Open in full screen mode Vito Rizzuto, the godfather of the Montreal mafia, sitting in a court of law, Téléjournal, August 17, 2006. Radio-Canada Voice synthesis, based on artificial intelligence, makes it possible to generate spoken text from a written text. 20 years ago, the Montreal police arrested Vito Rizzuto at the request from American authorities. Our journalists were interested in the influence of the Rizzuto clan in the criminal activities of the metropolis and the decline of the Sicilian clan. On January 20, 2004, it was the big news of the day: Vito Rizzuto, the godfather of the Montreal mafia, was arrested at his home in his luxurious residence in the northwest of Montreal. Journalist Alexandre Dumas covers the event for Téléjournal. Report by journalist Alexandre Dumas on the arrest of Montreal mafia boss Vito Rizzuto at the request of American authorities. The head of the Montreal mafia is accused by American justice of conspiracy to murder and murders committed in New York in 1981. Vito Rizzuto allegedly participated in the assassination of three lieutenants for the benefit of the powerful Bonanno family which reigns over the New York mafia. Loading in progress ELSE ON INFO: About one in eight seniors' residences still without sprinklers The lieutenants of the Bonanno clan were preparing the putsch of Philip Rusty Rastelli, their leader then imprisoned. Vito Rizzuto had almost always managed to escape Canadian justice. He was even nicknamed Teflon Don because nothing seemed to get to him. On August 17, 2006, Vito Rizzuto was extradited to the United States, where he will serve his sentence. A 10-year sentence that will finally end in 2012. Vito Rizzuto is extradited as the Supreme Court refuses to& #x27;hear his case. Reports by Davide Gentile and Martine Defoy on the leader of the Montreal mafia, Vito Rizzuto, extradited to the United States where he is undergoing trial for murder. Host: Philippe Schnobb. Shortly after the extradition of Vito Rizzuto, the police dealt a heavy blow to the Montreal mafia with Operation Colisée. In November 2006, Nick Rizzuto, Vito Rizzuto's father, and at least 73 other suspected mafia members were arrested in Montreal. The reports by Davide Gentile and Martine Defoy return to the extradition of the godfather and the history of the Rizzuto family. It was in 1954 that the Rizzuto family arrived in Canada; the Sicilian Nicolo Rizzuto joins the Calabrian clan in Montreal led by Vincent Cotroni. The association did not last and the Rizzutos took control of the underworld in 1970. “The Rizzuto clan is linked to the powerful Bonanno family, one of the five mafia clans of New York, as well as' to the Sicilian mafia. » In 1972, Vito Rizzuto first spent time in prison for arson and fraud. In the late 1980s, Vito was accused of drug trafficking and got away with it twice. He took over from his father as mafia boss in the early 1990s. He created ties with criminal bikers and diversified his organization's activities. This is what André Cedilot, specialist in the Italian mafia, explains. Vito Rizzuto imported the Cosa Nostra model to Sicily. Not only in illicit activities, but also in licit activities and that is what is worrying. This is the extent of the mafia's ramifications in the legitimate economy in Montreal. A quote from André Cedilot, 2011 On November 11, 2010, Patriarch Nicolo Rizzuto, 86, was murdered at home in front of his wife and daughter by a sniper. < p class="StyledBodyHtmlParagraph-sc-48221190-4 hnvfyV">The previous year, Vito Rizzuto's son, Nick Jr, was also found dead. Nicolo Rizzuto's son-in-law, Paolo Renda, who replaced the godfather following his arrest, mysteriously disappeared. Agostino Cuntera, considered number two in the Rizzuto clan, was assassinated in June 2010. Report by Jean-Philippe Cipriani on the murder of Nicolo Rizzuto. The 86-year-old patriarch of the Montreal mafia was shot dead in his home. In his report presented at Téléjournal of November 11, 2010, journalist Jean-Philippe Cipriani mentions that the Rizzuto clan is clearly neutralized after the death of its patriarch and the imprisonment of its leader.< /p> Vito Rizzuto returned to Canada in October 2012. He immediately regained control of mafia activities in the metropolis, but his reign would be short-lived. On December 23, 2013, he died at age 67 of pneumonia. Sacré-Cœur hospital in Montreal. Ten years after losing its godfather, the Montreal mafia is today' ;now divided into several cells with different criminal leaders at their heads. Vito Rizzuto's youngest son, Leonardo Rizzuto , is considered one of the co-leaders of the Montreal Sicilian mafia. He was the victim of an attempted of murder in March 2023 and escaped with injuries to his legs and shoulder. Start of widget. Skip the widget ?End of widget. Return to start of widget ?
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By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116