Mafia History: Donnie Brasco-Rizzuto connection

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The murder of Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato in Queens, New York in 1981 was just the beginning for Montreal's Rizzuto family – they soon became mightily powerful within the organized crime underworld thanks to their work for the Bonanno family. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com sits down with investigative journalists Andre Cedilot and Andre Noel, authors of "Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan," to learn more about how the Montreal mafia fits into the history of the mob around the world as the first "Sin City" in North America. We chat about the Canadians' role in drug trafficking, and about how the Montreal mafia and the Rizzuto family are connected to the famed Bonanno clan and the story behind the film "Donnie Brasco."

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