Italian Mafia

• Sweeping Italian mafia raids results in 7 arrests by Montreal police

  Authorities have arrested seven suspects in an organized crime sweep on Wednesday targeting Montreal's Italian mafia.

  Crime

  Apr 9, 2025
  
• Quebec police conduct raids tied to organized crime killings that targeted the wrong people

  Quebec police say those targeted in the raids are linked to the Italian Mafia, the Hells Angels, and street gangs.

  Crime

  Dec 7, 2023
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• Major organized crime case in Ontario falls apart after allegations of ‘unlawful’ wiretap

  "He's glad that this chapter is over, obviously, and that these allegations are no longer pursued," a lawyer for one of the accused told Global News.

  Crime

  Feb 24, 2021
• 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
• Police allege ‘crime family’ busted in mob raid laundered more than $70M through Ontario casinos

  York Regional Police alleged Thursday that the Figliomeni Crime Family laundered more than $70 million through Ontario casinos in "just a few short years."

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2019
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• Police launch coordinated raids on Italian mafia in Europe

  Police have made several arrests in Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands as part of a major operation targeting the Italian mafia.

  World

  Dec 5, 2018
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• Unsettled Montreal Mob leadership means arson and reprisals to continue: experts

  A spate of recent Montreal-area arsons linked to organized crime suggests the battle for Mafia leadership in Quebec remains fractured, experts say.

  Jan 22, 2017