Comprehensive list of organized crime-related attempts, kidnappings and assassinations in Canada found on Reddit, created by user
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Mafia/comments/123mmhh/the_hits_misses_kidnappings_of_canadas_mafias/MONTREALAttempted Murders & Kidnappings:February, 2005, Dominico Cordileone – Kidnapped and released. Father of Emilio & Dino Cordileone.
April 2005, Tony Magi – Kidnapped and escaped. The kidnappers pretended to be police and pulled him over.
May 1, 2005, Leonardo D'Angelo –
May 25, 2005, Frank Martorana – Kidnapped and released. Believed to be taken by the D'Amicos. Later released on June 1st, 2005.
October 31st, 2005, Nicolo Varacalli – Kidnapped and released. The D'Amicos of Granby kidnapped Varacalli over a drug debt. Later released on Dec 8th, 2005.
August 30, 2006, Mario Iannitto – Shot and wounded. Was in the car with Dominico Marci during the shooting.
December 21, 2007, Tony Mucci – Shot and wounded. At the time Mucci was the right hand man of Moreno Gallo.
June 17, 2008, Nino de Bartolomeis – Kidnapped and escaped. Kidnapped by Sal Scoppa, Dany De Gregorio and others for debts owed.
August 11, 2008, Tony Magi – Shot and wounded. Allegedly because he disagreed with the Mafia-Biker consortium.
December 4, 2008, Mario Marabella – Kidnapped and presumed dead. Owed Rizzuto money, history with De Vito. Kidnapped from a gas station.
June 15, 2009, Dany De Gregorio – Shot and wounded. Aligned with Giuseppe De Vito.
November 24, 2009, Ennio Bruni – Shot and wounded.
March 18, 2010, Ducarme Joseph – Shot at but unharmed. Ducarme is believed to be believed to be the one that carried out the murder of Nicolo Rizzuto Jr.
May 19, 2010, Paolo Renda – Kidnapped and presumed dead. Vito Rizzuto’s brother in law.
February 18, 2011, Rita Biasini – Shot at but unharmed. Case of mistaken identity, shooters saw Magi's car, that was driven by his wife Rita and thought it was him.
March 31, 2011, Peter Whitmore – Kidnapped. Owed a $2 million debt to the Bastone brothers.
Septemher 4, 2011, Antonio Arcuri – Shot and wounded? Unharmed? Took 4 bullets?
September 16, 2011, Raynald Desjardins & Jonathan Mignacca – Shot at but unharmed. Believed to be carried out by Montagna's allies.
December 14, 2011, Antonio Pietrantonio – Shot and wounded.
May 4, 2012, Giuseppe Renda – Kidnapped and presumed dead. Rizzuto ally turned Montagna supporter. Nephew of George Sciascia, no relation to Paolo Renda. Allegedly had a meeting with the Caruana-Cuntrera clan the day he disappeared.
August 29, 2012, Marco Lafratta – Shot and wounded. Co-owned the cafe where he was shot with Giuseppe De Vito.
September 29, 2012, Tommy Pietrantonio – Shot and wounded. Son of Vincent Pietrantonio. Targeted over debts owed.
October 10, 2012, Vincent Pietrantonio – Shot and wounded. Father of Tommy Pietrantonio. Targeted over debts owed.
December 17, 2012, Giuseppe Fetta – Shot and wounded.
? 2013, Gino Di Paola – Possible victim of an attempted murder sometime in 2013. Fled to Italy afterwards. Was Mirarchi's right hand man.
February 1, 2013, Tonino Callocchia – Shot and wounded. Brother-in-law of Vincenzo Armeni.
February 13, 2013, James Bertrand Shot at but unharmed. Relative of Ducarme Joseph. Possibly targeted for the murder of Nicolo Rizzuto Jr.
? Fall, 2013, Nino De Bartolomeis – ??
? 2013, Marco Campellone – ??
March 28, 2014, Nicola Pece – Kidnapped and presumed dead. Collector for Robert Ti-Bras Baillargeon.
