Posts Tagged ‘Mafia’

Sunday, April 14th, 2013

Playboy Accused of Being Billion Dollar Cartel Kingpin


MONTREAL—Flashy fall guy or drug kingpin? These are the duelling portraits a jury will see when a 33-year-old Quebecer goes on trial in June on charges of running a lucrative smuggling ring with links to the highest ranks of the Mafia and the Hells Angels.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Billion Dollar Drug Empire Linked to Montreal Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto


A personal phone number for Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto was found saved in the telephone of a man accused in a massive $1-billion drug empire that allegedly flooded the eastern seaboard of the United States with marijuana and funnelled cocaine back into Canada, U.S. prosecutors say.

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

Another Rizzuto Rival Shot to Death in Montreal


MONTREAL – A second close associate of a reputed high-level Montreal mobster has been killed in Montreal. Vincenzo Scuderi, 49, was shot Thursday night outside his home in St. Leonard, the historic centre of Montreal’s Italian community. Police have made no arrests.

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Mafia Underboss Cries Poverty and Reveals He Lives on Food Stamps


Benjamin ‘The Claw’ Castellazzo had spent decades in the racketeering business on behalf of the notorious Colombo family, but apparently the elderly Mafioso was not very good at his job.

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

Mob Money Laundering Capital of the World


TORONTO – A low-key mob war being waged in Quebec won’t rattle this province because Ontario is the economic engine fuelling the battle, sources say.

Sunday, December 16th, 2012

Domenico Manno, the Uncle of Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, Released from a U.S. prison


Domenico Manno, the uncle of Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, was released from a U.S. prison Thursday and returned to his former city of Montreal, where the elderly mobster will be reunited in grief, and unease, with a family under attack.

Sunday, November 25th, 2012

Vito Rizzuto Summoned to Quebec Corruption Inquiry


Vito Rizzuto on his plane ride back to Toronto after he was released from a prison in Colorado on Oct. 5. News reports in Quebec now say the alleged Mafia don has been served with subpoena papers ordering him to appear at the province’s corruption inquiry.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Murder of Montreal Mafioso Hints at Power Struggle

 
Joseph ‘Joe’ Di Maulo was discovered on the driveway of a home in Blainville, Que., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012.

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Rizzuto Crime Family Associate Murdered


MONTREAL – Former Rizzuto associate Joseph “Joe” Di Maulo was assassinated at his opulent home north of Montreal in the first Mob hit since boss Vito Rizzuto returned to Canada last month.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Vito Rizzuto Meets with New York Crime Figures in Toronto


MONTREAL – Sources tell QMI Agency that Montreal Mafia don Vito Rizzuto has been busy since his return to Canada last week, meeting New York crime figures in Toronto.