More important than the sentences is the court’s declaration that the notorious and secretive ’Ndrangheta is a criminal organization active in Canada
An Ontario boss of Italy’s powerful ’Ndrangheta Mafia and his cocaine importer were both sentenced to extra long prison terms because of their mob ties, concluding an ambitious probe that featured a colourful mobster working as a double agent to betray underworld colleagues.
Both then had a year subtracted because of their time spent in custody and on strict bail conditions waiting for trial.More important than the two sentences imposed in Ontario Superior Court in Toronto, however, is the court’s declaration that the ’Ndrangheta — as notorious for its secrecy and inaccessibility as it is for its power and danger as a global crime threat — is a criminal organization active in Canada.
“It is a monumental achievement,” said Crown prosecutor Tom Andreopoulos, deputy chief federal prosecutor, after sentencing. Carmine Guido, 47, who switched allegiances and wore a wire for the RCMP during hundreds of meetings with senior mobsters and associates for nearly two years, was the star witness who gave often-lurid testimony highlighting underworld life.“The key witness for the Crown was a paid agent of the RCMP. He is a career criminal who surprisingly has no criminal record.
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