There may be hope for these organized-crime reporters and authors yet. In his online article published this morning, Daniel Renaud correctly identifies Rocco Sollecito as being neither Sicilian nor Calabrian.
Link to French-language article:
http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec...e-de-taille.phpGoogle translation:Vito Rizzuto found a strong allyDANIEL RENAUD
La PressePosted October 16, 2012 at 05:00 | Updated at 10:08
Fresh out of prison, the fallen godfather Vito Rizzuto will soon be able to hug one of his most loyal soldiers. Rocco Sollecito, 64, the former number four Sicilian clan, was released yesterday morning Leclerc Institution in Laval, federal prison where he was held since last June.
Sollecito was responsible for the construction records and bookmaking for Rizzuto clan. Sentenced to eight years in prison following his arrest in the vast sweep mafia Coliseum in November 2006, Sollecito was released for the first time in summer 2011. A year later, police spotted the sixties in the company of individuals with criminal records in a bar in Laval parole has been revoked in June 2012. Rocco Sollecito served his full sentence. He is now a free man and is no longer subject to any condition.
In 2010, when the attacks multiplied against the Sicilian clan, police visited Sollecito in prison to tell him that his life was threatened. The Parole Board members had even warnings stakeholder responsible for enforcing its terms. Scarce, Sollecito had to report eight times a week to the authorities during its first release in June 2011.
Sollecito is not Sicilian or Calabrian. It is native to the region of Bari, Italy. He was a lieutenant of the most discreet of the Rizzuto clan, as the consigliere (counselor) Paolo Renda was kidnapped in northern Montreal in May 2010. Renda and Sollecito were very close.
During the investigation Colosseum, the police saw Sollecito receiving money repeatedly Consenza social club, the former headquarters of the Sicilians, Jarry located in the Borough of Saint-Léonard.
In the life, deathSources have recently told the 64 year old man is a true "life to death" of the fallen godfather Vito Rizzuto. According to these sources, relatives of Sollecito are still active in the mafia and could be linked to arson that damaged over the past few months, companies related to businessman Domenico Arcuri.
According to our information, the former boss of Sollecito, Vito Rizzuto, has not yet set foot in Montreal and always find in the Toronto area, where he went after his release from prison.
