CANADA 2010 - 2012

CANADA  2010 – 2012

10 November 2010 – Mafia boss Nicolo Rizzuto (born 1924) was gunned down at his home in Montreal Canada. (internet).

24 November 2011 – The body of mafia boss Salvatore Montagna was found in a river north of Montreal Canada. (internet).

18 May 2012 – Oil politics. Canada’s role in the energy world. Canada has the second largest oil reserves in the world. (BBC).

29 September 2012 – New players in the Montreal mafia surface as Rizzuto family falls. (The mafia now.com internet).

3 October 2012 – Italian prosecutors say Canada too lax on mafia. Narangheta to have presence in Toronto’s Thunder bay. Money laundering and Colombian drugs. (CBC news).

6 October 2012 – Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto’s destination unknown, after arriving in Toronto. Rizzuto was aged 66. Quebec Charbonneau commission examines the Rizzuto clan control over major building projects in Montreal. (Graeme Hamilton Montreal National Post).

9 October 2012 – China’s Huawei’s business grows in Canada. The Wall street journal by Will Connors and Alistair McDonald Toronto.

11 October 2012 – Anti-corruption squad raids Montreal area construction firms. 70 officers take files from six different sites. CBC news Montreal.

13 October 2012 – Corruption not limited to construction. Duchesneau CTV news.

22 October 2012 – The Rizzuto’s Sicilian roots. Tracing the Quebec mafia ties to Cattolica eraclea. Vito Rizzuto.  National Post by Adrian Humphreys.

28 October 2012 – 7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada British Columbia, followed by aftershocks. By Jeffrey Hodgson Reuters.

31 October 2012 – Canada’s Vancouver based TAG oil offers $534 million for Greymouth petroleum New Zealand. Deal journal Australia. Wall street journal. By Gillian Tan.

1 November 2012 – Corruption casts a dark shadow over Montreal. Westmont examiner by Toula Foscolos.

5 November 2012 – 70 year old victim Joe Di Maulo killed. A mafia boss. The murder marks a new era in organised crime in Canada. The Huffington Post. Sidhartha Banerjee Canadian press.

5 November 2012 – I suspect this is only the begining. Police fear Montreal mafia murder may be start of bloody mafia war. National Post. Adrian Humphreys. Giuseppe Joe Di Maulo Montreal mafia murder.

5 November 2012 – Montreal man with mafia ties, Joe Di Maulo was killed in front of his home. He was 72 years old and entered the mafia in the 1960’s. The Globe and Mail. By Les Perreaux.

6 November 2012 – Montreal trying to move past corruption scandal. The Globe and Mail by Rheal Seguin and Ingrid Peritz.

7 November 2012 – Two more Canadian oil explorers appear in Hawkes Bay New Zealand. Scoop business.

7 November 2012 – Canadian firm optimistic about oil pipeline. The Eagle AP Texas USA.

9 November 2012 – Laval Mayor resigns amid corruption allegations. Quebec’s construction industry. CBC news Montreal.

13 November 2012 – Prostitutes offered to Montreal city officials, corruption inquiry hears. Construction companies.Edmonton journal by Sidhartha Banerjee Canadian press Montreal.

13 November 2012 – Corruption allegations are tainting Quebec cities, The Gazette Montreal by Kevin Dougherty.

13 November 2012 – Man found dead in alley in NDG Montreal police say. Head injury 55 year old victim. The Gazette.

13 November 2012 – It’s a crisis for Quebec women. The Gazette Montreal by Charlie Fidelman health.

15 November 2012 – Corruption trial and the Rizzuto mafia. Mafia used intimidation on construction cartel, business testifies. The Star.com by Allan Woods Montreal Quebec bureau.

15 November 2012 – Toronto lawyer stripped of license after $3m taken, mostly from charity. The Tyee by Allison Jones Canadian press Toronto.

17 November 2012 – Ottowa Canada strongly condemns Hamas says Israel has right to defend itself. The voice of the Orthodox Jewish Community VIN news no date on report.

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