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The Rizzuto crime family (Italian: [ritˈtsuːto]) is an Italian-Canadian organized crime family based in Montreal, Quebec, whose activity covers most of southern Quebec and Ontario. [4]
He headed the notorious Rizzuto crime family based in Montreal, Quebec. Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy in 1946 and immigrated to Montreal with his parents in 1954. His father Nicolo married into the mob, and later started his own crime syndicate in Montreal after overtaking the Cotroni crime family in the late 1970s. He ...
Nicolo Rizzuto (Italian: [nikoˈlɔ rritˈtsuːto]; February 18, 1924 – November 10, 2010) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and founder of the Rizzuto crime family, the Sicilian Mafia organization based in Montreal, Quebec.
Between 2004 and 2005, the website had 1,609 users who made 820,000 bets, which allowed the Rizzuto family to make a profit of $26.8 million. [6] Del Balso was a gambling addict who was often seen at the Casino de Montreal. [6] Between 2001 and 2003, Del Balso bet $7.6 million at the Casino de Montreal and won $2.5 million. [7]
By day, Fernández worked as a car salesman in an auto shop in Saint-Léonard, and at night as a Rizzuto crime family enforcer. [4] Fluent in Spanish, French, Italian and English, Fernández had connections with the Hells Angels, the West End Gang, the seven 'Ndrangheta clans of Toronto and with Colombian drug cartels.
Paolo Renda (Italian: [ˈpaːolo ˈrɛnda]; September 10, 1939 – disappeared May 20, 2010, later declared dead September 2, 2018 [1]) was a Sicilian-Canadian mobster who served as consigliere of the Rizzuto crime family based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who has not been seen since May 2010.
Raynald Desjardins (born October 2, 1953) [2] is a prominent organized crime figure in Montreal, and a former associate of the Rizzuto crime family.In 2010, he was part of a violent effort to take control of the Rizzutos' operations. [3]
His son, Stefano, and Vito Rizzuto's son, Leonardo, are believed to be the heads of the Mafia in Montreal, who were both arrested and charged with drug trafficking and gangsterism in November 2015. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] On February 19, 2018, they were released from prison, acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine.