Editing Giuseppe Coluccio (section)

==Fugitive==
He has been a fugitive since 2005 when he fled charges on drug trafficking in relation to an operation by the Italian police arresting 30 people (Operation Nostromo), that also included his brother [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvatore_Coluccio&action=edit&redlink=1 Salvatore Coluccio]. Leading 'Ndrangheta bosses around Toronto were told to expect the Coluccios before they even arrived. His youngest brother, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antonio_Coluccio&action=edit&redlink=1 Antonio Coluccio], who is not facing charges in Italy, arrived first and settled with his Canadian wife in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Hill,_Ontario Richmond Hill]. His brothers came soon after. Coluccio entered on the powerful ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_di_controllo Camera di controllo]'' – the board of control for 'Ndrangheta clans, comprising six or seven Toronto-area men, who co-ordinate activities and resolves disputes among Calabrian gangsters in Southern Ontario.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-np160808_3-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-np160808-3 [3]]</sup>

He apparently also aligned himself with members of the Sicilian [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia Mafia], in particular with Giuseppe ''Big Joe'' Cuntrera, a member of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuntrera-Caruana_Mafia_clan Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan] operating in Canada and Venezuela and involved in large scale cocaine trafficking.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mo080808_4-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-mo080808-4 [4]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-gio080808_6-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-gio080808-6 [6]]</sup> Police allege Coluccio continued trafficking "substantial quantities" of cocaine and hashish from South America while he was living in Canada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-adn080808_5-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-adn080808-5 [5]]</sup>

Coluccio was arrested on August 7<sup>th</sup>, 2008; outside a strip mall in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markham,_Ontario Markham], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario Ontario], north of Toronto. He stayed at The Palace Pier, a luxury condominium overlooking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario Lake Ontario]. He had been hiding in Canada for nearly three years under a false identity and is wanted for drug related offences, charges of Mafia association and extortion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-np160808_3-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-np160808-3 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cw080808_7-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-cw080808-7 [7]]</sup> He was extradited from Canada to Italy on August 19<sup>th</sup>, 2008,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cw210808_8-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-cw210808-8 [8]]</sup> and incarcerated under the strict [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_41-bis_prison_regime Article 41-bis prison regime].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-rep170908_9-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Coluccio#cite_note-rep170908-9 [9]]</sup>