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Nicolo Rizzuto (Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, February 18, 1924) is a member of the Mafia. He is also known as Nick Rizzuto. He immigrated to Canada 1954 and the family settled in Montreal.

Rizzuto began his Mafia career in Canada as an associate of the Cotroni crime family that controlled much of Montreal's drug trade in the 1970s while answering to the Bonanno crime family of New York. He was, however, more closely linked to the Sicilian Mafia, in particular the Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia family, who came from the same region in the province of Agrigento.^[1]

Rizzuto did not care much about the formal and ceremonial command in the Cotroni family. Violi complained about the independent modus operandi of his Sicilian 'underlings', Nick Rizzuto in particular. "He is going from one side to the other, here and there, and he says nothing to nobody, he is doing business and nobody knows anything," Violi said about Rizzuto. Violi asked for more 'soldiers' from his Bonanno bosses, clearly preparing for war, and Violi's boss at the time, Vincent Cotroni remarked: "After all, I am 'capo decina', I have the right to expel him."^[1]

By the 1980s, the Rizzutos emerged as the city's pre-eminent Mafia crew after a turf war between the Montreal family's Sicilian and Calabrian factions and the murder in 1978 of Paolo Violi^[2], a Bonnano underboss who had been named boss of Montreal's family.^[3]

Nick's son Vito Rizzuto is allegedly the godfather of Cosa Nostra in Canada and is currently serving a federal sentenced for homicide in the United States. Nick Rizzuto has ties to organized crime in Canada, the United States, Venezuela and Italy. Rizzuto allegedly participated in the murder of Montreal underworld power Paolo Violi in the 1970's and was believed to replaced the late Vic Cotroni as the clearinghouse for Corsican heroin entering Canada and the United States.

References

^ ^a ^b The Rothschilds of the Mafia on Aruba, by Tom Blickman, Transnational Organized Crime, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1997
^ Biography of Paul Violi in Montreal Mafia
^ Biography of Vic Cotroni in Montreal Mafia

External links

Biography of Nick Rizzuto in Montreal Mafia

[roth-1] The Rothschilds of the Mafia on Aruba, by Tom Blickman, Transnational Organized Crime, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1997

[2] Biography of Paul Violi in Montreal Mafia

[3] Biography of Vic Cotroni in Montreal Mafia

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-'''Nicolo Rizzuto''' ([[Cattolica Eraclea]], [[Sicily]], [[February 18]], [[1924]]) is a member of the [[Mafia]]. He is also known as '''Nick Rizzuto'''. He immigrated to Canada 1954 and the family settled in [[Montreal]]. Rizzuto began his [[Mafia]] career in Canada as an associate of the [[Cotroni crime family]] that controlled much of Montreal's drug trade in the 1970s while answering to the [[Bonanno crime family]] of [[New York]].
+'''Nicolo Rizzuto''' ([[Cattolica Eraclea]], [[Sicily]], [[February 18]], [[1924]]) is a member of the [[Mafia]]. He is also known as '''Nick Rizzuto'''. He immigrated to Canada 1954 and the family settled in [[Montreal]].
+Rizzuto began his [[Mafia]] career in Canada as an associate of the [[Cotroni crime family]] that controlled much of Montreal's drug trade in the 1970s while answering to the [[Bonanno crime family]] of [[New York]]. He was, however, more closely linked to the Sicilian Mafia, in particular the [[Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia family]], who came from the same region in the [[province of Agrigento]].<ref name=roth>[http://www.tni.org/archives/tblick/aruba.htm The Rothschilds of the Mafia on Aruba], by Tom Blickman, Transnational Organized Crime, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 1997</ref>
-By the 1980s, the Rizzutos emerged as the city's pre-eminent Mafia crew after a turf war between the Montreal family's [[Sicily#People|Sicilian]] and [[Calabrian]] factions and the murder of [[Paolo Violi]]<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/wiseguywally/PaoloVioli.html Biography of Paul Violi in Montreal Mafia]</ref>, a Bonnano underboss who had been named boss of Montreal's family.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/wiseguywally/VicCotroni.html Biography of Vic Cotroni in Montreal Mafia]</ref>
+Rizzuto did not care much about the formal and ceremonial command in the Cotroni family.  Violi complained about the independent modus operandi of his Sicilian 'underlings', Nick Rizzuto in particular. "He is going from one side to the other, here and there, and he says nothing to nobody, he is doing business and nobody knows anything," Violi said about Rizzuto. Violi asked for more 'soldiers' from his Bonanno bosses, clearly preparing for war, and Violi's boss at the time, Vincent Cotroni remarked: "After all, I am 'capo decina', I have the right to expel him."<ref name=roth/>
+By the 1980s, the Rizzutos emerged as the city's pre-eminent Mafia crew after a turf war between the Montreal family's [[Sicily#People|Sicilian]] and [[Calabrian]] factions and the murder in 1978 of [[Paolo Violi]]<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/wiseguywally/PaoloVioli.html Biography of Paul Violi in Montreal Mafia]</ref>, a Bonnano underboss who had been named boss of Montreal's family.<ref>[http://www.geocities.com/wiseguywally/VicCotroni.html Biography of Vic Cotroni in Montreal Mafia]</ref>
 Nick's son [[Vito Rizzuto]] is allegedly the godfather of [[Mafia|Cosa Nostra]] in Canada and is currently serving a federal sentenced for homicide in the United States. Nick Rizzuto has ties to organized crime in Canada, the United States, Venezuela and Italy. Rizzuto allegedly participated in the murder of Montreal underworld power [[Paolo Violi]] in the 1970's and was believed to replaced the late [[Vic Cotroni]] as the clearinghouse for Corsican heroin entering Canada and the United States.
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