Dec 21, 2008-Dec 28, 2008

All about the Mafia in Canada. Antonio Nicaso, is the author of the national bestseller "Bloodlines: the rise and fall of the Mafia’s Royal Family" (Harper Collins) and other nine books on organized crime.

Canada: A haven for Mafiosi of every sort
Part 1 - In the first of a 22-part series we investigate how slack laws benefit organized crime from around the globe
 
Extortion and racketeering
Part 2 - The rise of organized crime in Canada and the hold of Mano Nera
 
La Cosa Nostra makes its way north
Part 3 - Drug trafficking and prostitution prosper in Montreal
 
The twisted code of silence
Part 4 - Murder, extortion and drug dealing exemplified organized crime in Toronto
 
The violent Paolo Violi connection
Part 5 - How a boy from Sinopoli in Reggio Calabria became the most feared man in Montreal
 
Canada’s Al Capone
Part 6 - Rocco Perri rose in Hamilton as the boss of all bosses
 
For the love of Bessie
Part 7 - The end of Rocco Perri’s reign as boss of Hamilton
 
The Drug Connection
Part 8 - How mobsters are poisoning the Canadian economy
 
The rise of the White Collar Mobster
Part 9 - Canada now a haven for money-laundering activities
 
The Ruthless Russian Connection
Part 10 - Post-Soviet mobsters run world’s largest crime syndicate
 
The fire within Russia’s gang warfare
Part 11 - Organized crime reaches gigantic proportions in Yeltsin territory
 
The violent birth of the vory v zakone
Part 12 - How petty thieves have taken control of the Russian economy
 
The code of honour
Part 13 - The Russian mob claims respect and power through strict rules of conduct
 
Flirting with Power
Part 14 - The Russian mob is spreading its wings in Canada and the U.S.
 
Angels* with dirty faces
Part 15 - How the world’s richest and most ferocious motorcycle gang is expanding its wings in Canada
 
The rise of the Cartels
Part 16 - Colombian criminal organizations are expanding their wings into North America
 
The tattooed men
Part 17 - The startling power of Japan’s criminal underworld
 
The Dragon’s fire
Part 18 - The Chinese Triads are digging their claws into Canadian businesses
 
The Mafia downfall
Part 19 - With most Bosses behind bars, La Cosa Nostra is facing a crisis
 
Understanding the Mafia
Part 20 - A recent survey exposes Canadians’ knowledge of organized crime
 
Sins of procrastination
Part 21 - Canada continues to drag its feet in the fight against Organized Crime
 
Canada’s sad truth
Part 22 - The Global Mafia finds comfort in country’s lack of anti-organized crime laws
 


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