A Montreal man, named as part of the Mafia clan of Vito Rizzuto, pleaded guilty in New York City Thursday to international cocaine trafficking after raids found millions of dollars and large drug stashes in his fancy Beverly Hills home and luxury car.
Alessandro Taloni, 39, was one of 10 members of a Montreal-based ring that linked members of the Mafia, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, aboriginal smugglers and Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel into a $1-billion marijuana, cocaine, and Ecstasy empire, authorities said.