Carmelo Bruzzese

Carmelo Bruzzese (; born 13 July 1949) is an Italian-Canadian mobster from Grotteria, Calabria, who was connected to the 'Ndrangheta and the Siderno Group branch based in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Early life and family Bruzzese was born in 1949, in Grotteria, Calabria, Italy. He immigrated to Canada on 3 May 1974, and later became a permanent resident in Canada. In 1977, he returned to Italy, travelling between countries several times. and his son Carlo, a Canadian citizen, serving a six-year sentence for the Italian crime of mafia association.

Wanted in Italy for mafia association and deportation In 2008, Bruzzese was charged, and faced a trial in Italy, on the allegation that he was associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal; he was later acquitted of this charge. However, he was not extradited because there is no charge in Canada for association with a mafia-like organization under the IRPA. At another IRB hearing, Bruzzese had admitted under oath that he had his children physically bring large sums of cash from Italy on a regular basis instead of using bank wire, transfers or electronic transfers; he also acknowledged during his testimony that he drove a BMW registered in another person's name whose last name he did not know; he claimed medications prescribed to another person as his own; and he also bought a $600,000 home in Canada with one of his sons despite stating in the hearing that he did not earn enough money in Canada to file a tax return. Bruzzese appealed the decision to the Federal Court of Canada, but it was rejected, Major Giuseppe De Felice, a commander with the Carabinieri, told the IRB that Bruzzese "assumed the most important roles and decisions. He gave the orders."