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Jun 2023
1h 14m

Episode 111: Vito Rizzuto

Jeff Nadu
About this episode
In this episode I delve into Vito Rizzuto. The Rizzuto Crime Family of Canada is a very underreported Mafia family. They in essence were a very powerful criminal enterprise aligned with the Bonanno Crime Family but would become essentially their own family. Vito would become the boss after taking over from his father Nicolo. The Gangster Report's Scott Burnstein joins me as we jump into the history of the wild underworld of MontrealCheck at Scott on his podcast @originalgangsterspod If you enjoy our show, please hit the like button and make sure if you're new around here you subscribe as well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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