October 3, 2014, Nicola Valiente/Valiante? – Shot at but unharmed. Shot by Andy Duroseau, who waited by their parking garage door.
December 1, 2014, Marco Pizzi – Was at the cafe when Callocchia was killed but went to the washroom. Ordered by Stefano Sollecito and carried out by Sal Scoppa. Scoppa revealed Pizzi was suppose to die that day too.
? July, 2015, Salvatore Scoppa – Shot and wounded? Scoppa said Marco Campellone tried to kill him.
March 28, 2016, Nino De Bartolomeis – Shot and wounded. Allegedly had several large debts. Linked to Sergio Piccirilli.
August 8, 2016, Marco Pizzi – Shot and wounded. Was rear ended while driving and when he got out of his car the occupants of the other vehicle started shooting.
February 12, 2017, Salvatore Scoppa – Shot and wounded. Shot as he left a restaurant by Fredrick Silva.
November 2, 2017, Jacques Desjardins – Kidnapped and presumed dead. Brother of Raynald Desjardins.
October 4, 2019, Serigo Piccirilli – Was allegedly the victim of an attempted murder by poisoning at the Drummondville penitentiary.
July 22, 2021, Piero Arena – Shot at but unharmed.
Sept 21st, 2021, Davide Barberio – Shot and wounded outside his home.
Nov 10th, 2021, Serafino Oliverio – Shot and wounded. AKA Sergio Lopez. Uncle of Franco, Giuseppe and Pasquale Lopez of the Lopez-Oliverio Clan. Shooting took place in Rivière-des-Prairies.
November 7, 2022, Francesco Del Balso –Victim of an attempted murder. Shot at near his home at outside a restaurant in Duvernay district of Laval.
March 15, 2023, Leonardo Rizzuto –Victim of an attempted murder. Shot in the leg while driving on hwy 440 in Laval.
Murders:April 20, 2000, Salvatore Gervasi – Paolo Gervasi's son Scoppa said killed by Giordano as message to Paolo. Also was selling drugs to Rock Machine. Possibly HA/Vito ordered?
January 19, 2004, Carmelo Tomasino & Paolo Gervasi – Gervasi wanted revenge for his son's murder so he was killed for it. Tomasino was allegedly involved in the Paolo Gervasi murder where he was accidently shot. Instead of taking him to the hospital, Giuseppe De Vito killed him and burned the body.
August 11, 2005, Johnny Bertolo – Scoppa claims Acardi had him killed for not listening and that this ended Desjardins loyalty.
July 12, 2006, Richard Griffin – West End Gang associate. Killed after a joint drug shipment with the Rizzutos was seized.
August 30, 2006, Domenico Macri – Rizzuto crime family enforcer. Killed in retaliation of Bertolo.
March 9, 2007, Carmine Guarino – Small time Rizzuto associate.
April 26, 2007, Ezechielle De Bellis – Burned to death. Rizzuto enforcer.
September 7, 2007, Frank Velenosi – Montreal mob figure. A main lieutenant of Rizzuto crime family under Francesco Arcadi.
January 7th, 2008, Tony Stocola – Formly ran a escort service.
January 30, 2008, Constantin Alevizos – Rizzuto enforcer. Ordered dead for stealing $500,000 of Rizzuto money.
January 16, 2009, Sam Fasulo – Worked under Acardi's wing.
August 21, 2009, Freddy Del Peschio – Scoppa claimed Ducarme killed Del Peschio on orders from Magi, Magi owed money to him.
December 28, 2009, Nicolo Rizzuto Jr – Vito's son. Killed by Ducarme Joseph, on orders of Tony Magi
March 18, 2010, Pete Christopulous & Jean Gaston – Killed in an attempt to assassinate Ducarme Joseph. Christopulous was a bodyguard for Haitian gangster Ducarme Joseph and Gaston was an Innocent store manager.
June 29, 2010, Agostino Cuntrera & Liborio Sciascia – Interim Rizzuto leader and his bodyguard are killed outside Cuntrera’s office. Scoppa said De Vito committed the murders.
