Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal
Other names
Paul
Citizenship
Italian Canadian
Occupation
Mobster
Spouse
Grazia Luppino
(m. 1965)
Children
Domenico Violi Giuseppe Violi
Parent
Domenico Violi
Relatives
Francesco Violi (brother) Rocco Violi (brother) Giacomo Luppino (father-in-law)
Allegiance
Bonanno crime family Cotroni crime family
Conviction(s)
Extortion (1975)
Criminal penalty
Six years' imprisonment; served six months on appeal
Paolo Violi (Italian:[ˈpaːoloˈvjɔːli;viˈɔːli]; 6 February 1931 – 22 January 1978) was an Italian-Canadian mobster and capodecina in the Cotroni crime family of Montreal.
Violi was born in Sinopoli, Calabria, Italy, in 1931; his father Domenico was the boss of the Violi clan in his hometown. Violi immigrated to Southern Ontario in 1951. He married Grazia Luppino, the daughter of the boss of the Luppino crime family in Hamilton. He later moved to Montreal where he became associated with the Calabrese Cotroni crime family, which controlled much of organized crime in Montreal. In the late 1970s, boss Vincenzo Cotroni transferred the family's day-to-day activities to Violi, and a mob war soon broke out between the Calabrians and the Sicilian faction led by Nicolò Rizzuto. The war resulted in the murder of Violi on 22 January 1978, as well as his brothers, as the Sicilian Rizzuto crime family emerged as the preeminent crime family in Montreal by the early 1980s. After Violi's death, his widow and two sons, Domenico and Giuseppe moved to Hamilton; the Violi brothers became affiliated with the Luppino crime family, later known as the Luppino-Violi crime family.
PaoloVioli (Italian: [ˈpaːolo ˈvjɔːli; viˈɔːli]; 6 February 1931 – 22 January 1978) was an Italian-Canadian mobster and capodecina in the Cotroni crime...
2018, the Violis had an increased role in the organization, particularly Domenico and Giuseppe Violi, the sons of Montreal mob boss PaoloVioli who had...
engineer Paolo Violi (1931–1978), Italian-Canadian mobster Violi brothers, sons of PaoloVioli of the Luppino-Violi crime family Paolo Vietti-Violi (1882–1965)...
the Sicilian and Calabrian factions, which resulted in the deaths of PaoloVioli, the acting capo of the Cotroni family, and his brothers. Although Rizzuto...
out by the late 1970s which resulted in the death of acting captain PaoloVioli and his brothers, allowing the Rizzutos to overtake the Cotronis as the...
two years and nine months of the sentence. Shortly after the murder of PaoloVioli in 1978, an arrest warrant was issued for Renda, who subsequently fled...
family in the late 1970s, which resulted in the death of acting captain PaoloVioli and his brothers. This allowed the Sicilian Rizzuto faction, a Sicilian...
one year for contempt. The following year, Cotroni and his capodecina PaoloVioli, along with Hamilton, Ontario mobster Johnny Papalia, were convicted...
Luppino (the two sons of Giacomo Luppino) and Domenic Violi and Giuseppe Violi (the two sons of PaoloVioli). Also revealed by Murdock was that Pat Musitano...
violent Mafia war with the Sicilian Rizzuto crime family in Montreal, PaoloVioli (who was acting capo for Vic Cotroni) and his brothers were murdered...
Sciascia (1934–1999) Réal Simard (born 1951) Rocco Sollecito (1948–2016) PaoloVioli (1931–1978) Carmen Barillaro (1944–1997) Nick Nero (born 1977) Agueci...
despite being a non-Sicilian. In 1973, Desjardins accompanied Di Maulo and PaoloVioli to New York for the election of Philip Rastelli as the acting boss of...
conflict with the Cotroni crime family. In 1978, Cotroni family boss PaoloVioli was killed, and they returned to Canada; the Rizzuto crime family subsequently...
police of establishing a heroin pipeline in the city of Toronto with PaoloVioli, Rocco Zito and Vincenzo Cotroni. He died in 1973. Joseph "Joe the Blond"...
the killing of PaoloVioli, a high-ranked member of the Cotroni crew. After the killings of many Cotroni members, and the murder of Violi in 1978, the Rizzuto...
Cotroni Costabile Farace Robert Perrino Nicolo Rizzuto Vito Rizzuto PaoloVioli Informants Gene Borrello Richard Cantarella Frank Coppa Joseph D'Amico...
Thatcher (born 1938) – murderer Mark Twitchell (born 1979) – murderer PaoloVioli (1931–1978) – mobster Paul Volpe (1927–1983) – mobster Elizabeth Wettlaufer...
Lansky who represented "the Commission" of New York while Vic Cotroni, PaoloVioli and Frank Cotroni were present to represent the Cotroni family. The various...
speakeasies". Like many other gangsters from Montreal such as Cotroni and PaoloVioli, Courville was a short man who stood only 5'0 tall. Despite his short...
Capodecina PaoloVioli complained about the independent modus operandi of his Sicilian 'underlings', Nicolo Rizzuto in particular. In 1977, Rizzuto and Violi met...
arson. In 1970, the Toronto Mafiosi, Rocco Zito met with Vic Cotroni and PaoloVioli of Montreal's Cotroni family, and Paulo Gambino, the brother of Carlo...
Luppino (the two sons of Giacomo Luppino) and Domenic Violi and Giuseppe Violi (the two sons of PaoloVioli). In a later interview with journalist Peter Edwards...
dollars via his various bank accounts for Vic Cotroni and his underboss PaoloVioli. Edwards wrote about Obront's work: "His job was to hide the true ownership...
and four men apprehended for the 1978 murder of Montreal "Godfather" PaoloVioli. Shoofey later wrote a book about Blass, and told The Gazette newspaper...
Luppino (the two sons of Giacomo Luppino) and Domenic Violi and Giuseppe Violi (the two sons of PaoloVioli). In a later interview with journalist Peter Edwards...
Denis-Benjamin Viger (1774–1861), Joint premier of the Province of Canada PaoloVioli (1931–1978), mobster Charles Wilson (1808–1877), businessman, mayor of...
Ben Viccari — former journalist Gabriel Vilardi — ice hockey player PaoloVioli (1938 – 1978) — mobster David Visentin — actor Joe Volpe — politician...
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