Why's There No Ndrangheta in the US?
Been waiting for a couple of books, one of which arrived yesterday. Found a missing piece in my research of Canada. Will post story soon; hopefully I'll get the other book today.... Something else I wonder about: Is the Sixth Family still the Sixth Family, since Vito dropped dead on us?
Anyway, you might want to read this (it's not related to the above digression, I should add)....
Organized crime is much more complicated in Canada than in the U.S., which makes me wonder if there was an underworld war we don't know about.
Why did the Calabrians find a home alongside Cosa Nostra in Canada, but not in the U.S.? Did they try to establish one here as well? A commentator, in an entirely different context, mentioned Anastasia and Costello in one message. What do the two have in common?
Is there a giant piece missing in known history of Cosa Nostra in the U.S.?
That one will be much more difficult to research and write. Thinking out loud....
Anyway, you might want to read this (it's not related to the above digression, I should add)....
Italian mafia suspected in shooting of Monaco heiress - English - ANSA.it: "(ANSA) - Paris, May 7 - The elderly heiress of a real-estate dynasty based in Monaco on Wednesday remained in serious condition after being ambushed by gunfire outside a hospital in Nice late Tuesday. Investigators suspect Italy's powerful 'Ndrangheta mafia, the country's most lucrative and international organized-crime group, may be behind the attack. "Even if for the moment the investigators are not favoring one lead over another, the Italian mafia could be at the root of this attack," wrote French news site LeFigaro.it. "Counterintelligence deems the 'threat' serious, evoking suspicions of infiltration by the Calabrian mafia from Ventimiglia," the news source wrote, speaking of a town that lies on the coastal border between France and Italy. Helene Pastor, 77, was shot in her car at the exit of the parking lot of the L'Archet Hospital in Nice, where she had gone to visit her hospitalized son. Pastor and her driver were both seriously injured in the shooting."