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Papalia was born in Hamilton, to Italian immigrants who also had a history in organized crime. At a young age, he was involved in petty crimes, but by the 1950s, moved his way up to drug trafficking and formed a powerful alliance with the Buffalo crime family. Papalia also operated various gambling bars and vending machine businesses.
During his youth Frank Papalia was a boxer before joining his father and three brother's Johnny, Rocco and Dominic into the mafia. [171] His brother Johnny Papalia was a made member of the Buffalo family. [169] When Johnny Papalia became the boss of the Buffalo family's Canadian faction, Frank became his brother's Underboss. [171]
What is known as the Papalia family began as the group headed by Rocco Perri and his common-law wife Bessie Starkman in the 1920s. [8] Antonio Papalia was a bootlegger with early Picciotteria values, [9] who immigrated to Canada from Delianuova, Calabria, Italy, in 1912, through New York City before moving on to Montreal, Quebec then New Brunswick in the coal mines, before finally settling on ...
In the spring of 1997, the family ordered the hits of Johnny Papalia, to whom the Musitanos owed $250,000 to cover bookmaking debts. The theory was that it was less expensive to have Papalia removed; the family paid $3,000 plus some cocaine for the hit. [36] The family subsequently ordered the hit on Papalia's right-hand man, Carmen Barillaro. [37]
May 31 – Johnny Papalia is murdered by Kenneth Murdock; June 7 – Sam DeCavalcante "The Plumber", retired boss of the New Jersey mafia family; August 28 – Masaru Takumi, founding head of the Takumi-gumi; October 22 – Matthew "Mike" Trupiano Jr., St. Louis mafia boss [3]
Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and Matthew, 29, died on Aug. 29 after being struck by a Jeep while bicycling. They were in town for their sister's wedding, which had been scheduled for the following day.
Carmen Barillaro (24 July 1944 – 23 July 1997) was an Italian-Canadian mobster who served as the right-hand man to Johnny Papalia of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario. Barillaro was briefly the boss of the Papalia family in 1997 with his reign being ended by his murder. [1]
Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29, were killed after being struck by a drunk driver while riding their bicycles in New Jersey. ... has been charged with two counts of death by auto ...