Montreal Mobster Shot Dead in His Driveway

72-year-old Mobster Giuseppe “Joe” Di Maulo was shot to death in his own driveway earlier this week in what may signal the end to a bloody crime family war, or could result in further bloodshed. 

Di Maulo was gunned down outside his Blainville home just 45 minutes outside of Montreal, Quebec.  His wife discovered the body Sunday morning. 

From The Globe and Mail: 

The death of a man who built a career sliding easily among the top ranks of the Calabrian and Sicilian regimes that have long ruled Canada’s mob comes within a month of the return to Montreal of Vito Rizzuto, the last don of the high-profile family that most recently ruled the city.

Mr. Rizzuto was released last month after serving a five-year prison term in the United States. In his absence, his father and a son (both known as Nick Rizzuto) were murdered and most of his top associates were gunned down or disappeared. Mr. Di Maulo’s death also occurred as the Rizzuto infiltration into the construction business faces a new level of public scrutiny in the Charbonneau corruption inquiry.

The killing led quickly to two preferred theories among Quebec’s organized crime experts, and Mr. Rizzuto is at the centre of both: The Montreal godfather is either emphatically trying to regain control of his territory, or having authority exercised upon him.

Di Maulo died in the same fashion as former Godfather Nicolo Rizzuto exactly two years ago, by gunshot and at home.

- Gilbert Hotowitz, Gambling911.com