I have no idea what the situation is right now can anyone bring light on this situation since Rizzuto's death

I don't think there is any kind of clear picture at the moment. Could be they're still trying to figure that out sans violence. I wouldn't be surprised if a renewed war for the "throne" breaks out between the two factions of Montreal.

Kind of sounds like most of the key players are either dead or jail, though.

Is Rizzuto's son involved in "the life"

The only one involved is dead. His other son is a lawyer.

Them Lawyers are crooked dudes Dixie

No doubt!

The name I've heard most is Rocco sollecito

I DON'T THINK ANYONE KNOWS - WHAT WE DO KNOW IS TWO OF THE BIGGEST BOSSES IN ONTARIO;

1. CARMELO BRUZZESE (REPORTEDLY A RIZZUTO ALLIE) HAS BEEN DETAINED BY IMMIGRATION)

2. JIMMY DEMARIA (REPORTEDLY A BITTER ENEMY OF THE RIZZUTO'S) IS STILL IN CUSTODY) AND IN MY OPINION THE REAL POWER IN ONTARIO, I SAY THIS BECAUSE FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS, IT LOOKS LIKE HIS CLAN, WAS THE ONLY ONE TO RESIST AND PUSH BACK AGAINST THE ONCE POWERFUL RIZZUTO FAMILY ATTAEMPT INTO ONTARIO. (AGAIN ONLY MY OPINION)

I MENTION THESE TWO B/C UNTIL WE KNOW THE INNER CONFLICTS IN AND BETWEEN THE TORONTO CLANS (WHO WAS FOR AND AGAINST THE RIZZUTO CLAN REMAINING IN POWER) MEANING WHO IS THE TRUE POWER IN ONTARIO, ONLY THEN WE WILL SEE WHO IS CONTROL OF MONTREAL. (JUST MY HUMBLE OPTION)

In your opinion he's powerful in Ontario? That's like me saying in my opinion Obama has sway over US foreign policy. It is well known that he is a leader of a Toronto 'Ndrangheta family.

LOL. I'M CANADIAN DIDN'T GET YOUR OBAMA JOKE. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A LEADER IN TORONTO AND CONTROLLING ONTARIO.

don't want to piss off any of the montreal posters. but with the whole rizzuto blood family dead there name cant go on. and I think they never were a independent family they just a renegade crew that left the bonanno after George was killed. kinda like the huge jersey crew of the luchese when vic and gas wanted them dead.they still have all these drugs deals going down with there cousins 8hrs lower in the nyc. if they want to be lcn/made guys they'll have to go with the 5 families right because all those other guys up there are ndrangheta or camorra not la costa nostra what rizzuto his father and son were inducted as?

Lemme preface this post by saying I am not at all an expert, and this is simply my interpretation from what I have read over the years... Bearing in mind most of what I read was years ago.


Vito was, at the very least, a made guy in the bonanno family after his involvement in the three captain's hit. I think they OFFICIALLY broke away (probably) around the time of the "George From Canada" Sciascia hit, whom was official captain of the Montreal "crew". However, it is by and large believed the sciascia, although ranked higher in NYC than both Vito and Nick Rizzuto, answered to them. But the truth is, they were only ever a true crew of the Bonanno family under Vic Controni.

Joe Massino even offered to officially induct Vito as the Capo after the Sciascia hit but he never showed up to accept it.

as far as I am aware, the "Rizzutos" considered themselves an independent family with ties to the Bonannos post Cotroni, Nick Rizzuto may have paid lip service to NYC but that ended after Sciascia was killed. As far as being a legitimate mafia, I don't think there's really anyway you can posit they are not a real family, despite their having broken away from NYC. They have historical and blood ties to the [BadWord]-Caruana clan whom operate out of the Agrigento pronvince of Sicily and have been partners in the drug trade for decades.

Their ties, as far as I can tell, have pretty much been with the Sicilians since Vito Rizzuto (whom is himself of Sicilian descent and married to a Sicilian ex-pat) took over as boss of Montreal. NYC was no longer relevant to their operation as Montreal quickly outstripped the NYC five families in terms of profitability. Not to mention their far reaching control that extends as far west as Winnipeg (possibly Edmonton and Calgary, no idea if there is any italian OC there), albeit Winnipeg is only indirectly linked to the Rizzutos, or Italian OC in general. There's certainly not a large pool of Italians from which to draw membership.

Some people have very different opinions of the Montreal status. The Arms seems to think they're a bunch of strung out idiots shaking down indian reserves or something. I really don't believe that to be the case, but who knows. Certainly Vito seemed to have far reaching ties with foreign families and seemed to be respected amongst other OC figures.

well said.