Alfonso Caruana
Alfonso Caruana (Italian: [alˈfɔnso karuˈaːna]; born 1 January 1946) is an Italian-Canadian crime boss and member of the Sicilian Mafia who was the head of the Sicilian Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan's branch in Canada.
Alfonso Caruana | |
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| Born | 1 January 1946 Castelvetrano, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | "Boss of two worlds" |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation | Crime boss |
| Spouse | Giuseppina Caruana |
| Children | 3 |
| Allegiance | Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan |
| Conviction(s) | Mafia association, conspiracy to traffic narcotics and aggravated importing, possession and sale of large quantities of narcotics (1997) Importing and trafficking narcotics (2000) |
| Criminal penalty | 21 years and 10 months imprisonment 18 years imprisonment |
In 1997, he was sentenced in absentia in Italy, on several charges, to nearly 22 years in prison. In 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) amassed enough evidence, and Caruana was arrested at his Woodbridge, Ontario, home. In 2000, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Ontario Superior Court, but in 2008, was extradited to Italy to serve his sentence.
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