Created by Michael Konyves, Simon Barry. A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto. Vito Rizzuto, the Montreal-based Mafia boss who became an underworld figure of global stature and the most influential crime lord Canada has known, died a death … Declan Gardiner was the acting boss of the Rizzuto crime family from 2006, succeeding Vito Rizzuto.He was the most influential non-Italian in Montreal's Mafia, and he had Bonanno crime family boss Salvatore Montagna and the family's other enemies murdered in order to cement the Rizzuto family's control over Montreal.Biography . After Vito Rizzuto, considered by police to be Canada’s most powerful mobster, died in Montreal in December 2013 of reportedly natural causes, a … Vito Rizzuto, Montreal Mafia's Teflon Don, dead at 67- Vito Rizzuto, the former head of the Montreal Mafia, died Monday morning at Sacré-Coeur Hospital following health problems. The Real Rizzuto Family From 'Bad Blood' Was Just As Influential As Their Fictional Counterparts. After escaping death for years, Montreal businessman linked to Rizzuto crime family gunned down in street Toni Magi seemed to be the man who couldn't be killed.
He was kidnapped in 2005, but survived. Vito Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy, on February 21, 1946, and was brought to Montreal by his parents in 1954.
After Vito Rizzuto, considered by police to be Canada's most powerful mobster, died in Montreal in December 2013 of reportedly natural causes, a … The family territory covers most of southern Quebec and Ontario. Declan Gardiner was born in Montreal, … Gardiner in 1996. March 14, 2017 – Mila Barberi, the 28-year old girlfriend of Toronto mobster Saverio Serrano, is killed … The FBI considers the family connected to the Bonanno crime family, but the Canadian law enforcement considers it a separate crime family.
Vito’s father, Nicolò (Zio Cola, “Uncle Nick”) Rizzuto Sr., had moved up considerably in their world when he gained her hand in marriage over 60 years earlier. The Rizzuto family is an Italian-Canadian organized crime syndicate based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
With Kim Coates, Louis Ferreira, Sharon Taylor, Melanie Scrofano. Vito Rizzuto (born February 21, 1946 died December 23, 2013) was a powerful and notorious Italian-Canadian mafia boss who headed the powerful Rizzuto crime family, based in Montreal, Canada. October 15, 2016 — Montreal mobster Vince Spagnolo, one of Vito Rizzuto’s most trusted lieutenants, advisors and messengers, is shot to death outside his home. Radio-Canada is reporting that the 67-year-old man was hospitalized on Sunday for pulmonary problems.