Jun 18 2008
Key player tied to mafia, RCMP say. Four suspects moved at least 35 tonnes from Colombia into Canada, police charge
Two Montreal-area men, including one living in the West Island, face charges alleging they were among the biggest suppliers of cocaine to organized crime groups in the city after a police investigation allegedly linked both to more than 60 tonnes of the drug smuggled into North America. Continue Reading »
Jun 09 2008
Left Paralyzed
Louise Russo, a Toronto mother who became an advocate for victims of violence after she was mistakenly shot and paralyzed in a botched mob hit, has lost her bid for compensation from her insurance company.
Mrs. Russo and her family sought compensation under rules allowing additional payment to victims of an automobile injury if the culprit in the incident is underinsured. The twist in her case is that the automobile injury was a drive-by shooting. Continue Reading »
Jun 04 2008
Organized crime groups and outlawed motorcycle gangs have infiltrated Canada’s West Coast fishery as a high-seas washing machine for money laundering, according to a new report released by Australian crime experts. Continue Reading »
Jun 03 2008
First it was the Hell’s Angels. Now it’s the mafia. It all adds up to a giant headache for Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Opposition MPs grilled Harper in the House of Commons Tuesday after a new report surfaced linking Julie Couillard with a well-known mafia figure. Continue Reading »
May 07 2008
Heavily guarded Roberto Saviano is known as the Salman Rushdie of Italy
Heavily guarded Italian mob author Roberto Saviano, 28, poses for a photograph at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Toronto. Nathan Denette/National Post
TORONTO -Roberto Saviano, the embattled Italian author of a sensational expose of the calamitous world of the Camorra, the Mafia of Naples, stares with darkly brooding eyes but flashes a mischievous smile when asked what Canada means to the mobsters in his neighbourhood. Continue Reading »
Apr 24 2008
Caruana was once deemed ‘man of honour’ in the Sicilian Cosa Nostra
A man once deemed to be ‘a man of honour’ in the Sicilian mafia was denied full parole as he continues to serve the lengthy sentence he received for his role in one of the biggest drug trafficking conspiracies investigated in Canada. Continue Reading »
Apr 19 2008
Former mob man Rocco Morelli is in town, but he’s not here as an enforcer.
The 48-year-old is visiting the Maritimes as a pastor and founder of the Rocco Morelli Ministries International. He has teamed up with Bridges of Canada founder Monty Lewis of Fredericton to reach into the lives and hearts of prison inmates. Continue Reading »
Apr 17 2008
Health Minister Mike Murphy will not be reprimanded for comments he made on Wednesday that compared the leader of the Opposition to a member of the mafia. Continue Reading »
Mar 25 2008
Nicolo Rizzuto is taken into police custody in Nov. 2006 in Montreal. He appeared before Superior Court Justice James Brunton on Tuesday through a video linkup.
MONTREAL — Six men alleged to be leaders among the Montreal Mafia will go to trial on several charges related to Project Colisee, a major police investigation into organized crime.
All six, including Nicolo Rizzuto, the octogenarian father of reputed mob boss Vito Rizzuto, appeared before Superior Court Justice James Brunton on Tuesday through a video linkup between the Montreal courthouse and the Bordeaux and Montreal detention centres. Continue Reading »
Mar 10 2008
MONTREAL - Cheese maker Saputo Inc. has filed defamation suits against three Canadian media groups over allegations that former CEO Lino Saputo had links to money-laundering scheme run by the Italian Mafia. Continue Reading »
