Montreal Mafia status - Post Rizzuto Era

[CabriniGreen]

Série documentaire «Famille de criminel»: Annie-Soleil Proteau parle de ses liens avec le monde criminel
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/ ... e-criminel

God... I want to see the Scoppa and Valiquette episodes....

[antimafia]

Les révélations du tueur à gages Frédérick Silva pourraient permettre d’élucider une cinquantaine de meurtres, dont celui de Jean-Raymond Claude
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/ ... ond-claude

[chin_gigante]

Jesus, fifty murders

[OcSleeper]

Un homme accusé de meurtre au premier degré

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... -degre.php

A plastic bag at the heart of the trial
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... proces.php
Victim shot in back of head at Brossard restaurant, jury told as trial begins
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... efore-jury

Sarroino is believed to belong to a network of fraudsters that had links to Francesco Sollecito.

Murder at Dix30: Jury finds Joshua Sarroino not guilty of murder
https://montrealgazette.com/news/murder ... -of-murder

The prosecution is appealing the accused's acquittal
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... accuse.php

A network linked to the Montreal mafia dismantled
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... antele.php

Man acquitted of Dix30 murder scooped up in grandparent scam raids
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... -scam-ring

Grandparent fraud: 13 criminal organization suspects arrested
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/ ... le-arretes

[antimafia]

Les permis d’un restaurant fréquenté par le crime organisé suspendus durant 25 jours
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... -jours.php

[antimafia]

^^^^
Restaurant frequented by Hells Angels and people tied to Mafia shut down for 25 days
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... or-25-days

[Benballer]

Un homme accusé de meurtre au premier degré

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... -degre.php

A plastic bag at the heart of the trial
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... proces.php
Victim shot in back of head at Brossard restaurant, jury told as trial begins
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... efore-jury

Sarroino is believed to belong to a network of fraudsters that had links to Francesco Sollecito.

Murder at Dix30: Jury finds Joshua Sarroino not guilty of murder
https://montrealgazette.com/news/murder ... -of-murder

The prosecution is appealing the accused's acquittal
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... accuse.php

A network linked to the Montreal mafia dismantled
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... antele.php

Man acquitted of Dix30 murder scooped up in grandparent scam raids
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... -scam-ring

Grandparent fraud: 13 criminal organization suspects arrested
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/ ... le-arretes

I know one of the guys lol..

[antimafia]

French-language article to which I've linked below is in relation to the trial for one of the two suspects charged in the June 2016 murder of Angelo D'Onofrio. You might recall that this killing is believed to have been a case of mistaken identity -- the intended target was supposedly Tony Van(n)elli.

Meurtre au café Hillside: un accusé incapable de continuer le procès

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... proces.php

Jeff Joubens Theus subira un nouveau procès

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... proces.php

Meurtre en plein jour: un homme innocent criblé de balles par erreur
Le procès du tireur allégué s'est ouvert ce mardi au palais de justice de Montréal

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2023/ ... par-erreur

Reconnu coupable de meurtre pour une deuxième fois
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... e-fois.php

One of the photos accompanying the article:

Caption:
PHOTO DÉPOSÉE EN COUR
À gauche, M. D’Onofrio et à droite, l’homme qui était visé, Antonio Vanelli.

[OcSleeper]

Reconnu coupable de meurtre pour une deuxième fois
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... e-fois.php

One of the photos accompanying the article:

Caption:
PHOTO DÉPOSÉE EN COUR
À gauche, M. D’Onofrio et à droite, l’homme qui était visé, Antonio Vanelli.

Men who mistakenly killed her husband in Mafia hit job are 'stained with blood,' widow tells court
https://montrealgazette.com/news/crime/ ... a-conflict

On the subject of this, Anti, or anyone, do you know if Salvatore Brunetti was at Rocco Sollecito's funeral? Brunetti had interests in the cafe where D'Onofrio was murdered, was on the Scoppa hitlist, and close to Vanelli.

[antimafia]

^^^^
My short answer is, I don’t know whether Brunetti attended any of Sollecito’s funeral arrangements because I don’t have any inside information about notable attendees. We’ve all noticed that when the deceased is a murder victim known to be involved in Italian organized crime in Quebec, sometimes there is very little reporting, as well as few images, as to which significant mourners were seen at the funeral home, church, or cemetery. And in the case of mourner Tony Van(n)elli, the only reason we know of his attendance at the funeral-home visitation for Sollecito — after the fact — is the mistaken-identity homicide of D’Onofrio.

I don’t really have a long answer but I do want to share a few details about the old Cotroni-Violi group members, their historic relationships with Quebec outlaw bikers, a possible rift within the old Cotroni-Violi group after the murder of Moreno Gallo, and the significance of the Sinatra (aka the Hillside Cafe; there is another establishment now at the Sinatra’s former address on Fleury East: Café Rossonero).

I’ll start off with an excerpt from Maria Mourani’s book written with and about Joe Di Mi Maulo’s daughter Milena, speaking below in the first person:

Tout comme mon père [Joe Di Maulo], les Cotroni entretenaient des relations avec les motards. Frankie [her husband, the son of Frank Cotroni Sr.] me fit faire la tournée des tables. Je me souviens d’avoir notamment salué Éric «Boubou» Bouffard, Salvatore Brunetti, Salvatore Cazzetta, Scott Steinert et Richard «Crow» Émond. J’avais déjà vu plusieurs d’entre eux au Sinatra, à L’Arnaque ou dans d’autres bars et restaurants où j’allais. C’est aussi au Sinatra que j’avais rencontré Scott Steinert, un ami de Tit-Paul Cotroni. Un soir, Scott m’avait proposé de l’accompagner à un barbecue organisé dans un repaire des Hells, à Saint-François (Laval). J’y avais vu des filles se promener quasiment nues. Quant à Salvatore Brunetti, une imposante pièce d’homme, toujours vêtu comme une carte de mode, il était accompagné d’une très belle femme qui portait un magnifique collier de diamants. J’ai revu Salvatore à quelques reprises au Sinatra et dans d’autres bars, toujours au volant de belles voitures.

