Luppino crime family

Luppino crime family
Founded1956
FounderGiacomo Luppino
Founding locationHamilton, Ontario, Canada
Years active1950s–present
TerritorySouthern Ontario
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
ActivitiesRacketeering, loan sharking, money laundering, fraud, murder, gambling, drug trafficking, extortion and corruption
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Rivals

The Luppino crime family, (Italian: [lupˈpiːno]) also known as the Luppino-Violi crime family,[2] is an 'Ndrangheta organized crime family[3][4][5] based and founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s by Giacomo Luppino. The Luppino family is one of three centralized Mafia organizations in Hamilton, with the other two being the Musitano crime family and the Papalia crime family.[6] The Luppinos have had strong connections with the Buffalo crime family of Buffalo, New York.[7]

By 2018, the Violis had an increased role in the organization, particularly Domenico and Giuseppe Violi, the sons of Montreal mob boss Paolo Violi who had married into the Luppino family through Giacomo's daughter. Domenico had reportedly been made the underboss of the Buffalo crime family and one of his duties was to "assume control over the operations of the Luppino-Violi crime family". By late 2018, however, both brothers were imprisoned for drug trafficking offenses. Brothers Natale and Rocco Luppino are believed to be the leaders of the Hamilton-based organisation. In recent times the Luppino crime family has fallen under the control of the Buffalo crime family and is now believed to be the Buffalo family's Canadian crew.[7]

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  5. ^ "Unease as mobsters set free". National Post. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Unease as mobsters set free". National Post. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Four charged in 2018 stabbing at mobster Nat Luppino's home". The Hamilton Spectator. Welland Tribune. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.