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Gerlando Caruana

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Caruana, 66, is granted freedom for first time since his 1998 arrest

Money brings power, and Gerlando Caruana wanted both.

That is how the 66-year-old explained his reasons yesterday for choosing a life of crime when he was a young man growing up in Sicily. But now, he told the National Parole Board, the prospect of dying alone in a Canadian penitentiary is enough motivation to stay out of the Mafia.