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1 1 r i mi tww it tt ttttf f itu t f j f t t 1 i 12 economist sun stouffvide thbune saturday april 3 1999 i ulir f iu rlitk3iiiisuaycff4hwfirne jia a ckji- 15 jrs issues answers an indepth look at the news and the newsmakers s pubuc documents uiiveil complex web of interests bychrisippherdouris staffwrrter atthetime of his arrest maple resident riccardb digiuseppe was- still waitirigfor police to corhply with a judges order to return busi ness and financial documents seized in 19 police raids last september- v on march 19 after a hearing longdelayed by his own illness- judge terrence ohara ordered the return of 450 bankers boxes of documents which havebeen in police custody since theraids the boxes remain in police posj session despite the judges r until crownattomey fraserfkelly decides whether to file an appeal c he has until april 18 to do so the hearing was hem because 1 under the law the authority to seize property under a search war- rant expires after three months to keep the documents longer the crown hadto apply for more time it was that application ohara denied with his order digiuseppe commonly associ- i staff photossteve somerwuf aldo vitale one of eight people arrested wednesday on prostitutionrelated charges talks to a photogra- ated with the major mack hotel pher after his arrival at the newmarket courthouse below linda digiuseppe arrives at the courthouse and the strip dub fantasia in richmond hill was represented since the purchase of those lands a fence separating those buildings from the regency hotel on yonge street has been altered to allow vehicle access an adult entertainment parlour licence has been submitted for the xxxstacy emporium arid the power 885 administration- office and law offices of noel gerry and tunothy chudy are located there also registered to panzaare numbered companies that now 155 and 175 anderson aye in markham the building at 155 anderson is owned by 1216950 ontario ltd which- is headquartered at 8151 dufferin st in concord the neighbouring building which houses bunnies strip club at 175 ariderson had been owned crops by 99910 ontario ltd a company registered to digiuseppe it r7 s was soldwjpahzas 1203891 nightclub wmarkhara vwtfelmdaasthe president secreiusinessjgtratiqri docu- ontarioltd for 625000 uearly 1 ina march 8 1 letter digiuserrae vtawsmh tronsiimr fnentsiridicte is also presi- 1997 ritandtreasurer6fthe aldo colarille who accord- bytoronto lawyer morris manning at the hearing v g 1 v the jraids conducted by more mani20tfcpqhea6rbcers drawn frornyorkvdi dthergmppcmrw after a five mbnthinywgation into prostitu- s and plrocfeedsof crime police chargen5pepple with a variety of phtahqnreiatedcharges hi fantastaarid bu strip dubw a y j searches- were conducted in a i number of lqcatiqns7 twotyehicles and u near uhwmehuemtoro fantasiaariditheatrebnthe hiil ihhhhhhhihhhhhhhhfll bothinthemajor mack hotel on v k v i tl 1 office address is given as retaly and directofof an ontario enford rd however the numbered companythat owns the jaekment rolls show the mailing- goddess nightclub at 175 t address as 155 anderson ave anrfpiwn aw hasbeenluppor most rmttissioncrtq the federal markham 1 wijratf v theanderson avenue address the companys head office is onetime office of listed as 89 highland hill in north srry who represent- york a former address of o f digiuseppes according to jo identified- as the transportatiori minisuyvdocu- secretaryand treasurer ments nowownedand occu- i l multiforce raid last year leads to eight arrests by christopher douris staff writer they finally arrested him riccardo digiuseppe has been charged with being the ringleader of a multimilliondollar prostitu tion ring six months after a sweep of 19 raids on properties connect ed to him digiuseppe 51 his wife linda 1 49 were arrested at their home on dew drop court in maple on wednesday as police charged eight people they call the owners operators and managers of a bawdy house operating out of two york region strip clubs in addition to the digiuseppes aldo collarile 31 of mississauga aldo vitale 51 sean ainsworth 52 paul trask 29 mark wakelin 41 and gerry belliveau 32 all of richmond hill face prostitution- related charges including con- spiracy to keep a commonbawdy house conspiracy to exercise con trol for prostitution and conspira cy to obstruct police lead york regional police investigator const rob purves said digiuseppe faces additional charges of possession of stolen property over 5000 endanger ing life and possession of the pro ceeds of crime all eight were taken before the court wednesday afternoon the crown is going to be seek ing a detention order on all of them except riiaybe aldo collarile and linda digiuseppe purves said digiuseppes lawyer morris manning could riot be reached for comment purves said police were ready to make the arrests for two weeks and more arrests may be coming last april- york morality dffi- cersjmned by durham and tqrontoffice bawdy house arid s proceeds of crirrie investigation relating to the fantasia strip club in richmond hill arid bunnies in markham- the antscarheas welcome news to local politicians fn trh pretty happy richmond hill regional councillor janet mabley said accolades to the police for all their hard work on this vt l i i mabley has battled faritasia arid digiuseppe for the better part of the decade on liquor- licence adult entertairiment and town bylaw issues- themajor mack hotelwhich housed the strip clubhand twov neighbouring houses- have been put up for sale mabley said and one potential buyerhas expressed interest in redeveloping the site as alorigterfncarefecility rl look- forward to redevelop- merit mableysaidril be there with a wrecking ball when theday ooiriesiv j t ffiifr 1 j k n j i v ja