According to other sources consulted by our office, in three police forces, three theories are explored to explain the attack on Leo Rizzuto. Here they are:

The first hypothesis is formulated around the revenge that the kingpin Raynald Desjardins maintains against the Rizzuto clan. Since December 2011, a dozen of his friends or associates, including his ex-brother-in-law Joe Di Maulo, have been victims of settling of scores suspected of having been sponsored by the Sicilian clan. At 69, Desjardins is intimately linked to the Calabrian mafia. During an initial release in 2021, investigators found him escorted by a bodyguard in possession of registration numbers linked to vehicles of members of the Rizzuto clan.

The second hypothesis revolves around an attempt by Calabrian Vittorio Mirarchi to wipe the name of the Rizzutos off the map. Mirarchi was also the protege of Raynald Desjardins, but the strength of his support in the 'Ndrangheta in Ottawa and Toronto made him an extremely powerful criminal. He and Raynald Desjardins are now free after serving time in prison for planning the murder of would-be godfather Salvatore Montagna in 2011.