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Wikipedia June 23, 2026 at 06:42 PM

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolo_Rizzuto

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Claim
Rizzuto had two grandsons by his son Vito and his wife Giovanna Cammalleri, Leonardo Rizzuto and Nicolo "Nick" Rizzuto Jr., and a granddaughter, Maria Rizzuto.
Correction

This misidentifies Vito Rizzuto's daughter. Reliable sources say Vito's three children were Nick Jr., Leonardo, and Libertina ("Bettina") Rizzuto; Maria Rizzuto was Nicolo Rizzuto's daughter, not his granddaughter.

Full reasoning

The claim says Nicolo Rizzuto's granddaughter through Vito was Maria Rizzuto. But multiple sources identify Vito Rizzuto's three children as Nicolo (Nick Jr.), Leonardo, and Libertina/Bettina.

In Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan, André Cédilot and André Noël write that Vito's family consisted of his wife Giovanna and their three children: Nick Jr., Leonardo, and Libertina. In the same book, they also state that Vito and Giovanna's first daughter, born in 1973, was named Libertina after her grandmother.

The article appears to have confused Maria Rizzuto—who was Nicolo Rizzuto's daughter and Paolo Renda's wife—with Vito Rizzuto's daughter. That makes the sentence factually incorrect as written.

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Claim
Rizzuto was incarcerated twice, once in 1988 on drug charges where he served five years in a Venezuelan prison, and the other in 2006 where he served two years in jail of a tax evasion charge.
Correction

This mixes up two separate cases. Rizzuto's 2006-2008 jail time was tied to Project Colisée and proceeds-of-crime charges; his 2010 tax-evasion case ended with a fine, not a two-year jail term.

Full reasoning

The sentence incorrectly says Rizzuto's second incarceration was for a tax evasion charge. Contemporary reporting and book-length accounts show otherwise.

After his November 22, 2006 arrest in Project Colisée, Rizzuto remained in custody and on September 18, 2008 pleaded guilty to possession/concealment of proceeds of crime for the benefit of a criminal organization. He received a four-year sentence, but because he had already spent two years in custody and received double credit, he was released the same day.

His tax evasion case was separate and later. On February 11, 2010, Rizzuto pleaded guilty to two tax-evasion counts and was ordered to pay a $209,000 fine. Reporting at the time explicitly says he walked out of court a free man; the case did not produce the two-year jail term described here.

So the claim is wrong because it attributes the 2006-2008 incarceration to tax evasion instead of to the organized-crime proceeds case.

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Claim
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a borough in Montreal
Correction

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is not one of Montréal's boroughs. It is a neighbourhood within the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

Full reasoning

This phrase misstates Montréal's local geography.

The City of Montréal's official list of boroughs includes Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce as a borough. On the city's borough page, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) is described as part of that borough and even referenced as a neighbourhood. So NDG itself is not a separate borough; it is a neighbourhood within the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

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  • Boroughs | Ville de Montréal

    Visit the individual pages of each of Montréal's 19 boroughs... Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce...

  • Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Ville de Montréal

    Borough Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce... NDG: 150 Years of Community History Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is celebrating its 150th anniversary!... Everything you need to know about the Borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, its attractions and its neighbourhoods.

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