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I enjoyed doing this podcast on organized crime and the pandemic for This Matters with my Toronto Star colleague, Raju Mudhar.

There has been an explosion of COVID-19 related scams. Think twice before you double-click on a link or start giving out personal information to a stranger.  

I had a nice chat with Arlene Bynon of SiriusXM about organized crime and the pandemic. I have a sinking feeling I depressed her.

A police agent who helped police investigate murder of former Vito Rizzuto man Rocco Sollecito is charged with threatening two lives, George Cherry reports.

Coffee shops, bars and gyms are closed. Gambling has dried up. It’s hard to collect debts and observe social distancing. Mobsters in the GTA have plenty of challenges of their own as the COVID-19 virus sweeps in.  

Vito Rizzuto’s widow, Giovanna Cammalleri, robbed of jewelry while she was at home. She didn’t hear thieves who entered her home in Laval.

Joyce Milgaard passed away this weekend at a Winnipeg seniors’ home, with her family by her side. It was an enormous honour two decades ago to help Joyce write her memoir, “A Mother’s Story: the fight to free my son David.” I got to know her well while reporting for The Toronto Star on her…

There have been arsons, thefts and even a murder in the tow truck business in southern Ontario. Another truck has just been set ablaze.

An Italian ‘Ndrangheta Mafia boss who spent time in the Toronto area investigating the murder of a relative has been found dead in his prison cell in northern Italy. The media there is reporting it’s an apparent suicide.