A popular Montreal eatery named Linguini restaurant located in Baie d’Urfé that burned to the ground last month may hold clues in the ongoing Montreal mafia war.
According to a Journal de Montreal report, a meeting that included members of the Violi and Cotroni families took place there in early October. Among those present were Dominic Violi and Michel Cotroni who are the sons of former Montreal mafia leaders Paolo Violi and Frank Cotroni. Dominic Violi has alleged ties to the Calabrian mafia also known as the Ndrangheta in Hamilton. Some believe this meeting may be another indication of the Calabrian mafia’s involvement in the bloody attacks against the Rizzuto crime family.
“Linguini restaurant fire”
It was the murder of Paolo Violi back in the 1970’s that paved the way for the Sicilian-based Rizzuto family to take control of the mafia in Montreal. The Calabrian-based Cotroni crime family controlled much of southern Quebec and Ontario with the backing of the Bonanno crime family of the New York mafia for years. An internal war broke out between the Calabrian and Sicilian factions of the Cotroni family in the 70’s which led to the murder of Paolo then an acting capo for leader Vic Cotroni among others. The Sicilian faction led by Nicolo Rizzuto would break away from the Cotroni family forming the Rizzuto crime family that eventually took control of organized crime in Montreal.
Brothers Giuseppe and Dominic Violi moved to Hamilton after the murder of their father in 1978. Vic Cotroni’s death left his brother Frank Cotroni as the new boss of the fading Calabrian faction until he died of cancer in 2004. One of the major theories associated with the Montreal mafia war was that the Violi and Cotroni families were back for revenge backed by the Ndrangheta from Ontario. The Violi brothers were reportedly in Montreal just weeks before the mafia hit on Nick Rizzuto. Both police sources and mob experts have acknowledged this as a viable theory which now seems to be getting somewhat more conceivable. There are also links between the restaurant and alleged mobster Danny De Gregorio who worked there until recently.
The 48-year-old De Gregorio was recently sentenced to 32 months in prison weapons charges and is considered to be close to the Calabrian clan. He had ties to now-deceased mob leader Giuseppe De Vito who was believed to be a part of the rival faction challenging the Rizzuto family for control of the Montreal mob. There are still questions surrounding the recent fire at Linguini as to whether or not it was criminal in nature. Perhaps the restaurant was targeted by what remains of the Rizzuto family because of the meeting held there weeks before. This definitely makes things that much more interesting in the ongoing Montreal mob saga.
Now that is very interest. It seems like the Violi and Controni son’s may be coming home and looking to take back control of what the Rizzuto family took from their fathers. It would definitely hold true that in the mafia (esp when it comes to Sicilians and Calabrians) no one forgets and retribution eventually comes. Perhaps the Violi and Controni families are poised to be in control once again sooner rather then later.
My knowledge of the Canadian mafia is limited. Ndrangheta is its own thing correct? I’m familiar with the Controi’s and Rizzuto’s, but are either connected to Ndrangheta?
Yes the Cotroni’s are linked to the Ndrangheta (which is the strongest mafia family now in Italy) which used to hold power in Montreal until the Rizzuto’s which are Sicilian took over. Now it seems the Cotroni and Violi families (both Calabrian/Ndrangheta) may be looking to take back over.
Ok, are there several bosses, or one big one regarding Ndrangheta
The Ndrangheta is mostly made up of clans. In Canada they are ruled by a sort of committee of bosses
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Greetings, i`m a long time follower of the site first time posting. i actually live in Montreal QC, been following the mob war attentively. there is a great deal of coverage here in mtl especially with the french speaking media. Breaking news yesterday night a property owned by Marco Prizzi was fired bombed here is the french speaking article if anybody wished to google translate.http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/faits-divers/201612/12/01-5050605-riviere-des-prairies-tentative-dincendie-criminel-liee-a-la-mafia.php
http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/affaires-criminelles/201612/14/01-5051196-le-mafioso-marco-pizzi-encore-cible-par-un-incendie-criminel.php ANOTHER FIRE BOMBING OF A MAFIA HANG OUT. THIS ONE STILL RELATED TO MARCO PIZZI. TWO IN 72 HOURS!!!
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Can you imagine something like this blowing up in NY, it would be all over CNN and other news channels. does anyone know how much coverage this is getting in Canada ?
It has gotten quite a bit bit of coverage in Montreal it seems although not sure it has in the other parts of Canada. But your right a mob war of this stature in the states and it would be all over the national news.
don vito takes over after killing violi, he rules for many years and now the son wants revenge. this story must be made into a t.v series people wont believe it happened in the modern day lol
It def has that kind of TV show feel to it doesn’t it.
For sure, this would be huge here. Throwback to 90’s Colombo war. I almost never hear of American hits these days
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Montreal is in Quebec which isolates itself a lot from other provinces due to it being french speaking first then english second where every other province is the other way around. Canada has a smaller population then the state of California so there news wouldn’t be put out on a global scale for people to know about as if it were to happen in popular city’s in USA. And that goes for any sorts of news most Canadians listen to American news or even watch American TV shows way more then Canadian news or TV shows. There is a Italian mafia in Canada in the GTA which is the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Montreal but as far as crime all around Canada its little street asian and black gangs along with biker groups like the hells angels. The RCMP usually only gets drug busts they usually don’t get extortion or gambling rackets because they don’t have laws like RICO.