[9] Along with Vito, Renda was also a major shareholder in BT Céramique, a firm which laid the tiles for the federal ministry of justice in Ottawa with the American embassy and the Casino de Montreal.

[11] The journalists Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso wrote about Renda: "He could easily have passed for an accountant, which was appropriate since he was the keeper of financial secrets for Vito's family: he knew who was paying what to tom in the lucrative construction industry; he oversaw gambling in family-controlled bars and cafés...He 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...".

[9] Several times, 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".

[14] 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.

[16] On 22 November 2005, Renda was recorded telling Francesco Del Balso that he needed to "talk" to a real estate agent Félix Plyas about his claims that a Montreal businessman was linked to the Mafia.

[18] During the four-year Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation known as Project Colisée, the RCMP penetrated the group's inner sanctum by hiding cameras in the Consenza Social Club where the leaders had business.

[19] On 30 August 2006, Domenico Marci, a Rizzuto family soldier, was killed in a case of mistaken identity with the real target being Aracdi.

[26] In connection with the investigation, the Italian government issued extradition requests with Canada for Nicolo Rizzuto, Renda, Sollecito and Arcadi.

[26] Colonel Paolo La Forgia of the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia told the media: "From prison, they pulled the strings of their Italian colonies".

[34] Edwards and Nicaso wrote: "Lupara bianca is perhaps the cruellest of Mafia murders and was generally saved for spies and traitors, who deserved nothing better than an anonymous end in a ravine, acid barrel or pit covered in lime.

A lupara bianca means no ransom notes, no body, no answers, no sense of closure, no funeral or flowers on a grave.

[34] 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.