Lorenzo Giordano

Lorenzo "The Skunk" Giordano (Italian pronunciation: [loˈrɛntso dʒorˈdaːno]; 1963 – March 1, 2016) was a Canadian mobster in the Montreal-based Rizzuto crime family.

[1] Alongside Francesco Del Balso, Giordano was a member of the "Young Turk" faction of the younger, more aggressive Mafiosi.

[3] On 24 September 2003, Giordano went driving his new Ferrari 550 Maranello under the influence of alcohol and smashed his car in a traffic incident.

[6] One such drug dealer was an Iranian immigrant, Essy Navad Noroozi, better known by his alias Javad Mohammed Nozarian, who sold heroin below the price set by the Rizzuto family.

[17] Giordano who was present at the shooting gave an account of the incident to the Rizzuto family "executive" at the Consenza Social Club the next day.

[19] On November 25, 2005, he and Del Balso stormed into the office of John Xanthoudakis, the owner of the bankrupt Norshield Financial Group, at the Place Ville Marie.

[22] Later in August 2006, Giordano was drinking with Del Balso and Charles Huneault, a Hells Angels supporter at the Cavalli restaurant.

[23] At a meeting at the Consenza Social Club the next day attended by Renda, Aracdi, Del Balso, Rocco Sollecito, Nicolò Rizzuto, Moreno Gallo and Tony Mucci, Giordano pressed for swift vengeance.

[24] On 22 November 2006, the RCMP issued a warrant for Giordano's arrest as part of the four-year Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation known as Project Colisée.

[25][26] Giordano pled guilty on September 18, 2008 to "general conspiracy to commit extortion, bookmaking, illegal gaming as well as being in possession of the proceeds of crime" and was sentenced to eight years imprisonment.

[31] On October 17, 2019, Jonathan Massari, Dominico Scarfo, Guy Dion and Marie-Josée Viau, were arrested and charged with planning and executing the murders of Sollecito and Giordano.

[34] In a statement of fact read out to the courtroom as part of his plea bargain, Massari stated that the leaders of the conspiracy were the Calabrian brothers Salvatore and Andrea Scoppa.