In the early 1950's the family left Italy and headed for Canada. A “virgin land” ripe for the taking as it were. The Luppino family is one of three centralized Mafia organizations in Hamilton, with the other two being the Musitano crime family and the Papalia crime family. It is well-documented that during the early 1950s a contingent of hoods allied with New York City’s Bonanno Crime Family made a pilgrimage up to Canada to “scope out” the territory. The Lupino family (Italian: ) is a British theatre family which traces its roots to an Italian émigré of the early 17th century. ... head of the Luppino Family. The court records filed in connection with Dom Violi’s sentencing refer to an active mob “Commission,” the American mafia’s board of directors thought to be long defunct. Violi’s uncle, Rocco Luppino, is the crime family’s reputed captain in Hamilton, a hardscrabble factory town located directly across the border from Buffalo. The "Lupino" name is derived from two unrelated families: the original Luppino or Lupino family, seventeenth century emigres from Italy to England; the later Hook family, which assumed the Lupino surname. Giacomo Luppino was also a founding member of the Camera di Controllo in Canada in 1962. Apr 29, 2019 - Giacomo Luppino was the founder of the Luppino crime family and one of the most influential and respected Mafia leaders in Canada throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The Buffalo mob has since fallen on hard times. Vincenzo "Jimmy" Luppino was a boss in the Ontario area of Canada and was an associate of Hamilton boss John Papalia and brother-in-law of former Montreal boss Paolo Violi. It was Luppino who helped forge an alliance between Hamilton’s mobsters and the Mafia of Buffalo, which at the time was a powerful entity. He was the oldest of 10 children. According to documents filed in Hamilton court in the trafficking case, Domenico Violi, 52, is an official member of Buffalo’s Todaro crime family. The Luppino’s flew the flag of Buffalo’s Magaddino mob. Article content. The Luppino crime family, also known as the Luppino-Violi crime family,[1] is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family[2][3][4] based and founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s by Giacomo Luppino. He is one of Giacomo Luppino's five sons involved in the family business. He is a "made" organized crime member and along with his brother Rocco are the still living, senior dons in the crime family. The Luppino crime family, (Italian: [lupˈpiːno]) also known as the Luppino-Violi crime family, is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family based and founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s by Giacomo Luppino.The Luppino family is one of three centralized Mafia organizations in Hamilton, with the other two being the Musitano crime family and the Papalia crime family. [5] Cops say the victim — recently married — had nothing to do with the Luppino crime family, had no record and wasn’t known to police. In January of 2020, Canadian law enforcement authorities and local newspapers stated “Natale Luppino was “made” as the new “Don” of the notorious Hamilton crime family.” It said that he was born back in Calabria in 1941, and came to Hamilton at age 14. So far, two men connected to the Luppino crime clan have been gunned down along with at least two with Musitano connections. Vincenzo was born to Domenica and Giacomo Luppino in Calabria, Italy, in 1926. In the early 1960s, the Luppinos became associated with local bootlegger Paolo Violi, but left for Montreal in 1963 on …