Cosa Nostra News

Alicia DiMichele, wife of a member of the Colombo crime family, will star on VH1's "Mob Wives" when it debuts this year -- with DiMichele and another Philadelphia mob wife replacing Karen Gravano, Ramona Rizzo and Carla Facciolo. Not exactly breaking news, we know, but what is interesting is some other information posted on Gang Land News last week. Alicia DiMichele Namely that DiMichele's husband, Edward "Tall Guy" Garofalo, is "figuring to be a major star" in the upcoming season. DiMichele and Garofalo's former marriage is supposedly going to form a centerpiece of the show, according to three sources, Capeci reported, one of them being Karen Gravano.

Rizzuto is one of the most intriguing Mafia figures of  today. Mobsters in southern Ontario are on the run or in hiding -- in fear that a war with Montreal soldiers loyal to Cosa Nostra boss Vito Rizzuto will lead to more murders, a police source says. “They (Ontario mobsters) know there are going to be a couple more murders,” the source told the Toronto Sun. “It’s quite an interesting time. “It’s a chess game,” he added. Making themselves scarce are members of a Mafia and ‘Ndrangheta co-operative – with Toronto links – that attempted to take out the powerful Rizzuto family in Montreal. Disputes within Canadian organized crime groups ended in deadly violence, allowing reputed Mob boss Vito Rizzuto to muscle his way back into power following his release from a U.S. prison. Police investigators expect there will be more murders in areas known to be Toronto-based strongholds for ‘Ndrangheta members as the Montreal Mob works to strengthen its grip in southern Ontario.

Informer Sal Polisi From the Mirror Online : His accent is straight out of GoodFellas but his manner is mild and friendly. In the tone of voice I might use to ask if he’d like a cup of tea, Salvatore Polisi tells me he once sliced off a man’s testicles. The former New York mobster known as Crazy Sal says that yes, “it was bloody”. But when I press him, he just shrugs: “I was used to it. I’d been stabbed, shot in the back, I beat people with a bat. It was part of the landscape when you were in that life.” As we speak about the Mafia’s dark heyday in the 1960s and 70s, 68-year-old Polisi’s Noo Yoik accent makes my ­questions sound more primly English than I ever thought possible.

Sun News:  News: Experts offer a broad perspective on goings-on in Canada, including a breakdown of the warring factions. The N'drangheta is among the opposition to Rizzuto's power -- and has fled the battlefield, further reinforcing the notion that Rizzuto is on top. However, he remains a key target for assassination.