Stoolie: Canada pol in mob

[TO Kid]

Alfonso Gagliano has held titles in Canada that include labor minister, deputy House leader, ambassador to Denmark and minister of public works.

In New York he held a different kind of title, according to secret FBI documents obtained by the Daily News: "made" member of the Bonanno crime family.

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He said he and a group of top Bonanno gangsters traveled to Montreal in the 1990s to let the northern branch office know the family had a new boss, Joseph Massino.

The group met at a catering hall, and during the meeting, a Bonanno gangster, Joseph Lopresti, introduced Gagliano to Lino as a made man in the family, FBI documents state.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/story/253857p-217343c.html

Don't know what to make of this, but given his attitude and behaviour while he was Minister it seems in character.

[KurtNYC]

1. Wasn't there a shooting in Montreal recently that was

Bonanno-related? Near Prince Arthur.

[TO Kid]

3. Not sure

To be honest the whole Mafia thing has flown under my radar- I always understood that the biggest threat in Montréal was the bikers.

It will be interesting to see how this pans out- right now all we have is the word of an informant, but anyone who saw Gagliano in the Adscam hearings was probably thinking "mobbed up".

[Maple]

2. It's an old story about him

He's said for years that it's unfair and bigotted to label him Mafia just because he's Italian.

Meeting someone at a getogether in the riding isn't proof of anything.