Murder in Montreal: ''The message of this execution is yet to be decoded''
Vincent Musacchio May 22, 2023
The murder is probably linked to the Montreal mafias and raises concern because it could reopen the war between the mafia gangs of Italian origin (Calabrian and Sicilian who were previously a single entity). Claudia Iacono is not a secondary target. Married to the son of the late boss Moreno Gallo, linked to the Rizzuto clan - the main mafia organization active on Canada's east coast - was shot and killed in her car in front of her own hot springs. As a criminologist, I concentrated on three investigative evidences: a) the shooting which took place in broad daylight; b) killing of a female daughter-in-law of a Montreal mafia boss; c) potential mafia message. This murder, and above all its dynamics, however, does not seem to me an execution of professional killers, so we could also be dealing with a simple feud between individuals and not reflecting wider tensions between the Montreal mafias (especially Calabrian and Sicilian). . Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this assassination hides a precise mafia message which at the moment is not easy to decode.Leonardo Rizzuto , son of late Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto . If we associate the two criminal events and if they were linked, then we would be facing a possible mafia war that could soon degenerate, leaving many dead on the ground. It is no coincidence that we are facing the eighth homicide of the year in Montreal and the second Mafia-related shooting in the last two months.