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August 11, 2005
Murder of Giovanni Bertolo

Bertolo, 46, was shot by three men as he left a gym on the Boulevard Henri-Bourassa. During the 1990s, he took responsibility in place of his bosses in a matter of importing 58kg of cocaine and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

At the time of his assassination, he wanted to return to duty without constraint, which would have made a potential competitor for some individuals. Bertolo was representative of a local union of the FTQ-Construction and a great friend of Raynald Desjardins.

October 31, 2005
Removal of Nicola Varacalli

As he distributes sweets to children for Halloween, the businessman was abducted from his home by four men disguised. It is held several days by his captors to force him to appear on a video in which he predicted the Apocalypse for the Clan of the Sicilians. A conflict between clans and D'Amico Rizzuto Granby for a debt of $ 800 000 due to a failed drug importation would be the case originated, according to what the evidence shows the operation Coliseum.

1st February 2006
The "old" on the radar

Gunmen linked to Sergio Piccirilli, a former soldier and close to D'Amico, located on Jarry Street, in front of the coffee Consenza, headquarters of Rizzuto, where the patriarch, Nicolo, playing cards. The evidence of the operation Coliseum, they expect a green light will not come. Several times in previous months, individuals were shown around the Consenza intimidating. The soldiers of the Sicilians had responded by torching the car of a family member D'Amico and pulling the AK-47 on a house from a helicopter.

August 30, 2006
Murder of Domenico Macri

The 35 year old man, rising star of organized crime and confidant of Francesco Arcadi, was killed by two suspects on a motorcycle while he was in a Cadillac at the corner of Boulevard Henri-Bourassa and Rue Rodolphe-Forget. Two theories compete to explain the crime: the killers were wrong target and believed they were intended Francesco Arcadi. Macri was killed in the middle because he was suspected of being one of the three murderers of Johnny Bertolo.

November 22, 2006
Operation Coliseum

The major police operation decapitated and weakens the Rizzuto clan whose main lieutenants are imprisoned. It also causes a long period of destabilization and flotation of organized crime in Montreal.

August 11, 2008
Attempted murder against Antonio Magi

Magi, a controversial building contractor whose name was mentioned often in the media over the past year and a half, was riddled with bullets as he waited at a red light, on board his Range Rover at the corner Avenue Monkland and Cavendish, in the Notre-Dame-de-Grace. It's a miracle that he came out alive. He retained the aftermath of the attack.

January 19, 2009
Murder of Sam Fasulo

The man of 37 years waiting for a red light on board his Jeep at the corner of Henri-Bourassa and Langelier, when it was riddled with bullets by two men out of another vehicle.

Fasulo was the nephew of Francesco Arcadi. He controlled the drug trade in many bars and cafes in the north-east of Montreal and did not hesitate to be intimidating. A conflict of territory, a debt or revenge could be the motive for the crime apparently committed by opponents of Francesco Arcadi.

June 15, 2009
Attempted murder against Dany De Gregorio

Nicknamed "Dany arm," De Gregorio, a rising star of Italian organized crime, was suffering from at least three bullets in the chest as he left a gym Jarry Street, in St. Leonard. It is also a miracle that Calabrese would be left alive.

August 21, 2009
Murder of Federico Del Peschio

The 59 year old man was killed in the parking lot of La Cantina restaurant, on rue Saint-Laurent, where he was one of the owners. Del Peschio was very close to Vito Rizzuto and his father, Nicolo, with whom he had been in prison for cocaine trafficking in Venezuela. A debt could be the motive for the crime.

September 22, 2009
Beginning of a wave of arson

The bar on rue Décarie Solaris is the first establishment to a series of arson committed against cafes, bars and other businesses owned by Italian interests in Montreal. For about a year, more than 20 shops will be targeted. A conflict between two groups for control of the sale of drugs in these institutions explains many of these fires. Others, such as the Funeral Complex Loreto belonging to the family Renda, were intended to send a message to Rizzuto.

December 28, 2009
Murder of Nick Rizzuto Jr.

The eldest son of Vito Rizzuto's favorite son and grandson of the patriarch, Nicolo, was shot dead on the street Upper Lachine, near the offices of the construction contractor Antonio Magi which he was a partner. Environmental sources have said Rizzuto, however, was instead placed by the clan to monitor the activities of the contractor. Often described as a man of few large, sources have told us, however, that the eldest son Vito was very active and could have ensured a succession within the family.

March 18, 2010
Attempted murder against Joseph Ducarme

The fearsome gang leader was miraculously unscathed from a spectacular shootout in his clothing store in Old Montreal and in which his bodyguard and manager of the shop were killed. Joseph, who could be linked to events in previous months, he had become an embarrassing witness?

May 21, 2010
Removal of Paolo Renda

The 70 year old man was the son of Nicolo Rizzuto and the brother of Vito. He was abducted by people disguised as police officers who intercepted his vehicle on Gouin Boulevard, near his residence. Renda was the consigliere and treasurer of the clan. It has never been seen since and police believe the death.

June 29, 2010
Murder of Agostino [BadWord]

[BadWord], 66, was killed with his bodyguard at his business of catering equipment in the borough of St. Leonard. Even if trying to get away from the mafia, the one we nicknamed the "Lord of Saint-Léonard" still brewing business at the time of his death, if one relies on conversations captured in the Matamore recent operation in which police dismantled a network of importers of cocaine. [BadWord] was directly involved in the elimination of the clan and the rise of Violi Rizzuto in the 1970 and 1980.

September 29, 2010
Murder of Ennio Bruni

The 36 year old man, who was one of the last soldiers to defend the interests of Rizzuto on the ground, was killed outside his headquarters, coffee Bellerose, in Laval. Bruni, who did not hesitate to use his arms to get his messages would have made many enemies.

November 11, 2010
Nicolo Rizzuto murder

The Patriarch of 86 years, who never left home, was shot in the head, in front of his wife and daughter, as he entered the kitchen of his home in the street Antoine-Berthelet. The assassin, who would not necessarily be a sniper, went through a wooded area and took advantage of darkness to approach the house and draw through a window. This murder marks the end of the Rizzuto clan.

January 31, 2011
Murder of Antonio Di Salvo

February 18, 2011
Attempted murder of wife of Tony Magi

September 16, 2011
Attempted murder against Raynald Desjardins

Desjardins, 57, and his bodyguard were attacked Lévesque Boulevard, near the bridge of the 25 in Laval, presumably by an individual who approached and fled the scene by watercraft. Former associate of Vito Rizzuto, with whom he would now be blurred, the businessman could be related to events that shook the Italian organized crime in recent years.

October 26, 2011
Murder of Lorenzo Lo Presti

November 24, 2011
Murder of Salvatore Montagna