Conspiracy to commit arson (1972) Conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering (2007)
Criminal penalty
Two years' imprisonment; served 18 months 10 years' imprisonment and fined $250,000; served five years
Vito Rizzuto (Italian:[ˈviːtoritˈtsuːto]; 21 February 1946 – 23 December 2013), also known as "Montreal's Teflon Don",[1] was an Italian-Canadian crime boss alleged to be the leader of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. He headed the notorious Rizzuto crime family based in Montreal, Quebec.
Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy in 1946 and immigrated to Montreal with his parents in 1954. His father Nicolo married into the mob, and later started his own crime syndicate in Montreal after overtaking the Cotroni crime family in the late 1970s. He had several run-ins with the law but was able to avoid conviction for any major offenses until 2004.
In 1981, Rizzuto participated in the killing of three rival capos in New York City ordered by Joe Massino of the Bonanno crime family, and he was indicted by a Brooklyn federal grand jury in connection with these killings in 2004. He was extradited to the United States in 2006, and pled guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering charges in 2007. He was given a 10-year prison sentence, but was released in late 2012. The Rizzuto crime family had been in the midst of a power struggle while Rizzuto was incarcerated; his son Nicolo Jr. was killed in 2009, and his father killed in 2010. Rizzuto died shortly after on December 23, 2013, due to complications from pneumonia, which may have been induced by lung cancer.
^"Canadian crime boss Vito Rizzuto to get early release from U.S. jail". theglobeandmail.com. September 25, 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
VitoRizzuto (Italian: [ˈviːto ritˈtsuːto]; 21 February 1946 – 23 December 2013), also known as "Montreal's Teflon Don", was an Italian-Canadian crime...
from international organized crime expert Antonio Nicaso. Nicolo's son VitoRizzuto was indicted in 2004 and imprisoned from 2007 until 2012 for murders...
Sicily as Rizzuto. Rizzuto had two grandsons by his son Vito and his wife Giovanna Cammalleri, Leonardo Rizzuto and Nicolo "Nick" Rizzuto Jr., and a...
with convicting him. Woolley's relations with the Rizzuto family came to be fraught after VitoRizzuto was arrested in January 2004 following an extradition...
mobster Phil Rizzuto (1917–2007), Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player Pietro Rizzuto (1934–1997), Canadian politician VitoRizzuto (1946–2013),...
to VitoRizzuto Sr., the father of Nicolo Rizzuto, who was murdered in the United States in 1933. The elder Renda had moved with the elder Rizzuto to...
The Rizzuto family is sometimes referred to as the Sixth Family. In 1988, Nicolo Rizzuto was convicted of cocaine trafficking and his son VitoRizzuto became...
Montenegrin poet Vito Positano, Italian diplomat Vito Postiglione, Italian auto racing driver VitoRizzuto (1946–2013), Canadian mobster Vito Russo, American...
against VitoRizzuto regarding his role in the three capos murder, but the Montreal boss accepted a plea bargain in May 2007 before Rizzuto's case went...
wearing ski masks hiding in a closet. One of the gunmen was mobster VitoRizzuto, who came from Montreal with another Canadian mobster to help Massino...
life and misadventures of Charles Waterstreet. In 2017, LaPaglia played VitoRizzuto in the Simon Barry Canadian TV series Bad Blood, which aired on Citytv...
province of Agrigento, Sicily, the same area as Montreal Mafia boss VitoRizzuto. In 1955, Sciascia immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, later moving...
Nick Rizzuto may refer to: Nick Rizzuto (radio producer) Nicolo Rizzuto (1924–2010), Montreal-based Mafioso don, father of VitoRizzuto Nick Rizzuto Jr...
drug trafficking. He was considered the "right-hand man" to Rizzuto family leader, VitoRizzuto, and was once described by authorities as "the supplier of...
wearing ski masks hiding in a closet. One of the gunmen was mobster VitoRizzuto, who came from Montreal, Quebec, Canada with another Canadian mobster...
Pat Musitano had discussed with Quebec Mafia boss VitoRizzuto and Gaetano Panepinto about Rizzuto investing in Ontario. The Canadian intelligence agencies...
man of VitoRizzuto, the leader of the Rizzuto crime family, one of the most powerful Mafia families in Canada. Desjardins had lunch with Rizzuto every...
wearing ski masks hiding in a closet. One of the gunmen was mobster VitoRizzuto, who came from Montreal, Quebec, Canada with another Canadian mobster...
five figures" within the Rizzuto family and was responsible for deals within the construction industry. After VitoRizzuto was arrested in 2004, a committee...
in the Montreal-based Rizzuto crime family. Arcadi served as one of the principle lieutenants of VitoRizzuto, head of the Rizzuto family. Arcadi had been...
arrested in 2004, a committee of caretaker leaders for VitoRizzuto was formed of Del Balso, Nicolo Rizzuto, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito, Francesco Arcadi and...
The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of VitoRizzuto. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780470156933. Retrieved 2 May 2016. Hunter...
In October 2000, Calautti was suspected for the revenge murder of VitoRizzuto's former ally Gaetano "Guy" Panepinto, in a drive-by shooting while he...
Montreal-based Rizzuto crime family. Panepinto was born in Sicily and later immigrated to Canada. As a fellow Sicilian, Panepinto won the trust of VitoRizzuto. Panepinto...
million of counterfeit money in 1978. Nicolucci became a confidante of VitoRizzuto, who went on a trip to Venezuela in 1984 where they met the allied Cuntrera-Caruana...
NY. Convicted in 2007 of murder, racketeering, and drug trafficking. VitoRizzuto 04307-748 Deceased. Released and deported to Canada on October 5, 2012...
Enio Mora of the Papalia family borrowed $7.2 million from VitoRizzuto of Montreal's Rizzuto family and handed over the bulk of the money to Johnny Papalia...
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