From Daniel Renaud’s June 3, 2016 article found at https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... e-rase.php:

Même si [Tony] Vanelli appartient à la cellule calabraise, il est considéré comme un fidèle des Rizzuto. Les enquêteurs ne devront également pas exclure la possibilité que l'attaque qui l'a visé puisse avoir un lien avec le meurtre de l'influent calabrais Moreno Gallo assassiné au Mexique en 2013, pour manque de loyauté.

Il faudra voir quelles seront les suites de cette bavure. D'autant plus que le café Sinatra appartient à un proche de Vanelli, l'ancien membre des Rock Machine et des Hells Angels, Salvatore Brunetti. Même si ce dernier aurait remis ses couleurs en bon terme et serait maintenant davantage lié à la mafia qu'aux motards selon la police, l'homme aurait toujours des liens très étroits avec les Hells Angels.

I suspect that Renaud knew, just as Andrew Scoppa knew, that Van(n)elli sold out Moreno Gallo by providing Stefano Sollecito (“Sauce”) with Gallo’s coordinates in Mexico. Scoppa is quoted in the below excerpt from Séguin and Thibault’s book Inside the Montreal Mafia: The Confessions of Andrew Scoppa:

Sauce had [Moreno Gallo] killed using a friend drug dealer that had contacts in Mexico to get the job done. He also went to see Tony Vanelli for information on Moreno’s whereabouts, ’cause the two of them were friends and business partners over there in Mexico. Vanelli and Moreno used to go to the same restaurants and places in Acapulco. They had houses there too. Vanelli knew where Moreno goes. So they got the info from Vanelli. Vanelli was very lucky. He was supposed to die too. But he sold Moreno, and that’s why he got a pass.

[OcSleeper]

Very possible Vanelli is on the outs with this old Cotroni-Violi group. I think there's been a division within this group for awhile, one that can be described as those who fell in line with the Rizzuto-Sollecito group and those who still pay homage to the old Cotroni-Violi regime. I think Vanelli, Mucci and his group are the ones who aligned themselves with the Rizzuto-Sollecito group, while others like Cotroni Jr, the Cotroni grandkids and a few others are doing their own thing. The division may even go farther within this group with certain people like the Agostino-Albanese group/network being more aligned with the Violi brothers out of Hamilton. They paid them a piece from their tobacco smuggling ring and when arrested one of the Violi bros was driving a vehicle registered in Agostino's name.

Excerpt from Renaud's 2019 Montreal Mafia: More flourishing in "free trade" article
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2019 ... change.php

The so-called "Calabrian" cell lost two of its most influential leaders: Giuseppe Di Maulo, brother-in-law of Raynald Desjardins, and Moreno Gallo, murdered in 2012 and 2013, presumably for lacking loyalty to Vito Rizzuto. Since, the radiation of this cell, which gathers former members of the Cotroni clan rallied to the Rizzuto after the coming to power of these, at the beginning of the 80s, decreases constantly. There is less and less talk of members of this group, some of whom would have retired and sold their legitimate businesses to emerging clans. The last members of this cell would be protected by a member of the Hells Angels of Montreal, Salvatore Brunetti. If there is a succession within this clan, it would have more affinities with the Sicilians.

I believe Mucci took over much of what Gallo and Di Maulo represented in Montreal and he became the main leader of what is this old Cotroni-Violi group. Mucci is said to have retired in late 2019/early 2020 and I'm not sure who, or if anyone, replaced him in the same capacity. It wouldn't surprise me if after his retirement there was a breakup within this group with some finding their place within other cells that operate in the area (Barberio, Oliverio-Lopez), and others being on their own, hence Brunetti stepping in to offer protection to some of them. Possibly the Gallo kids? Just one theory that may or may not hold water.

[antimafia]

Giuseppe De Vito’s wife had argued, via her lawyer, she didn’t have the chance to have the court hear the claim that organized crime was somehow involved in the death of her and De Vito’s two young daughters.

Quebec woman accused of killing her daughters wins appeal, will get third trial

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... hird-trial

(Edit to my post above: "lawyer" should have been lawyers)

Quebec appeals court orders new trial for woman accused of killing daughters
https://globalnews.ca/news/8699540/sore ... new-trial/

Un troisième procès pour Adèle Sorella
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/18 ... ieme-degre

Un 3e procès pour Adèle Sorella, accusée du meurtre de ses 2 fillettes
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justic ... -fillettes

Un 3e procès pour Adèle Sorella
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/ ... le-sorella

Accusée du meurtre de ses filles | Un troisième procès pour Adèle Sorella
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/just ... orella.php

Third trial begins for Laval woman accused of killing daughters
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2023/09/13 ... e-sorella/

Trop de trous dans la théorie de la Couronne pour qu’Adèle Sorella soit condamnée, dit son avocat
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justic ... dit-avocat

[motorfab]

Luciano Zambito of the Caruana Cuntrera clan died last October 14 http://www.complexeloreto.com/fr/l-avis ... o-zambito/

[antimafia]

Re: the mistaken-identity murder of Angelo D’Onofrio

Ils tuent un innocent sur une terrasse: un meurtre qui laisse «sans voix», dit la juge
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2023/11 ... ns-un-cafe

[antimafia]

^^^^
Getaway driver in botched Mafia hit must serve at least 13 years behind bars
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local- ... ehind-bars