Paolo Renda came from an important Mafia clan as his father, Calogero Renda, was married to Domenica Manno, the daughter of a locally powerful Mafia boss.
25 Facts About Paolo Renda
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The elder Paolo Renda had moved with the elder Rizzuto to New York in 1924, but then went to Argentina and returned to Italy in 1936 where he married Domenica.
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Paolo Renda immigrated to Canada in 1954 and married Vito Rizzuto's sister Maria on September 5,1964.
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In 1972, Paolo Renda was sentenced to four years for conspiring to commit arson of his hair salon in Boucherville in 1968 with the intention of defrauding insurers; he served two years and nine months of the sentence.
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Paolo Renda then became a consigliere for the Rizzuto family.
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Paolo Renda lived on the "Mafia Village" district on Gouin Boulevard with his house located between the houses owned by Nicolo Rizzuto on one side and his son Vito Rizzuto on the other.
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Paolo Renda was a regular of the Consenza Social Club where he usually spoke with Vito and Francesco Arcadi.
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Paolo Renda was the owner of a construction company, Renda Construction, and the co-owner of a funeral home, the Loreto.
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Paolo Renda carried himself with a Zenlike air of casual success and often appeared at the Consenza Social Club in a stylist sports jacket and open business shirt.
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Between 2004 and 2006, Paolo Renda was recorded as visiting the Consenza Social Club 667 times.
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Several times, Paolo Renda was recorded as criticizing Lorenzo Giordano for his heavy drinking and his tendency to engage in rash, violent acts, saying he was likely to "attract attention".
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Paolo Renda was especially critical of the incident in April 2004 where Giordano shot an Iranian drug dealer, Javad Mohammad Nozarian, at the Globe restaurant in public as showing bad judgement on his part.
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On 23 May 2005, a wiretap recorded Rocco Sollecito telling Beniamino Zappia that Paolo Renda was one of the five members of the Rizzuto family who along with Nicolo Rizzuto; Vito Rizzuto; Francesco Arcadi; and himself were only entitled to the first claim on any profits made by the family.
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On 22 November 2005, Paolo Renda was recorded telling Francesco Del B that he needed to "talk" to a real estate agent Felix Plyas about his claims that a Montreal businessman was linked to the Mafia.
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Paolo Renda was videotaped going into the Consenza Social Club 668 times between 2004 and 2006.
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Paolo Renda was one of the Rizzuto family leaders who attended an emergency meeting to discuss what to do in response, where he pressed for patience from the younger leaders such as Lorenzo Giordano.
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Paolo Renda was arrested on November 22,2006, along with dozens of others including Nicolo Rizzuto, Rocco Sollecito, Francesco Arcadi, Lorenzo Giordano and Francesco Del B, as part of Project Colisee.
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Paolo Renda was held at the Riviere des Praires jail while awaiting trial where he shared the same wing with Nicolo Rizzuto.
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On September 18,2008, Paolo Renda pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing profits from organized crime.
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On May 20,2010, Paolo Renda went golfing in the morning and then went to a funeral home owned by his family in Saint-Leonard.
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Paolo Renda then phoned his wife to say he would be picking up steaks for dinner.
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Paolo Renda's disappearance occurred almost a year after Nicolo Rizzuto's grandson Nicolo was murdered, and six months after his disappearance, Nicolo would be murdered at his home.
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Paolo Renda's murder is generally believed to have been a lupara bianca, a practice describing a murder where the body is never discovered by the police.
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Paolo Renda's murder was a major blow to the prestige of the Rizzuto family, and the renegade faction led by Raynald Desjardins gained in strength afterwards.
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Renda's family tried to have Paolo legally pronounced dead in 2013, though a judge turned down the request due to insufficient proof.