Mafia

• Matteo Messina Denaro, Italian mob boss, dies of cancer months after capture

  As his condition worsened in recent weeks, he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum-security jail in central Italy where he was initially held.

  World

  Sep 25, 2023
  
• Man arrested in attempted murder that has ties to organized crime: Quebec police

  Quebec provincial police arrested a 32-year-old man from Mascouche late Thursday in connection with a brazen daylight shooting north of Montreal last month.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
  
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• Quebec police carry out anti-drug trafficking raids targeting Hells Angels, Mafia

  Quebec provincial police say they aren't planning any arrests Wednesday but are searching for evidence that could lead to arrests.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2023
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• Laval, Que. shooting leaves 1 hurt, victim reportedly tied to mafia

  Police would not confirm who was shot, but La Presse is reporting the victim is Leonardo Rizzuto -- youngest son to late mafia boss, Vito Rizzuto. 

  Crime

  Mar 15, 2023
• Inside an Italian mob boss’s ‘regular life.’ What authorities discovered after arrest

  Investigators believe Messina Denaro was driven on Monday to Palermo's La Maddalena hospital from Campobello di Mazara to be treated for cancer.

  World

  Jan 17, 2023
• Italian police arrest top Mafia boss who was on the run for 30 years

  Matteo Messina Denaro was captured at the clinic where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition, said Carabinieri Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto.

  World

  Jan 16, 2023
• New York mobster who killed 3 in 1980s escapes federal custody in Florida

  Dominic Taddeo, 64, had been imprisoned at a medium-security lockup in Florida before being transferred to a residential halfway house, also in Florida, in February.

  World

  Apr 1, 2022
• Montreal police investigating attempted murder of 69-year-old Rivière-des-Prairies man

  The victim is allegedly affiliated with the Italian mafia in Montreal and is allegedly an ex-associate of Vito Rizzuto.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2021
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• Last known Hells Angels bunker in Quebec demolished after long legal saga

  The property had been empty since 2009, when a major police operation led to mass arrests and the dismantling of much of the Hells Angels' network in the province.

  Crime

  Jun 30, 2021
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• Italian police arrest 334 suspects — including politicians — in anti-mafia raids

  Amongst the possible charges facing those detained were mafia conspiracy, murder, extortion, loan sharking, corporate fraud and money laundering.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2019