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    OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-107-02
    MAY 1962 EDITION
    'GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27
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          DIRECTOR, FBI                   DATE:   1/20/65


          SAC, BUFFALO (92-337)
                                 ALL  INFORMATION CONTAINED
          LA COSA NOSTRA         HEREIN  IS UNCLASSIIE  fson
          -ATV 1-CONSPFIR-ACY DAT 4ISt~' BY

          ReBulet, dated 12/4/64.

          Referenced Bureau letter  called to the attention
of the Buffalo Office recent communications  which make
reference to the VOLPA family  in--Toronto. From the
manner in which the VOLPE famiily is discussed, it would
appear that sources of the Buffalo  Office are referring
to a La Cosa Nostra family  operating in the Toronto
area.  Referenced letter  instructed the Buffalo Office
to furnish the Bureau a  summary of information developed
regarding the possible  existence of a Toronto La Cosa
Nostra group, possibly  referred to as the VOLPE family.
          On  1/14/65, Investigator NORMAN SKELTON,
Intelligence Unit,  Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),
at Toronto,  Ontario, Canada, advised that for a period
of over a  year members of his unit have been investigating
organized  crime in Toronto and the Province of Ontario,
Canada.   He stated he has submitted lengthy reports
relating  to the activities and background of members of
th;s  organized criminal group.  SKELTON stated that there
is  in existence in the Toronto, Ontario area a group  of
individuals  who are known to him as the VOLPE faE
He  stated that this group is headed by EUGE          E
who  to his knowledge has never been actual     eg    ately
employed  although he has extensive investments  in a
gambling  casino on the Island of Haiti.  He  Stated
that  brothers of the VOLPE familyi are all considered
muscle  men and enforcers., SKELTON  stated that members    1r
of  the Intelligence Unit -and the Narcotics Squad of the
Metropolitan  Toron   Pt   2'iDpartment (MTPD) also refer
to  the VOLPE family ad    g! V,  major  racketeers in
the  Toronto area.  He stated&that  the leaders of this
group  maintain cloq1 t4es with  leading members of the
organized  criminal eiel       #r      te    te,2, ~~

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