September 29, 2010, Ennio Bruni – Rizzuto clan enforcer is killed in busy strip mall.
November 10, 2010, Nicolo Rizzuto Sr – Montreal mafia patriarch, shot in his kitchen by a sniper’s rifle.
January 31, 2011, Antonio Di Salvo – Montreal mobster Frank Arcadi lieutenant, killed outside his home.
October 24, 2011, Lorenzo LoPresti – Rizzuto ally-turned-rival? Son of Rizzuto lieutenant Joe Lo Presti who was killed in 1992, is killed on his home balcony.
November 24, 2011, Salvatore Montagna – Former Acting Boss of Bonanno Family. Murdered after a falling out with Desjardins.
March 1, 2012, Giuseppe Colapelle – A Rizzuto lieutenant turned Desjardins loyalist. Was spying on Montagna for Desjardins.
March 1, 2012, Steven Laporte – Owner of a car dealership. Target of several arsons int he year leading up to his murder.
March 13, 2012, Salvatore Silletta – Rizzuto connected drug dealer.
July 15, 2012, Walter Gutierrez – Killed while walking home.
August 12, 2012, Riccardo Ruffolo – Connected to Vincenzo Armeni. Had outstanding debts?
August 14, 2012, Chenier Dupuy & Lamartine Paul – Haitian street gang leaders. Are gunned down within hours of each other, Dupuy is killed in his truck outside a restaurant, Paul was murdered as he left his apartment. Suspected of supporting anti Rizzuto wing of the Montreal mafia. Members of Bo-Gars. Rejected and slapped Woolley's "Syndicate" alliance.
August 29, 2012, Ben Zaid Moez Ben Ali – Killed while at an Italian cafe owned by Giuseppe De Vito. Possibly a innocent by stander.
? October 8, 2012, Domenico Arcuri Sr – Killed in Florida in a construction accident when the roof collapsed. The medical examiner reported "the context is worrisome." Father of Antonino & Dominico Arcuri Jr. Was believed to have aligned with Sal Montagna.
October 10, 2012, Frederick Murdock – Bodyguard of Vincent Pietrantonio. Was killed when gunmen broke into Pietrantonio's house and shot them over debts.
November 5, 2012, Giuseppe Di Maulo – Montreal mob figure and Desjardins brother in law, possibly led Montagna and Desjardins. Killed outside his home. Scoppa claims he stayed neutral and was killed by Tony Callocchio. Montreal Gazette says he was pulling the strings of Montagna & Desjardins.
November 15, 2012, Tony Gensale – Killed after leaving the gym. Possibly mistaken for Giuseppe Fetta.
November 17, 2012, Mohamed Awada – Desjardins associate? Business or Blood had him as a Rizzuto loyalist. Charged with Sal Scoppa in 2008.
December 8, 2012, Emilio Cordileone – Mafia lieutenant. Was close to Di Maulo. Son of Dominico Cordileone.
December 14, 2012, Domenic Facchini – Shot and killed in a building owned by De Vito's wife. No criminal record, possible message to De Vito who was in jail at the time.
January 22, 2013, Gaetano Gosselin – Brother in law to Desjardins. Murdered outside his home by members of Unit 44 or Bo-Gars.
January 31, 2013, Vincenzo Scuderi – Associated with Giuseppe De Vito and Alessandro Succapane. Scoppa said he was on Vitos Blacklist. Killed by members of Unit 44 or Bo-Gars.
April 16, 2013, Harry Mytil – Shot dead in his garage. Was believed to be the one who hired the shooters of Gaetano Gosselin. Member of the street gang Bo-Gars or Unit 44. Friend of Arsène Mompoint.
May 8, 2013 Juan Fernandez & Fernando Pimentel – Rizzuto Ontario leader, found dead in Sicily. Vito Rizzuto ordered his killing for staying neutral in the war.
? July 8, 2013, Giuseppe De Vito – Rizzuto rival found dead in his cell in a Quebec prison by cyanide poisoning. Scoppa claimed it was murder, police investigations noted De Vito showed no signs of suicidal tendencies.
