In a March 2017 feature article The Buffalo News reported "The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York," noting that a few widely scattered remnants that are no longer believed to be active or organized remain.[4]
However, in November of 2017 the US Justice Department and Canadian newspapers indicate the family is organized and active. These publications state several members of the Buffalo Crime Family (or what they and the feds are now calling "The Todaro Crime Family") were arrested on narcotics trafficking charges. These charges indicate a continuation of the long established mafia drug trafficking rectangle from Toronto/Hamilton to Buffalo and Montreal to NYC established by Stefano Magaddino and his cousin Joe Bonnano. It also indicates the resurgence of the Buffalo Crime Family's longtime alliances with the Luppino and Papalia crime families in Hamilton, Ontario. The Justice Department’s Eastern New York District in a press release dated Thursday November 9, 2017 writes:
In a coordinated operation, Canadian law enforcement authorities today arrested nine organized crime members and associates in Canada, including members of the Todaro organized crime family, who are charged with, among other crimes, narcotics trafficking. The arrests were part of a joint Canadian Royal Mounted Police and US FBI undercover operation code named "Otremens." About the operation, The Canadian National Post writes:
The four-year investigation also shows the traditional cross-border rectangle of Mafia organizations from 60 years ago remains intact: Hamilton-Buffalo-Montreal-New York... ...Among those arrested in Canada are members of the Todaro organized crime family, based in Buffalo, according to U.S. authorities. The Todaro crime group was built by the now-deceased Joseph (Lead Pipe Joe) Todaro, Sr., who took over the Buffalo Mafia once led by the influential boss Stefano (The Undertaker) Magaddino.
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