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Vito Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, in the province of Agrigento, Sicily on 21 February 1946. [2] In 1954, on Vito's eighth birthday, he immigrated with his family to Canada, docking at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving on to Montreal, Quebec. [3] [4] Vito was the first child of Nicolo Rizzuto and his wife
On December 28, 2009, Nick Rizzuto Jr., son of Vito Rizzuto, was shot and killed near his car in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a borough in Montreal. [62] [63] The killing of Nick Jr. – the face of the organization on the street – illustrated the power vacuum within the upper ranks of Montreal organized crime.
Sollecito's death occurred just months after the death of Rizzuto confidant, Lorenzo "Skunk" Giordano, who was shot to death in a parking lot in Laval. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] On October 17, 2019, Jonathan Massari, Dominico Scarfo, Guy Dion and Marie-Josée Viau, were arrested and charged with planning and executing the murders of Sollecito and Giordano ...
CBC News said that the 2013 death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto had "left the Musitanos to fend for themselves." [ 88 ] Court records from a 2018 matter against Domenico and Giuseppe "Joe" Violi of the Luppino crime family discuss a claim that the Musitanos were supporting the Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan who have roots in Montreal and Toronto.
An internal war broke out between the Calabrian and Sicilian factions of the family in the late 1970s, which resulted in the death of acting captain Paolo Violi and his brothers. This allowed the Sicilian Rizzuto faction , a Sicilian Mafia crime family, to overtake the Cotroni's Calabrian faction as the preeminent crime family in Montreal.
The Canadian journalists André Cédilot and André Noël wrote: "Arcadi's crew answered to the Rizzuto clan, but most of its young member lacked the judgment of old-school mobsters like Vito's father, Nicolò, and Paolo Renda. Aggressive, impulsive, they seemed not to care about the consequences of their actions". [1]
2004 reports show incarcerated Sicilian mafia boss Salvatore Riina had two heart attacks in May and December of 2003. [1]January 20 – Montreal cosa nostra boss Vito Rizzuto is arrested in relation to the murder of 3 Bonanno crime family captains.
Rizzuto's death also led to a power vacuum in Hamilton, Ontario. I'm not sure the article does a good job in discussing the ramifications of that. CBC News said that the 2013 death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto had "left the Musitanos to fend for themselves".Bobby Hristova (July 10, 2020).