November 10, 2013, Moreno Gallo – Rizzuto ally turned rival. Killed in Acapulco, Mexico on the three year anniversary of the murder of Nicolo Rizzuto Sr. Scoppa said Stefano Sollecito ordered it.
December 18, 2013, Roger Valiquette – Montreal mob associate. Scoppa claims Roger attempted to kill Desjardins. Scoppa said Roger was close with Stefano Sollecito but was betrayed when Roger got close to Succapane who was close to De Vito. Scoppa claims Campellone killed him.
August 1, 2014, Ducarme Joseph – Haitian gang leader. Killed in retaliation for Nicolo Jr murder.
December 1, 2014, Tonino Callocchia – Killed outside a bistro. Connected to the Di Maulo brothers and Moreno Gallo. Brother-in-law of Vincenzo Armeni. Scoppa said Tonino killed Di Maulo. Also Scoppa claims his brother & unnamed black man killed him on orders from Stefano Sollecito.
February 11, 2015, Mario Bourgeois – Killed in front of his halfway house by Brad Pitt. Mistaken for the unnamed witness in the Falduto brothers murder.
September 18, 2015, Marco Campellone – Scoppa claims he joined the Rizzuto faction. Scoppa also said Stefano Sollecito Greenlit him on request from Sal Scoppa. Reason was because Campellone tried to kill Sal. Was linked to De Vito?
March 1, 2016, Lorenzo Giordano – Killed outside his health club. Possibly was making a move for the leadership of the Montreal Mafia. Killed by Dominico Scarfo on orders by Sal Scoppa.
May 27, 2016, Rocco Sollecito – Killed in his car while sitting at a stop sign. Scoppa says his brother Sal killed Rocco for the contract Stefano Sollecito put on him.
June 2, 2016, Angelo D’Onofrio – Killed while sitting outside a Montreal coffee shop. Innocent bystander. Scoppa said street De Blasio arranged the murder, carried out by street gang members. Mistaken for Vanelli.
June 30, 2016, Giuseppe & Vincenzo Falduto – Low-level Montreal mob figures. Were shot and then their bodies were burned on orders by Sal Scoppa.
October 8, 2016, Steven Constantinou – 22 year old connected to Marco Pizzi & Liborio Cuntrera found dead in the trunk of his car.
October 15, 2016, Vincenzo Spagnolo – One of Vito Rizzuto’s most trusted lieutenants, advisors and messengers, shot to death outside his home. His son Nicola was the real target.
January 13, 2017, Ali Awada – Son of Mohamed Awada.
March 18, 2017, Nicola Di Marco – Formerly linked to Ponytail De Vito.
May 26, 2017, Mustapha Danach – Lebanese criminal with ties to Ali Awada, son of Mohamed Awada. Possibly involved in the 2017 attempted murder of Sal Scoppa.
August 17, 2017, Antonio De Blasio — Montreal mobster. Close to Stefano Sollecito. Killed outside his son’s football practice. Scoppa said he was "probably" killed off the botched hit on Vanelli.
March 18, 2018, Mario Macri – Linked to the Mafia and West End Gang (Laramée brothers).
June 28, 2018, Steve Ovadia – Andrea Scoppa's right hand man. Killed in the parking lot of a strip mall.
January 24, 2019, Tony Magi – Montreal mafia associate and construction magnate. Killed on a construction site. He had many attempts on his life before finally being killed. Scoppa claims Magi ordered the Nicolo Jr hit. Carried out by Ducarme Joseph.
February 14, 2019, Ray Khano — Mafia associate drug dealer. Killed on street corner. Connected to Arcadi.
March 25. 2019, Mike Di Battista – Montreal mob enforcer. Is killed while in his car in the Dominican Republic. Connected to Liborio Poncho Cuntrera.
March 29, 2019, Mario Simeone – Murdered in his driveway. Said to be a relative to a established member of the Montreal mafia in the early 2000s. Connected to Tony Magi.
