The Life of a #MafiaPrince #Ndrangheta The Kingdom of #Toronto Mafia Michele & Dominec Racco

For years, the name Racco carried enormous weight in the Canadian underworld. This documentary explores the rise and fall of one of the most powerful Calabrian Mafia families ever to establish itself in Canada — the Racco family of Toronto. At the centre of the story is Michele "Mike" Racco, the quiet baker from St. Clair Avenue West who, according to police intelligence, became one of the most influential leaders of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in North America. Born in Siderno Marina, Calabria, Racco allegedly helped build a criminal network stretching across Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal, New York, Albany, Calabria and beyond. Using newspaper archives, court records, police intelligence reports and testimony from men who lived inside that world, we'll examine how the Siderno Group established itself in Canada, the secret initiation ceremonies, the control boards that governed disputes, and the connections that linked Ontario's underworld to powerful figures in Italy and the United States. We'll cover: • Michele "Mike" Racco and the Toronto-Siderno connection • The rise of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta in Canada • Secret Mafia meetings, wiretaps and police surveillance operations • Jimmy Deleo, Frank Caccamo, Santo Femia, Vincenzo Galluzzo and Cosimo Stalteri • The connections to Giacomo Luppino, Johnny "Pops" Papalia, Frank Cotroni and Paolo Violi • The relationship between the Toronto family and the Calabrian leadership in Italy • Frank Archino's extraordinary insider account of being inducted into the Mafia and his close friendship with Domenic Racco • The attempted shooting plot against Tony Commisso • Drug trafficking, extortion, counterfeit money, immigrant smuggling and organized crime expansion throughout Ontario This documentary will also focus on the tragic decline of Michele Racco's only son, Domenic Racco. Once viewed by police as the future heir to the Racco organization, Domenic's life took a very different path. Following the infamous Newtonbrook Plaza shooting, years in prison, involvement in narcotics investigations, mounting personal problems and a growing cocaine addiction, he lost the respect many believed his father hoped he would inherit. His story ended violently in December 1983 when he was lured from his apartment, driven to a lonely railway spur near Milton, and executed with five shots from a .38 calibre handgun. We'll examine the conspiracy that led to his death, the convictions of Anthony Musitano, Domenic Musitano, Giuseppe Avignone and William Rankin, the unanswered question of who truly ordered the murder, and why many investigators believed the killing reflected a changing Mafia underworld where old-school respect was giving way to greed, narcotics and violence. This is not just the story of a Mafia family. It's the story of how a small-town Calabrian criminal society planted roots in Canada, built an international network, and how the son of one of its most powerful leaders became one of its most tragic casualties. #Mafia #Ndrangheta #TorontoMafia #MicheleRacco #DomenicRacco #SidernoGroup #OrganizedCrime #MobHistory #CanadianMafia #FrankCotroni #PaoloVioli #JohnnyPapalia #GiacomoLuppino #HamiltonMafia #TrueCrime #CrimeDocumentary #HistoryDocumentary #Mobsters #Underworld #CanadianHistory