The Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan was a Sicilian Mafia clan based in Siculiana, Sicily, founded in the 1950s. It played a central role in international drug trafficking and money laundering for Cosa Nostra during the 1980s and 1990s, with operations extending to Canada and Venezuela. The clan was described by Italian prosecutors as an 'international holding' and was known for its tight family bonds.
CRIMENET has extracted 19 linkages for this organization, including 18 cooperative ties across 12 organizations, 1 other connections and footprints in 5 countries.
the Cuntrera-Caruana clan owned 60 per cent of the Caribbean island Aruba
Giuseppe Caruana preferred Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Montreal is the first base outside Sicily for the Cuntrera-Caruana clan.
the clan was picking up the heroin in Thailand since 1983.
Venezuela became an important hideout. 'Venezuela has its own Cosa Nostra family as if it is Sicilian territory'