May 4, 2019, Salvatore Scoppa – Rizzuto ally turned enemy. Brother of Andrea Scoppa. Gunned down inside the lobby of a hotel during a family event. Possibly set up by a friend a the event.
October 21, 2019, Andrea Scoppa – Rizzuto ally turned enemy. Brother of Salvatore Scoppa. Gunned down in a strip mall parking lot.
November, 2020, Frantz Louis – Connected to Davide Barberio.
July 1, 2021, Arsène Mompoint – Street gang leader that carried out many hits for the Scoppa brothers. Gunned down in a weed dispensary in Kanesatake.
July 5, 2021, Ernst Exantus – Gang member associated with Ducarme Joseph. Unsure where he lies, possible Woolley connection. Possible retaliation for Mompoint?
September 7, 2021, Piero Arena – Allegedly had debts to the Rizzutos. Victim of an attempted murder a few weeks earlier.
February 9, 2022, Domenico Macri Linked to the Mafia and West End Gang (Laramée brothers). His brother Mario was killed in 2018.
April 12, 2022, Stephane Dupuis –Shot while entering his vehicle at a Carwash. Victim of an attempted murder in 2020. Allegedly was in conflict in recent years with a man who was wounded in a shooting in 2021 in Laval, likely Davide Barberio. Police later searched residences link to the Brouillette network.
April 16, 2022, Steven Marques – Drug dealer shot in Little Italy. Killed by people connected to the HA.
May 11, 2022, Sébastien Giroux – Associate of the HA. Friend of Frederick Silva who helped hide him while Silva was wanted by police.
May 15, 2022, Hugues Leblanc – HA associate found shot to death and burned in the trunk of a car.
June 1, 2022, Bernard Cherfan – An entrepreneur/leader of Lebanese OC killed at the restaurant La Perle Vietnamienne in Laval. Linked to Stefano Sollecito, Giuseppe Focarazzo, Frenn brothers, Saoumaa brothers and believed to have hidden Frederick Silva while he was wanted. Believed to be a supplier of encrypted devices for criminals. In dispute with another well known Lebanese criminal in recent years.
August 23, 2022, Maxime Lenoir – Connected to the HA and a mafia clan in Montreal but considered an independent. Shot leaving the Rockland Center in Montreal. Possibly due to a debt occurred from a failed drug shipment.
August 23, 2022, Diego Fiorita – Shot in Napoli Pizzeria. Victim of a previous murder attempt in 2020. Alleged loanshark.
October 10, 2022, Manuel Légaré – Close to Stéphane Dupuis. Most likely HA related.
October 25, 2022, Vincenzo Armeni – Shot and killed outside his family's flooring business, Centre Céramique 440.
ONTARIOAttempted Murders & Kidnappings:March 14, 2017, Saverio Serrano – Shot at but unharmed. Son of Diego Serrano. Possibly targeted by hired killer Michael Cudmore or mistaken for his brother Francesco Serrano.
April 19, 2018, Giuseppe Capobianco – Stabbed but lived. Nephew of Natale Luppino. Was stabbed after people broke into a house owned by Natale that Capobianco was staying at. Natale was possibly the intended target.
April 25, 2019, Pat Musitano – Shot and wounded. Musitano was hit coming out of his lawyers office in Mississauga.
June 16, 2019, Jason Lalonde – Shot and wounded. Musitano associate.
November 20, 2019, Benedetto Manasseri – Shot and wounded. Ottawa based criminal with links to Mirarchi & Milioto.
November 12, 2020, Michael Costa – Shot and wounded.
June 9, 2022, Vincenzo Cirillo – Shot and wounded. Arrested in 1999 in Philadelphia for drugs and in 2002 in Ontario.
Murders:July 12, 2013, Sam Calautti & Jimmy Tusek (his driver) – Toronto mob enforcer. Murdered outside a bachelor party in Woodbridge. Suspect in the killings of a number of Rizzuto crime family members. Killed Rizzuto right hand man Gaetano Panepinto in 2000. Possible Siderno Group connection/murder?
