Raffaele Delle Donne

Raffaele Delle Donne (; born 1967/68) is an Italian-Canadian Mafia associate based in Toronto and Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, who later voluntarily turned police informant. After a botched hit on a rival mobster at a North York California Sandwiches shop that left an innocent bystander paralyzed, Delle Donne worked with police for 13 months wearing wiretaps. This led to the 2005 arrests of his associate Pietro Scarcella, Mark Peretz, Paris Christoforou and Antonio Borrelli, and the 2006 convictions that resulted in nine-year prison sentences for Scarcella, Peretz and Christoforou, while the shooter Borrelli received 10 years in prison.

Early life Delle Donne was born in Naples, Italy, where he sold fake Gucci belts to make money. In 1980, a massive earthquake killed more than 2,500 people and destroyed 30,000 homes, including the seventh-floor apartment where he lived with his parents and four siblings. In the winter of 1981, the family immigrated from Italy to Toronto. Scarcella's nephew Antonio Borrelli had sprayed bullets with an AR-15 rifle from a van including Hells Angels bikers Paris Christoforou and Mark Peretz as the driver.

Pentito Delle Donne soon turned pentito (informant) voluntarily to help put those involved in injuring an innocent bystander in jail. Delle Donne worked with police for 13 months wearing wiretaps, and on April 14, 2005, Scarcella, Peretz, Christoforou and Borrelli, were arrested. In April 2006, in a plea bargain, Scarcella was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, and sentenced to nine years in prison along with Peretz and Christoforou, while the shooter Borrelli received 10 years in prison. During the 2006 sentencing, Russo was paid $2 million in restitution from the mobsters to cover costs of rehabilitation and increased living expenses.