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Vito Rizzuto , right, reputed head of the Montreal Mafia , speaks with his lawyer Jean Salois. Police confirm they have met with Vito Rizzuto amid reports that he has been summoned for what would be the memorable spectacle of a reputed Mafia don testifying at Quebec 's corruption inquiry. Provincial police will not comment on the inquiry appearance first reported by Radio-Canada , the French-language CBC . The news organization said police delivered subpoena papers to Rizzuto , who was alleged to have been this country's most powerful Mafia figure and head of a crime family with myriad international ties. Police confirmed to The Canadian Press that they tracked down Rizzuto on Monday. "He was met - I can confirm that," said provincial police Sgt. Claude Denis. "But that's all I can say." The sight of a prominent underworld figure answering questions on a live TV broadcast would only be the latest twist in an inquiry that...

Police find baby-faced Mafia don hiding in a secret room in his mother's kitchen Mariano Abete led turf war between rival factions of Neapolitan Camorra ' Baby-boss ' thought to be one of Italy's youngest-ever crime lords Found by police in room concealed behind remote-controlled wall A baby-faced mafia don thought to be one of Italy 's youngest-ever gang bosses has been captured by police in Italy . Mariano Abete, 21, who is nicknamed ' baby-boss ' in the Italian media, was arrested hiding in a secret room concealed behind a remote-controlled wall at his mother's house. He had been leading the family in a turf war between rival factions of the Neapolitan Camorra which has already claimed dozens of lives. Abete had taken the helm after his father was arrested and his uncle murdered, and was wanted by police for mafia association and conspiracy to sell drugs. Despite his age, he was said to be powerful and dangerous. Police...

Montreal - A reputed Mafia don , Vito Rizzuto, has been summoned to appear before the Charbonneau Commission that is investigating corruption in Quebec. Quebec police were able to serve Rizzuto a subpoena on November 19th in Montreal. Rizzuto seems to have been in hiding since he returned to Canada in October after being released from prison in the U.S. Many believe that Rizzuto is head of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. Sgt. Claude Dennis of the Quebec provincial police only confirmed that Rizzuto was met and the subpoena served. Rizzuto was known once as Montreal's Teflon Don because of his ability to avoid prosecution. His name has come up several times during discussion of corruption in Quebec's construction industry. Earlier testimony described how construction officials would collude to decide who would win which public contracts and at what price. The Rizzuto family would receive a 2.5 per cent cut of the contracts. Lino Zambito, a former vice-pres...

Lucknow, Nov 22 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday arrested mafia don Sushil, alias 'Moonch', wanted in more than 40 cases ranging from extortions, contract killings and murders, from a shopping mall in Rajasthan. Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) Arun Kumar said Sushil, whose criminal activities ranged from Uttarakhand to Rajasthan and UP, carried a cash reward of Rs.one lakh. An elite team of the state's special task force (STF) arrested Sushil in a late night swoop from outside the Pink Square Mall, Raja Park, in Adarshnagar area of Jaipur. The mafia don , the police official said, was a "hard nut to crack" and was trailed for over six months that involved electronic surveillance and a 24x7 intelligence low down on him. The police official said Sushil was by far the "most wanted criminal" of Uttar Pradesh and that he had built a huge empire of organised crime. "Sushil has invested in real estate ...

In a scathing attack on the Congress leadership in Andhra, union cabinet minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has described the state unit chief B Satyanarayana Rao as “ the don of the liquor mafia , the land mafia and the mining mafia ” and dubbed N Kiran Kumar Reddy as an ineffective CM. In a note to the Congress leadership, Deo, who represents Andhra’s Araku segment in the Lok Sabha, has called for change at the top — of the state unit as well as the government. The note couldn’t have come at a worse time. The Congress is hemmed in by the demand for a separate Telangana state and the rise of the Jagan Mohan Reddy, who after quitting the party has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. The tribal affairs and panchayati raj minister has described Rao as the “fountainhead of corruption” with “a pie in every scam on which he has been able to lay his hand”. “It will be difficult to find a worse person for this post than the present incumbent,” the minister’s 11-page note s...