Cotroni family

Cotroni family

The Cotroni crime family is a Mafia organization based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The territory controlled by the family once covered most of southern Quebec and Ontario, until the Rizzuto family supplanted them.[1] The FBI considers the family a branch of the Bonanno crime family;[1] however, Canadian law enforcement considers it a separate criminal organization.[citation needed]

Leaders of the Cotroni family included Vic Cotroni and Paolo Violi. The organization led by the Sicilian Nicolo Rizzuto eclipsed the Controni family in the late 1970s.[2][3]

History of Cotroni family

The family was created by Vic Cotroni in the 1940s and by the 1950s the family evolved into an important branch of the Bonanno crime family and was involved in the French Connection. The family has kept ties with Mafia families in Italy and throughout the US and Canada. A internal war broke out between Sicilian and Calabrian factions in the 1970s.[4] This led to a violent mafia war in Montreal leading to the deaths of Paolo Violi (who was acting capo for Vic Cotroni) and others in the late 1970s. The war ended when Vic Cotroni the Calabrian leader had to let go the Sicilian faction led by Nicolo Rizzuto.

The Calabrian faction continued to operate after the late 1970s with Vic Cotroni as the boss until he died leaving his youngest brother Frank Cotroni as the boss.[5] The faction would lose more power in Quebec and operated in the shadow of the Sicilian faction led by Nicolo Rizzuto. Their leader Frank Cotroni died of cancer in August 2004 leaving the Rizzuto Sicilian faction as the most powerful crime family in Canada.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lamothe & Humphreys, The Sixth Family, p.308
  2. ^ "Canada's alleged Godfather pleads guilty", Montreal Gazette, September 18, 2008
  3. ^ "Mob takes a hit", Montreal Gazette, November 23, 2006
  4. ^ Organized Crime in The Canadian Encyclopedia
  5. ^ FBI linked Montreal mobster to alleged U.S. assassination plot, CanWest News Service, July 10, 2007
  6. ^ Alleged crime boss Cotroni buried in Montreal, CTV News, August 22, 2004




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