney police described the murder of Filippo as an "execution". Antonio Papalia. He got to his person because he used our name. [10] He was arrested again in 1949 and sentenced to two years in prison at the Guelph Reformatory for possession of narcotics, down from conspiracy to distribute narcotics. [105] In 1974, Papalia attended the murder trial of Peter Demeter in Toronto, which was already a media circus and his presence in the courtroom caused a "media sensation" as there was much speculation about why he was attending a trial in which the Papalia family was apparently not involved in. 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 . "When Johnny left, all the power left with him. Apparently it bothered him all his life and you had to very careful about calling John a 'bastard'. [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. More posts you may like. The families operations in the U.S. and Canada remained stable until the mid-90s when the aging . [75] Much to Papalia's annoyance, some of his interests in Toronto were handed over by the Magaddinos to Volpe. "He was kind of the rock of the Papalia crime family. [53] Two members of the Papalia family have been killed in Australia. "[118], In 1982, after Bader had moved south to Miami, he was sprayed with bullets when answering his front door. [86] Later upon his return to Canada, the Canadian authorities refused the extradition request from Italy under the grounds that Papalia was a Canadian citizen and that the offense of "Mafia associations" did not exist in the Criminal Code of Canada. The Papalia crime family is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as Plat in Southern Italy and Buccinasco in N. [144] Barillaro was considered to be the more important of the two as the geographical proximity of the Niagara peninsula to the U.S. border was better situated for drugs to be smuggled into Canada. [26] In 1944, Papalia, Giondrano, and Pasquale robbed a Toronto-Dominion bank to provide themselves with venture capital for their criminal enterprises. Premier; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Police. [109] Bader believed these claims, saying he had noticed "strange" cars parked outside of his house at night, whom he felt were from Montreal, and agreed to hand over the money to Papalia. [50], In 1955, with assistance from Sylvestro, Papalia started opening charter gambling clubs in Hamilton and Toronto. He was basically the only Canadian Mafia figure who could sit at the table with the top guys in New York. [129] Cotroni's right-hand man, Claude Faber, told Simard, "If he makes any trouble, kill the fucker he's old enough to die. 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. Related Topics . After the Rizzuto crime family were not re-paid, in September 1996, Mora was shot in the head four times at a Vaughan farm; Giacinto Arcuri was arrested and charged with Mora's murder, but was acquitted for lack of evidence. [14] Moon stated, "John was a bastard. [102] In August 1971, Papalia assaulted a court employee, Len Joy, who arrived at the Monarch Vending office to give him a summons. 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 . [34] Galante who been impressed by Papalia appointed him to serve as his agent for Ontario. 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. [37] Yakubowitz was shot in the leg while Papalia was unharmed. [60] Berton's columns had their effect, causing massive public outrage and Papalia was ordered to turn himself in. [92] Using the phone records, the police discovered that Vincenzo was Vincenzo Sicari, the owner of a pizzeria in Montreal who often visited Toronto. [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. After the Rizzuto crime family were not repaid, in September 1996, Mora was shot in the head four times at a Vaughan farm; Giacinto Arcuri was arrested and charged with Mora's murder, but was acquitted for lack of evidence. [19], On October 17, 1943, Perri was released from internment as Italy had signed an armistice with the Allies on September 3, 1943. [39], Johnny Papalia was shot dead on May 31, 1997, at the age of 73, in the parking lot outside his vending machine business, Galaxy Vending, on 20 Railway Street in Hamilton by hitman Kenneth Murdock claimed to be ordered by Angelo and Pat Musitano of the Musitano crime family who owed $250,000 to Papalia. [50] Papalia, a boxing fan, together with 100 guests watched the last known bare knuckles boxing match in Canada, a fight that was notorious for its bloodiness and ended with Chard defeating Parker. [156] Papalia was brought to Hamilton General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. [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. They got it for you. [22], Johnny was extradited to the United States for trial in 1962 for his role in the French Connection heroin smuggling ring, found guilty and sentenced to 10 years. [76] The "French Connection" case was described by Robert F. Kennedy, the attorney-general of the United States, as "the deepest penetration ever made in the illegal international trafficking of drugs. [29] In the summer of 1979, police pulled Frank over to ask questions about possible drinking and driving in hopes he would refuse a breathalyzer test, charge him, and impound his car to install wiretaps. It exposes a world of big money grabbed and held by the exercise of brute power. [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. 