The brother of a powerful Mafia boss who was recently deported from Canada to Italy -- and who himself has been suspected of organized criminality -- is suing the government for not processing his application to live in Canada with his wife and four children.
From his pleasant, toy-strewn home in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, Antonio Coluccio claims he is "at wit's end" after waiting five years for immigration officials to approve his permanent residency application.
While he has waited, however, he has seen one of his brothers arrested in Toronto at the request of Italian authorities, who called him one of the country's most dangerous fugitives, and another brother arrested in Italy after being found hiding in a secret bunker.
Both brothers were charged for a vast drug trafficking network and billed as leaders of a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, the name of the Mafia in the southern Italian region of Calabria.
"His brother is very famous -- infamous -- and I understand the concern of the government," said Antonio Coluccio's immigration lawyer, Mendel Green.
"But [Antonio] has never been arrested. He is not a criminal. He is totally innocent of everything. Is someone responsible for his family's conduct? Not in this country," he said. Read Full Story
From his pleasant, toy-strewn home in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, Antonio Coluccio claims he is "at wit's end" after waiting five years for immigration officials to approve his permanent residency application.
While he has waited, however, he has seen one of his brothers arrested in Toronto at the request of Italian authorities, who called him one of the country's most dangerous fugitives, and another brother arrested in Italy after being found hiding in a secret bunker.
Both brothers were charged for a vast drug trafficking network and billed as leaders of a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, the name of the Mafia in the southern Italian region of Calabria.
"His brother is very famous -- infamous -- and I understand the concern of the government," said Antonio Coluccio's immigration lawyer, Mendel Green.
"But [Antonio] has never been arrested. He is not a criminal. He is totally innocent of everything. Is someone responsible for his family's conduct? Not in this country," he said. Read Full Story
