Sep 18 2008
Norshield founder assaulted at PVM
MONTREAL — Talk about protecting your assets.
Members of the Montreal Mafia displayed little tolerance for money-losing investments, according to a summary of the Project Colisée investigation and other evidence presented during a bail hearing for Nicolo Rizzuto and Francesco Del Balso in August 2007. Continue Reading »
Sep 18 2008
Alleged Mafia leader Rizzuto, 5 others plead guilty to Project Colisée charges
MONTREAL — Nicolo Rizzuto will learn next month whether he will walk free despite having admitted for the first time in court that he is part of a criminal organization. Continue Reading »
Sep 09 2008
Did he or didn’t he? TIFF premiere reopens a tale of Mafia power
Kissing and telling is bad form in any culture, but nowhere more so than in the Sicilian Mafia.
The kissing in Il Divo – which won the Jury Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and makes its North American premiere today at the Toronto International Film Festival – is of the manly, on-the-cheeks variety. It’s between Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore (Totò, The Beast) Riina and seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti. Continue Reading »
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 »
