I was called last week from a reporter from Le Monde newspaper in France, curious about the Canadians Hells Angels. Here’s what he wrote (Google Translate’s pretty good for helping here):

 

Rocco Perri died in 1944 – or 1953 – or some other time, but he’s either dead or 130 years old. The former ‘King of the Bootleggers’ left a massive fortune, according to his family in Hamilton, Ontario and Australia. They say the federal government should dig up documents to support their case. Ottawa says those papers don’t exist.

 

How does organized crime stay involved in pot sales, once it’s legalized? One way is to get permits allowing for personal cultivation, and then go way over the limits allowed and make it for commercial consumption. That’s the police position of big pot bust in King City, north of Toronto. Stay tuned.

Quebec police say they’re investigating threats against hockey legend Guy Lapointe and his police officer son, Guy Lapointe Jr., by the Hells Angels. Tensions up a few weeks before Hells Angels National Run in Quebec.

Antonio Coluccio, a former Richmond Hill, Ont. resident, just got hit with 30 year sentence in Italy on Mafia charges. His older brothers Giuseppe and Salvatore already convicted in Calabria. Authorities say they’re connected to Commisso ‘Ndrangheta crime family in Southern Italy. 

“Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto’s Last War” became “Bad Blood: The End of Honour” to go with the TV series Bad Blood, which is going into its second season. The book is now in Italian under the title “La Fine Dell’ Onore.” Same story, different titles.

Second season of BAD BLOOD  TV series in editing phase. Love to tell you what’s in it but I won’t, except that it’s unique and surprising and great. Scriptwriter Michael Konyves and star Kim Coates super, as expected. Stay tuned. It’s based on Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto’s Last War. Same words, different cover, as in Bad Blood: The End of Honour.

GTA mobster Daniele Ranieri has been on the run for a couple of years now. He was considered part of the Vito Rizzuto organization in the Toronto area. There had been a rumour that he was left hanging from a bridge in Mexico in December, but federal official says that’s not true. There’s another rumour that he started rumour about hanging under bridge. That rumour’s still alive.

Cosimo Ernesto Commisso, 33, was shot dead outside his Woodbridge home. He had no criminal record but was related to Cosimo (The Quail) Commisso in Calabria, considered by authorities to be a ‘Ndrangheta boss there.

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