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http://www.torontosun.com/2013/07/13/slain-hit-man-could-be-message-from-montreal-mobsters#

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Slain hit man could be message from Montreal mobsters
ROB LAMBERTI, SPECIAL TO THE TORONTO SUN
FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 07:00 PM EDT | UPDATED: SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 07:46 PM EDT

TORONTO - Police attribute at least five hits to Calabrian mob assassin Salvatore “Sam” Calautti.

More than likely, the man who owned the Cinquelire restaurant on Dufferin St. in Toronto is probably behind even more, say police.

The 41-year-old father of three children was violent, enjoyed inflicting pain and made a lot of money for his bosses.

“Him? There’s five (hits) that we know of, probably more,” said a police source. “You can probably even double the number.

“He was very unique, a one-of-kind type of guy,” the source said. “That was their own words. That’s their own words, of the gangsters, that he was one of a kind. He was a difficult guy to control, difficult guy to manage. But … he’s the type of guy who makes a lot of money.”

And the totals on how many people Calautti assaulted, shot, or tortured during his violent reign of terror?

“Hundreds,” the officer said.

But the question that is on police investigators’ minds is if the slaying of Calautti and his associate James Tusek, 35, could be the mark of Montreal mob chieftain Vito Rizzuto reclaiming his command over the Ontario underworld.

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But now police wonder if the murder of Calautti early Friday outside a Vaughan banquet hall is Rizzuto exacting vengeance for the slayings of his father Nicolo, his son Nick and other important members of his organization.

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Calautti, who is close to people on the ‘Ndrangheta’s Camera di Controlo, is also believed to be involved in the slaying of Rizzuto’s father Nicolo.

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Police sources say if Calautti’s slaying is linked to Montreal, then the motive is vengeance.

But did Calautti’s murder harbour a second message from Montreal, urging Ontario’s Calabrian mob leaders to abandon any thought of rebellion and to toe the line?

“You have to consider it,” said an investigator. “You have to consider the drug rip angle, it’s hard to say. With (Calautti), he was doing robberies, he was doing drug rips, he was borrowing money and never paying (back). The suspect list is a cast of thousands, and they’re all plausible.”