Editing Rizzuto crime family (section)

==Federal cases and internal conflict==
A later prosecution described Alessandro Taloni as an alleged associate of the Montreal-based Rizzuto organized crime family. Taloni pleaded guilty to cocaine trafficking and was later sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/alleged-rizzuto-organized-crime-family-associate-pleads-guilty-narcotics-trafficking “Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking”], United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York.</ref><ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/alleged-rizzuto-organized-crime-family-associate-sentenced-10-years-imprisonment “Alleged Rizzuto Organized Crime Family Associate Sentenced to 10 Years”], United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York.</ref>

Vito Rizzuto's imprisonment destabilized Montreal's underworld. His father Nicolo, son Nick Jr., brother-in-law Paolo Renda and other senior figures were killed, disappeared or prosecuted. Vito returned to Canada in 2012 and reasserted influence before dying in December 2013.

Conflict continued after his death. Later reporting describes repeated challenges to the Rizzuto network from rival Italian factions, street gangs and other organized-crime groups.<ref>[https://themobmuseum.org/blog/embattled-montreal-mafia-clings-to-underworld-power-amid-setbacks/ “Embattled Montreal Mafia Clings to Underworld Power amid Setbacks”], The Mob Museum, April 20, 2026.</ref> Current allegations are not treated as convictions, and no complete current hierarchy is assigned.