Vincenzo \u0027Jimmy\u0027 DeMaria, 69, denies allegations pointing to him as an influential member of a powerful global group called the ‘Ndrangheta
“I know that you haven’t, but as far as you are very well entrenched in your community, you seem to be involved in various fundraising activities and involvement of the club you mentioned yesterday, do you hear,” she asked.
“If you go to an Italian restaurant here and you’re Italian, right away: ‘Ah, yeah, well, you know, we gotta watch this guy,’ you know? It’s a stereotype thing that unfortunately when you’re Italian you live in it.” Earlier, he denied any involvement with the ‘Ndrangheta or other criminal activity since his release on parole. He described some of the allegations as “insane” and “lies.”Article content
DeMaria said some were relatives, by blood or marriage, some he knew through a Siderno cultural club in Toronto or bumping into them at weddings and funerals. Others were customers of his family’s bakery.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Many of the questions were about his relationship with Cosimo Commisso, a Toronto man long alleged to be an influential ‘Ndrangheta leader.
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