An informant has already alleged that during 2016, three leaders on the Calabrian side of the Montreal Mafia — Salvatore Scoppa, his brother Andrea (Andrew) Scoppa and Vittorio (Victor) Mirarchi — sought to kill people on the Sicilian side. The informant said the Falduto brothers were killed because they sided with the Sicilians.

Mirarchi has been linked to the 'ndrangheta and Salvatore visited Calabria a few times he was the cocaine connection in Montreal.