Of the thousands of noted gangsters and racketeers who have graced Canada’s criminal landscape through the years, few have ever risen to the stature of — or were as powerful as — Vincenzo (Vic) Cotroni.
Born into humble beginnings on November 10, 1910, in the little village of Mammola in the Southern Italian Province of Calabria, Italy, after immigrating to Canada, this ambitious young man would quickly rise up the criminal ladder until he and his brothers were largely viewed as the controlling powers within Montreal’s criminal “Milieu” — and for that matter, considered the “creme de la creme” of all Canadian organized crime.
…This is his story!
Note: The hierarchy/membership chart that Button Guys created and included in this story names 246 hoodlums, including many formally inducted members of Cosa Nostra and the Ndrangheta. We believe this chart is the first of its kind to depict the true breadth and membership of this legendary underworld network. It is a very unique piece of research.
