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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.
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 ...
On May 31, 1997, Papalia was murdered by hitman Kenneth Murdock who was hired by the Musitano crime family leader's Pasquale "Fat Pat" Musitano and his brother Angelo Musitano. [29] Frank Papalia – former associate of the Buffalo family. Frank Papalia along with his brother Johnny Papalia led the Papalia crew of Hamilton. [170]
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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]
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When Papalia was released from prison in 1968, he returned to reporting to Luppino. [27] A police wiretap recorded Papalia as complaining to Luppino that Cotroni was still loyal to Bonnanno and not Magaddino, Luppino replied it was "the Commission" (the governing board of the American Mafia) that decided these matters. [28]
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