Danny De Gregorio an alleged lieutenant in the Montreal mafia was sentenced to 32 months behind bars for possession of a prohibited and loaded firearm without a permit. He was shot three times coming out of a gym in St-Leonard which authorities believed was a failed mafia hit back in 2009. An investigation by … [Read more…]
The Sicilian-based Rizzuto crime family continues to be dismantled as the body count rises in the ongoing Montreal mafia war. There have been plenty of theories over the last few years as to who may be responsible for these attacks on the Rizzuto clan. But according to reports some mafia experts and police sources … [Read more…]
The ongoing Montreal mafia war has claimed yet another victim as Vincenzo Spagnolo was shot to death at his home in Laval. Spagnolo was one of the closest and most trusted confidants and best friends of former Rizzuto crime family godfather Vito Rizzuto. The 65-year-old mobster was one of the few people the former … [Read more…]
The once powerful Rizzuto crime family that controlled the Montreal mafia in recent years has been dismantled during the ongoing bloody Montreal mafia war. The natural death of former godfather Vito Rizzuto along with various members of the hierarchy being jailed or murdered in the conflict has left the Sicilian clan seemingly on its … [Read more…]
The Montreal mafia war rages on as multiple locations with links to the remaining members of the Rizzuto crime family have recently been targeted in arson attacks. These types of arson attacks used in underworld circles to send a message have often been followed by more violence and a rise in the body count. … [Read more…]
An alleged Montreal mafioso was seemingly the target of a failed mafia hit as the bloody Montreal mafia war continues to drag on. According to the report, Marco Pizzi was followed by masked and armed hitmen in a stolen car that collided with him at an intersection in Montreal in an attempt to get … [Read more…]
According to law enforcement sources, the mafia leadership table established to lead the Montreal mafia after the death of Vito Rizzuto no longer exists. The arrest of Montreal mob leaders Stefano Sollecito and Leonardo Rizzuto in operation Magot-Mastiff was seemingly the beginning of the end for the newly formed administration. The murders of Rocco … [Read more…]
Stefano Sollecito was arrested back in November along with Leonardo Rizzuto as part of a massive drug trafficking case targeting organized crime. Authorities alleged that Stefano and Leonardo were the new bosses of the Rizzuto crime family and sat at the head of a newly formed Montreal mafia leadership table. Both alleged mobsters were … [Read more…]
An effort to take control of the Montreal mafia from the Rizzuto crime family by a consortium of influential men led by Raynald Desjardins and Salvatore Montagna ended in bloodshed. It was an uneasy alliance between Desjardins and Montagna a former acting boss of the Bonanno crime family of the New York mafia according … [Read more…]
Hundreds of people showed up to pay their respects to former Montreal mafia leader Rocco Sollecito as he was laid to rest. Sollecito was the latest victim of the ongoing bloody Montreal mafia war which remains unsettled. It seems the old guard which sat atop the Rizzuto crime family and controlled the mafia in … [Read more…]
According to reports, the recently murdered Rocco Sollecito had become the acting head of the Montreal Mafia after the arrests of his son Stefano Sollecito and Leonardo Rizzuto. Both Stefano and Leonardo were alleged heads of the mafia “management table” put into place to maintain Rizzuto crime family control after the death of former … [Read more…]
Another blow was dealt to the Montreal mafia as Canadian authorities carried out the third and final phase of Project Clemenza. The operation began in 2010 and culminated with 15 individuals with ties to the Montreal mob being targeted in the takedown of a major mafia controlled cocaine network. According to the report, the … [Read more…]
The Montreal mafia has been in a state of disarray since the death of longtime boss Vito Rizzuto and after a short lull, the violence has returned to the city’s underworld. In a recent interview with the Montreal Gazette, former RCMP intelligence analyst and mafia author Pierre de Champlain gave his take on what … [Read more…]
The murder of Lorenzo Giordano, who was shot to death in Laval on Tuesday morning may lead to more violence within the Montreal mafia according to organized crime experts in Canada. The Rizzuto crime family mobster was one of six men who took control of the Montreal mob family back in the mid-2000’s after … [Read more…]
Lorenzo Giordano a high ranking member of the Rizzuto crime family of the Montreal mafia was shot dead in the parking lot of a Laval gym this morning. He was released from prison in December after serving two-thirds of a prison sentence after being convicted in 2006 as part of Project Colisée. According to … [Read more…]