#OTD (Dec 23) in 2013, #Montreal #Mafia boss Vito #Rizzuto, 67, dies of natural causes.

#MafiaHistory
#Histodons @mafiahistory

L’homme est accusé de meurtre au premier degré et d’avoir comploté dans le but de commettre des meurtres.#justice #Rizzuto #BarreauduQuébec
Leonardo Rizzuto suspendu par le Barreau du Québec
Leonardo Rizzuto suspendu par le Barreau du Québec

L’homme est accusé de meurtre au premier degré et d’avoir comploté dans le but de commettre des meurtres.

Le Devoir

Via the #CBC on June 12, 2025

In what police are calling the most significant operation to take place in #Quebec in a decade, officers have arrested the suspected heads of Montreal's #ItalianMafia, including the presumed leader, #LeonardoRizzuto.

Nearly 150 police officers descended on addresses across Quebec early Thursday morning. They arrested #Rizzuto at his home in #Laval, Que., just north of #Montreal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/spvm-sq-police-operation-organized-crime-1.7559100

Montreal's Rizzuto crime family targeted in major police sweep | CBC News

In what police are calling the most significant operation to take place in Quebec in a decade, officers have arrested the suspected heads of Montreal’s Italian Mafia, including the presumed leader, Leonardo Rizzuto. 

CBC

Man who took part in murder of close associate of Mob leader #Raynald #Desjardins has been returned behind bars after violatingstatutory release by hanging out in bar w/known criminals

#ParoleBoardOfCanada decided lst wk 2 revoke #KevinTate’s statutory release. He→serving 15yr sentence 4 role in Jan 22, 2013 murder of #GaétanGosselin, man who was killed while the #Rizzuto organization was facing most significant challenge of its leadership w/i #Montreal #Mafia

https://montrealgazette.com/news/crime/montrealer-who-took-part-in-mafia-hit-is-back-behind-bars

Montrealer who took part in Mafia hit is back behind bars

The Parole Board of Canada revokes statutory release of Kevin Tate, who took part in the 2013 murder of Gaétan Gosselin.

montrealgazette

«The 34-year-old man from #RivièreDesPrairies was taken into custody on Monday morning, according to a press release.
Last Friday, another man, 32, from #Mascouche, in #Lanaudiere, was arrested in connection with the case and was then released.
The shooting occurred on March 15 at about 4:30 p.m. as Leonardo #Rizzuto, the son of late #Mafia boss #VitoRizzuto, was driving in a black #Mercedes on Highway 440 in #Laval

#Montreal #CTV

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/second-suspect-arrested-in-connection-with-shooting-of-former-montreal-mafia-boss-s-son-1.6378370

Second suspect arrested in connection with shooting of former Montreal Mafia boss's son

Officers from Quebec's organized crime squad (ENRCO) have arrested a second suspect in connection with the shooting of Leonardo Rizzuto, the son of late Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto.

Montreal