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In 1997, Calautti was accused of the murder of
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since he was a teenager when he worked as a debt collector who was known for his short temper and "always carrying a gun". Calautti had no fixed loyalties as a hitman and worked for three of
Toronto's seven 'Ndrangheta families. The journalists Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso wrote that Calautti was
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a.m., Calautti and Tusek were getting into
Calautti's automobile when both men were shot dead at close range in a manner that they suggested they knew the killer. A policeman stated: "It's hard to think someone snuck up on him. Sam was the type of guy who always carried a gun". The corpses were not
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Rizzuto family. In October 2006, Calautti's debt was the subject of a meeting at Woodbridge restaurant attended by Frank Aracdi, Lorenzo "The Skunk" Giorando and Giuseppe Fetta of the Rizzuto family while Antonio Coluccio represented the Coluccio family. Since Calautti was still unwilling to
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Calautti's debts. Modica proposed that Calautti pay the principle while the interest be written off. Calautti stated that he already paid the principle to Modica, which led to suspicions that Calautti was telling the truth and that Modica had cheated both Calautti and his
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minutes after the shootings. Calautti had frequently boasted within the underworld circles that he was the man who had killed Nicolo
Rizzuto in 2010, and it is generally believed that Vito Rizzuto ordered his murder to avenge his father. Calautti's funeral was not well attended with no 'Ndrangheta
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did, but that "...out-of-shape mobsters are sometimes the most dangerous, as they are the most likely to start shooting when threatened or irritated. Despite his pudgy, short frame, Calautti commanded fear". Calautti was greatly hated by restaurant suppliers for his tendency to not pay his bills
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of New York, who had been deported from both the United States and Canada to his native Italy, outranked
Calautti and was assumed to be responsible for Calautti's debts. Edwards and Nicaso wrote: "A string of meetings followed, in which senior mobsters resembled harried schoolteachers trying to
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Sandwiches shop, leaving an innocent victim, mother of three children, Louise Russo paralyzed, while Modica and his associates escaped unscathed. Calautti, however, was not one of the shooters in the attempted assassination. The matter of Calautti's debt was still not settled as the
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October 2000, Panepinto had stopped his car for a traffic light on Bloor Street West when a van pulled up beside him while
Calautti opened fire first with a shotgun, and then a machinegun, putting six bullets along the shotgun pellets into his body. As Panepinto's Cadillac drifted into the
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Toronto after Calautti's close associates Domenic Napoli and Antonio Oppedisano disappeared in March of that year due to conflict with Panepinto over gambling territory. Napoli, an Italian immigrant had boarded with Calautti when he first arrived in Canada. As a hitman, Calautti enjoyed
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challenging targets to assassinate, and he embraced the opportunity to kill Panepinto, who was normally well guarded and was considered to be a difficult man to kill. The fact that Panepinto had killed Napoli provided additional motivation for him to take the assignment. Just before 8:00
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bosses attending the funeral, which suggested that he was in disfavor at the time of his killing. One policeman told the media: "They all stayed away because they don't want to be associated with him".
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A gambling addict, Calautti lost $ 200,000 via the Platinum SportsBook gambling website. The major owners of the Platinum SportsBook were the Rizzuto family, the London, Ontario chapter of the
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