“The Rizzutos are back”
A police source claims that the Rizzuto clan are back in charge despite sustaining multiple blows over the last decade. With the Scoppa brothers down, they’re apparently able to flex their power again over the city. With photos of the key players.
Dominic 13:00 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
I’ve never seen any really good English coverage of the Montreal mobs. Any ideas?
dhomas 13:39 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
There’s a lot of reading out there about the Montreal Mafia, also available in English. For example, Mafia, Inc.: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213113/mafia-inc-by-andre-cedilot-and-andre-noel/
They later made it into a movie, though I think they changed the names.
There’s also a book called “The Sixth Family” about the Montreal Mafia that was originally published in the mid-2000s but updated in the mid-2010s. I think this one covers the period of the Calabrese Mafia (under Cotroni) and how things changed hands to the Sicilian Mafia (under Rizzuto).
From time to time, English news media will also cover the Montreal Mafia, but it seems to come first in French media.
There’s also a TV series about it called “Bad Blood”. It’s streaming on Netflix in English and French.
I used to have a particular interest in this topic years ago, but haven’t looked into it for a long time.
Kate 15:37 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
I find the Mafia topic rarely gets comment on this blog, although if I find a story at all interesting I tend to do a post. Looking at that article my first thought is to wonder which of the five men shown is the real brains. My second is to wonder which one has the smartest wife.
DavidH 15:57 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
The Gazette’s coverage is hard to distinguish from satire at times: https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/mafia-bosses-worry-for-future-as-soft-millennial-mobsters-prefer-texting-to-pistol-whipping/wcm/807457b9-7dc3-4d9f-9215-ee280421086e. One more industry the millennials are killing.
Kate 20:01 on 2021-10-08 Permalink
And my third: which will be killed first?