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Vito Rizzuto's life in crime

Former Montreal godfather rose to summit of power, then saw family members slain

CBC News

Last Updated: October 5, 2012

The law finally caught up with Vito Rizzuto, once known as Montreal's Teflon Don. But now he's served his sentence in a U.S. prison and is thought to be on his way back to Canada. It's just the latest chapter in a life of assassinations, police surveillance, Mob intrigue and sly gangland manipulation.