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. [23] After police raids, Papalia started working with James McDermott and Vincent Feeley in several clubs throughout southern Ontario. [92] Only members and their guests who knew the password were allowed entry. They are always looking to compromise people who might help them, even if it's years and years down the road". [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. I tell you, this guy was like a fox. He was a bootlegger and you looked up to him. Help me! [131] The police did not charge Papalia for his role in the Greektown case out of the fear that he might be acquitted, which would add to the already almost legendary mystique that he had by the 1980s. [56] Under the "French Connection", the Mafia brought heroin via France into North America. Frank was born into a crime family that built a notorious empire on Hamilton's Railway Street. [88], On January 25, 1968, after serving less than half the sentence, he was released from a United States penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and sent back to Canada. [9] 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. [77] Papalia came to be fascinated with chess and therefore often likened himself to a chess master who always carefully pondered his every move. [98] The various gangsters who attended the summit numbered at least 100 and it was intended to use the Quebec casinos to engage in money laundering on a colossal scale. [84] Papalia's homecoming to Hamilton was a lavish affair as Railway Street was filled up with a vast assortment of parked Lincolns and Cadillacs as a number of the underworld figures of southern Ontario arrived to pay their respects. [104] The meeting was held in Italian, a language that Papalia could speak competently, albeit he was "not fluent in the delicacies of the language. The Papalia crime family is a 'Ndrangheta organization based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as Plat in Southern Italy and Buccinasco in Northern Italy. [47], In the 1970s, the Papalia siblings relocated their operations from Plat to Buccinasco near Milan. [139] One criminal who wore a wire at a meeting with Papalia later stated in an interview with Humphreys:, "It would have been a horrendous situation if he had found the wire. . "[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. [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. [19] Many of the members of the gang such as Volpe remained long-time associates of Papalia. [135] Papalia always had his meetings with his men on the street, talked vaguely in words that were always open to interpretation while engaging in hand gestures to convey his real meaning. [1][2] His father, Antonio "Tony" Papalia, who had early Picciotteria values, was a bootlegger who immigrated to Canada from Delianuova, Calabria, Italy, in 1912. 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. [46], His brother Frank, who would have been the heir to the operation, decided not to retaliate; instead, he retired and lived inconspicuously. Three kids, now without their parents, and . [119] In 1977, Papalia was featured in the CBC television documentary, Connections, about Mafia influence on the Canadian economy. [50], Another branch of the 'ndrina moved to Griffith, New South Wales. [78], On March 4, 1963, Papalia pleaded guilty just as his trial was about to begin. "He was very good to all the kids and very good to all the people who lived in the area. [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. [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. "[57] At the trial, which started on June 27, 1961, the witnesses were visibly terrified of Papalia, and several times, the presiding judge, Joseph Addison, accused several of the witnesses of perjury, saying he did not find their testimony about not being able to remember who had beaten Bluestein very credible. Antonio Papalia founded the Papalia family in Canada in the 1940s, and is one of three centralized Mafia organizations in Hamilton, with the other two being the Musitano crime family and the Luppino crime family. [104] Papalia took this duty seriously, attempting to serve as a surrogate father to Domenic Racco and tried to discourage him, albeit unsuccessfully, from abusing drugs. In 1997, the Buffalo family's Canadian faction boss Johnny Papalia and his lieutenant Carmen Barillaro were murdered by Kenneth Murdock. You know you didn't have to give them anything back. They had a lot of balls. "Mafia hitman reveals his code for killings", "His brother was Ontario's pre-eminent Mafia boss, but long-suffering Frank Papalia was still his keeper", "Bawdy houses, biker clubs and Mafia joints: Should we give gang landmarks historical status? [31] Vincenzo Cotroni, the boss of the Cotroni family of Montreal, had formed an alliance with Antoine d'Agostiono, a Corsican gangster based in Marseille, to smuggle heroin that was the prototype of the French Connection smuggling network and by 1956 it was estimated that 60 percent of the heroin in North America had arrived via Montreal. [48] His brothers, Antonio and Rocco Papalia, used ransom money from kidnappings to buy large shipments of drugs for export. They serve as his trophies. [148] Papalia was prepared to grudgingly tolerate other outlaw biker clubs such as the Outlaws and Satan's Choice, but drew a line at the Hells Angels. He was born out of wedlock. [11] In 1943, Papalia moved to Toronto, where he joined a gang that specialized in burglaries. Papalia behaved with characteristic insolence when interviewed by two police officers, giving flippant answers to questions about his relationship with Duke. [45], After Johnny's death, the family's influence in Canada declined significantly. The creeps. Mugshot of John "Johnny Pops" Papalia, one-time boss of the Hamilton-based Papalia crime family/'ndrina. John was the type of guy-even back then-that if he sensed fear in you, he tried to prey on it. "[107] Cotroni did not believe Papalia's claims of ignorance, telling him, "Let's hope not because, eh, we'll kill you. [92] On July 28, 1969, Papalia again returned to Toronto to meet with Luppino, and on the same day, the bullet-ridden body of Sicari was found in Toronto. Members and their guests who knew him, acquaintances of Carmine Galante and those guys were class acts comparison. 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