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HAMILTON (CP) -- A CISC report on organized
crime released Friday suggests the Golden
Horseshoe could become a gateway into
Ontario for the Hells Angels. The report
states that ``a close associate'' of two
high-ranking
mafia members murdered in 1997 ``has emerged
to take control of business in the Niagara
Peninsula.'' ``This associate is closely
connected with an organized crime family in
Buffalo, New York as well as with the
Para-Dice Riders and the Hells Angels,''
said the 1999 Annual Report on Organized
Crime, released Friday by the Criminal
Intelligence Service Canada. Johnny Papalia,
the head of the Cosa Nostra organization,
was gunned down on May 31, 1997. His
underworld lieutenant Carmen Barillaro, of
Niagara Falls, was killed July 23, 1997. Mob
expert Antonio Nicaso said the report
doesn't surprise him because it's a prime
example of the changing face of organized
crime. |
