The key prosecution witness in a GTA organized crime case told a trial Wednesday that he felt on the verge of a nervous breakdown after working undercover for two years secretly taping top members of the local ‘Ndrangheta crime organization.“I couldn’t go on much longer,” Carmine Guido, 47, testified at the University Ave. courthouse.“I was under a lot of stress,” said the former York Region mobster. “I was starting to loose my mind.”Guido worked as a paid agent for the RCMP between 2013 and 2015, earning some $2.4-million as he secretly taped dozens of conversations with suspected ‘Ndrangheta members.He was testifying in the case against Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino, 64, of Bradford and Cosmin (Chris) Dracea, 41, of Toronto. They both face two counts of cocaine trafficking for the benefit of a criminal organization and one charge of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.The case marks the first prosecution targeting the ’Ndrangheta as a crime group in Canada since the offence of criminal organization came into effect in 1997, senior federal prosecutor Tom Andreopoulos said in an interview.Guido said his nerves went bad after York Region resident Cosimo Commisso and Ursino both told him in May 2015 that they suspected he was talking with the police.Guido described Commisso and Ursino as ‘Ndrangheta bosses in the GTA.Commisso threatened his family in May 2015 after accusing him of talking with police, Guido said.“It was very stressful,” Guido said.He said he couldn’t take working as a paid police agent any longer.“(It was) just from everything,” he said. “The investigation. The threats. I just wanted to get it over with.”Ursino leaned back in his chair and stared at the witness as he was cross-examined by Ursino’s lawyer, Dragi Zekavaca.Guido admitted he abused drugs and took part in frauds and debt collections, which a couple times involved bringing a ...
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