All Blog Posts Tagged 'Montreal' (12)

By David Amoruso

The city of Montreal is at the center of a mob war that claimed its 14th victim last week when Joseph Di Maulo (photo above) was killed in front of his house. Exactly who is gunning for who remains unclear, but with mob boss Vito Rizzuto back in town after being released from a U.S. prison rumors are running wild.

Was it a street…

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More about the war in Montreal can be read here.

By David Amoruso

As if a violent Mafia war raging through the city of Montreal wasn’t enough for Canadians, they now have to seriously brace themselves for a new biker war between the Hells Angels and their bitter rivals Rock Machine.

News of the brewing biker war came last week when police …

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By David Amoruso

The underworld of Montreal is at war. Several high profile mafia bosses have been murdered and yesterday Bonanno family boss Salvatore Montagna was the latest victim as he was shot to death in a suburb near Montreal.

When paramedics arrived on the scene, they found Montagna laying in a river. They pulled him out of the cold water, into the even…

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By David Amoruso



Things are heating up among biker groups across the globe. In Canada the Hells Angels are said to be involved in a new war with their infamous rivals the Rock Machine. While police in the Netherlands are worried the local Angels are on the verge of a war with another homegrown club.



Between 1994 and 2002, Montreal was the scene of a violent war.… Continue

By David Amoruso



Dozens of alleged members of the ‘Ndrangheta were arrested today in Italy, Germany, Canada, and Australia during a global anti-mafia operation. Italian authorities are hailing the bust as a huge success that has dealt a big blow to the… Continue

Estimate members: Below 90 (according to my own calculations)

First Boss: Joseph Bonanno.

Primary activities: Involved in narcotics trafficking, home video pornography, loan sharking, gambling, phony…

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By David Amoruso

Posted on April 5, 2010 - Updated on November 25, 2011

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Salvatore Montagna burst onto the front page of the New York Daily News in 2006 when authorities labeled him the new acting boss of the Bonanno Crime Family. But before the public and press got to know him he was already being deported to Canada. Here is the story behind this 35-year-old reputed mob boss.



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By David Amoruso

Posted on November 29, 2006

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On the morning of Wednesday November 22, 2006 more than 700 police officers searched the homes of- and for people who were wanted for being part of a criminal enterprise. 71 people were arrested in that swoop, and more arrests were coming. Among those arrested were the leaders of the Rizzuto/Manno Mafia Family. The most famous of those arrested was Nicolo… Continue

By Pierre de Champlain (author of the book Mobsters, Gangsters and Men of Honour)

© 2005 by Pierre de Champlain - All rights reserved.



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Italian organized crime has been in activity for almost a century in Canada. Members of these crime groups immigrated in Canada after the Second World War and settled in major urban centres such as Montréal, Toronto,… Continue

Above: Philip "Phil Lucky" Giaccone, Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, and Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato

By David Amoruso

Posted: May 8, 2007

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During the late 1970s the Bonanno Crime Family was ruled by Carmine Galante. Galante was a much feared mobster, who had secured his power by importing mob… Continue