Ontario mayor defends photograph showing him holding Satan’s Choice support gear and shaking hands with a member of the outlaw motorcycle club https://t.co/co9ufYydn2
Some terrific bits in this thread - a massive drug bust involving Mexican cartels and the Hells Angels, a marvellous analysis of the nuts and bolts of both how the crooks and coppers work in these cases. A story I've been trying for over a decade to do a doco - and still no.
#Montréal#HamOnt 1 de 2. Une résidence à Hamilton, en Ontario, appartenant à Rocco Luppino, oncle de Paolo Violi, a été gravement endommagée par un incendie 24 heures plus tôt. Le fils de Luppino a été tué le 30 janvier 2019 dans la maison voisine.
To followers and nonfollowers alike: I’ll soon be thanking you for all the reposts, quote-posts, and engagement since May 20. I usually try to thank users and journos within 24 hours but, with such a small followship, I’m really not used to my posts gaining this much traction!
1/2. #Montreal#HamOnt A residence owned in Hamilton, Ontario by Rocco Luppino, an uncle of Paolo Violi, was heavily damaged by fire 24 hours earlier. Luppino's son was killed on Jan. 30, 2019 in the house next door. Serafino Oliverio's nephew was killed on Sept. 14, 2023 in...
2/2. #Montreal#HamOnt ...the Dominican Republic. Luppino's nephew Joe Capobianco was stabbed during a home invasion of the residence owned by Natale Luppino, brother of Rocco. In Italian, we say « violenza senza fine. »
About eight years ago, in the midst of a Mob war in Hamilton that led to multiple murders targeting traditional organized crime families, Hamilton police gave a warning to Rocco Luppino that his life was in danger.
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