April 24, 2014, Carmine Verducci – Toronto mobster. shot dead outside of his restaurant. Siderno Group conflict.
June 24, 2015, Maria Voci & Christopher DeSimone – Voci is a cousin of Tito Figliomeni. Both Voci & DeSimone were innocent by standers in a shooting targeting a cafe.
January 20, 2016, Alfredo Patriarca – Rizzuto Toronto associate. Killed as he pulled into his garage.
August 21 2016, John Ignagni – Friend of Cosimo Commisso (murdered 2018), connected to the Vegabonds MC. Had debts to the Wolfpack and was killed by them.
January 30, 2017, Anastasios Leventi – Killed in Toronto presumably by the Siderno Group. Affiliated with the Wolfpack.
March 14, 2017, Mila Barberi – 28-year old girlfriend of Toronto mobster's son, Saverio Serrano, is killed sitting in Serrano’s car in a attempted hit for Saverio or Francesco Serrano which he survived.
March 31, 2017, Antonio Sergi – Involved in legal weed and has OC connections
April 1, 2017, Domenico Triumbari – Killed outside a social club in Vaughn, Ont.
May 2, 2017, Angelo Musitano – Brother of Pat Musitano. Killed in his driveway. Killed by Cudmore, probably ordered by Tony Iavarone & Daniel Ranieri. Luppinos/Violis caught on tape saying it was a message to Pat.
December 3, 2017, Dean Costanza – Shot dead in his truck in Oakville. Targeted 5 years earlier by the Wolfpack's Nick Nero.
February 3, 2018, Daniel Ranieri – Protégé of Juan Fernandez. Found dead in Mexico, two years after fleeing an indictment out of Canada.
June 29, 2018, Cosimo Commisso & Chantelle Almedia – Toronto mobster, nephew of Ontario Ndrangheta boss Cosimo (The Quail) Commisso and his girlfriend. Commissos ripped off the Cuntrera-Caruanas. Killed by Wolfpack on orders by Cuntrera-Caruanas?
September 13, 2018, Al Iavarone – Kill for connection to Musitano murder? Gambling dispute in Niagara? Possibly made to LA family? Brother of Tony Iavarone.
January 30, 2019, CeCe Luppino – Luppino Family. Killed in his parents driveway. His father, Rocco Luppino is Buffalo Family Ontario Capo.
April 28, 2019, Lawrence Gannon – Tow truck driver killed during the tow truck wars in the GTA.
August 16, 2019, Paolo Caputo – Toronto resident and brother of Martino & Antonio Caputo. Killed in front of his restaurant. Message to Martino from CDS.
November 7, 2019, Antonio Fiorda – Killed in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Connected to the Commisso crime family. Was with Joseph Catroppa when he was killed. Nickname Scratch. (Member of Loner MC?)
March 2, 2020 George Barresi – Hamilton bookie and real estate agent. Musitano associate.
June, 2020, Michael Cudmore – Murdered in Mexico after fleeing Canada. Hitman in the Serrano & Musitano murders.
July 6, 2020, Grant Edward Norton – Musitano associate. Found in London, Ont. Police say there was no connection to Musitano murder.
July 10, 2020, Pat Musitano – Hamilton mob boss. Killed in Burlington, Ontario in a parking lot drive-by. Luppinos/Violis heard on tape saying Pat is a marked man.
September 27, 2020, Joseph Catroppa – Killed in Cancun, Mexico. Connected to Musitanos. Possibly killed by Wolfpack.
January 18, 2021, Giovanni Costa – Killed at his home after 2 masked men forced themselves in. Father of Michael Costa, who has OC connections. A Jordan Andall has been arrested.
December 23, 2021, Charles-Olivier Boucher-Savard – Hells Angels associate. Was charged for the attempted murder of Giuseppe Capobianco, a Luppino Family relative. Shot on Dec 22 and later died in hospital the next day.
January 3, 2022, Giovanni Raimondi – Cigarette trafficker Shot in downtown Toronto.
