AgentM
09-18-2008, 08:56 PM
MONTREAL — Martin Carrier was a Quebec City tiler who learned one winter night of 2004 that he had crossed a dangerous line.
His phone rang and the caller asked if Mr. Carrier recently did a job in Montreal. Yes, Mr. Carrier replied.
“We'd like you to stop coming here for work,” the man said. “Because next time, you won't leave from here, OKAY? You've been warned.”
It isn't clear what happened next to Mr. Carrier but the threatening call was intercepted on a police wiretap and filed in court, part of a shocking picture of mob intimidation that can now be reported following the guilty plea Thursday of six Montreal underworld bosses.
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Among those who pleaded guilty was Mr. Rizzoto's 84-year-old father, Nicolo (Nick). He is the oldest top mobster in Canada to be convicted on such serious offences, according to author Pierre de Champlain, a former RCMP intelligence analyst.
With Vito Rizzuto behind bars since 2004, his father and the five others who pleaded guilty – Rocco Sollecito, Paolo Renda, Francesco Arcadi, Francesco Del Balso and Lorenzo Giordano – have been the organization's ranking kingpins, according to court documents.
The six men struck a bargain with the Crown, which saw them plead guilty to 21 charges, dozens fewer than they originally faced.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080918.wguiltyplea0918/BNStory/National/home
His phone rang and the caller asked if Mr. Carrier recently did a job in Montreal. Yes, Mr. Carrier replied.
“We'd like you to stop coming here for work,” the man said. “Because next time, you won't leave from here, OKAY? You've been warned.”
It isn't clear what happened next to Mr. Carrier but the threatening call was intercepted on a police wiretap and filed in court, part of a shocking picture of mob intimidation that can now be reported following the guilty plea Thursday of six Montreal underworld bosses.
<snip>
Among those who pleaded guilty was Mr. Rizzoto's 84-year-old father, Nicolo (Nick). He is the oldest top mobster in Canada to be convicted on such serious offences, according to author Pierre de Champlain, a former RCMP intelligence analyst.
With Vito Rizzuto behind bars since 2004, his father and the five others who pleaded guilty – Rocco Sollecito, Paolo Renda, Francesco Arcadi, Francesco Del Balso and Lorenzo Giordano – have been the organization's ranking kingpins, according to court documents.
The six men struck a bargain with the Crown, which saw them plead guilty to 21 charges, dozens fewer than they originally faced.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080918.wguiltyplea0918/BNStory/National/home