Mob Slayings Up in Montreal With Return of Vito Rizzuto
With mobster Vito Rizzuto out of prison for a mere four months, mob slaying are up in Montreal.
Since Nov. 4, seven murders and two attempted murders in the Montreal area have involved victims who reportedly had ties to the Mafia, according to Global Montreal.
Many predicted the demise of Rizzuto with an ongoing power struggle reportedly led by 70-year-old Joseph Di Maulo, who was shot dead outside his Blainville home back in November.
From Global Montreal:
A coalition headed by Di Maulo apparently self-destructed when two of its key figures, Salvatore Montagna and Raynald Desjardins (Di Maulo’s brother-in-law), had a falling out during summer 2011. Montagna was killed just east of Montreal on Nov. 24, 2011. Desjardins is charged with Montagna’s murder along with four other men, including Vittorio Mirarchi, 35, who, according to police sources, offered the coalition a link to support from other Mafia organizations based in Ontario.
According to law enforcement officials Rizzuto oversaw a criminal empire that imported and distributed tonnes of heroin, cocaine and hashish in Canada, laundered hundreds of millions of dollars, lent out millions more through loansharking operations and profited handsomely from illegal gambling, fraud and contract killings.
- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com
