Last month, Canada's immigration and Refugee Board declined to rule that Demara was unable to remain in Canada, saying that the large volume of evidence presented by the government for his membership in the mafia was, quote, circumstantial. Madonna Morkbell ruled that while she agreed that the dranquetta, the proper name for the mafia in Italy's southern region of Calabria, was a real criminal organization, the government failed to prove Demara was a member of it