Gerlando Sciascia

Gerlando "George from Canada" Sciascia (Italian pronunciation: [dʒerˈlando ʃˈʃaʃʃa]; February 15, 1934 – March 18, 1999), was a Sicilian mobster who served as a caporegime for the Bonanno crime family.

Sciascia was the Sixth Family's representative in New York and was a major narcotics trafficker in Canada, and the United States.

Sciascia was born in Cattolica Eraclea in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, the same area as Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto.

On May 5, 1981, Sciascia participated in the murders of dissident Bonanno capos Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, and Philip "Lucky" Giaccone at a Gambino crime family social club in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.

[6] Government witness Sammy Gravano later claimed that the Bonanno family paid a juror $10,000 to block Sciascia's conviction.

[7] In July 1991, Sciascia applied to the Canadian government for readmission to Canada, basing his application on his son Joseph's residence in Montreal.

On April 30, 1992, Sciascia's top lieutenant in Canada, Joseph LoPresti, was found shot to death in a Montreal lot.

[9] The plan was for fellow capo Patrick DeFilippo to invite Sciascia to a meeting to resolve an ongoing disagreement with Graziano over a marijuana racket.

There, DeFilippo told Sciascia that they were driving to a different location in Lakeville, New York and the two men were picked up by mobster John Spirito.

[6] Vacationing in Mexico, Massino immediately met with each of the Bonanno capos to tell them he did not know what happened to Sciascia and theorized it was a bad drug deal.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police chart of the Bonanno crime family 's crew ( decina ) in Montreal
From left to right: Sciascia, Vito Rizzuto , Giovanni Ligamarri and Joseph Massino in 1981