On December 28, 2009, the eldest son of Sicilian godfather Vito Rizzuto, Nicolo junior, was shot in the Notre-Dame-de-Grace. The murder was probably commissioned by a businessman rather than angry opponents mafia. However, men who aspired to replace the Rizzuto clan noted that this assassination was followed by no retaliation. The field was clear.
They formed, five, college management. After a year, their unity was shattered. Three of them are off: Salvatore Montagna was killed last month, Raynald Desjardins and Vittorio Mirarchi were jailed this week for his murder. The other two, and Joe Di Domenico Arcuri Maulo, burrow. Now more than ever, the Mafia is no direction. Portrait.
Domenico Arcuri
Sicilian origin, his father has the same name. Former taxi driver, the old Domenico Arcuri was the right hand of Pietro Sciara, consigliere leaders Vic Cotroni and Paolo Violi. Killed in 1976, Sciara was the first victim of the clan Violi. Like many others, Arcuri was stored in the winning side of Rizzuto. In exchange, he received factory Ital Gelati Italian Ice.
His son Domenico, now aged 51, inherited his business. Domenico Jr. and his brother Antonino participated in the Carbon Neutral company, which specializes in soil remediation. Raynald Desjardins joined them in this endeavor, but only for a while.
The brothers already knew Salvatore Montagna Arcuri on his arrival in Montreal. Domenico joined him to demand the "Pizzo" from businessmen. It is through him that Montagna has met Desjardins. When the conflict broke out this year, "Sicilians" Arcuri and Montagna have a common front against Desjardins and "Calabria" Di Maulo and Mirarchi.
Joe Di Maulo
68 years old, he is a pillar of the Montreal Mafia. In 1965, he accompanied Vic Cotroni the marriage of Paolo Violi in Hamilton. At 28, he was accused and acquitted of a triple murder in his club, The Casa Loma. After the assassination of rape, he was placed in the camp of Rizzuto.
In the early 90s, he collaborated with Vito to make off with the gold of the Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. He has accompanied several Vito in the Dominican Republic. Rich and discreet, Di Maulo is especially busy directing his many companies. Respected each other, enjoying wide support in Ontario, it has not sought to become the new sponsor of Montreal. However, he agreed to act as consigliere to Desjardins.
Salvatore Montagna was assassinated on November 24.
Salvatore Montagna
He was born in Montreal in 1971, but grew up in Sicily, in the small town the birthplace of the American Mafia leaders like Joseph Bonanno. He moved to New York at age 15. At 36, he was promoted to Deputy Head of the Bonanno family. The authorities find that he did not U.S. citizens and expel. Arrived in Quebec in the spring of 2009, it is discreet. After the murder not punishable by Nicolo Rizzuto Jr., he decided to exercise its power.
It multiplies the travel in Ontario. With his support, he made it clear to the old Nick Rizzuto, Vito's father, that his reign is over. It sends grazing and is murdered. Other members of the Rizzuto clan are eliminated, and as Paulo Renda Agostino [BadWord].
Montagna sees the possibility of enriching themselves by imposing the 'Pizzo' mafia tax previously claimed by Rizzuto. He sought to whopping influential businessmen of the Italian community of Montreal. Raynald Desjardins accused of taking too much space. This is the rupture. Montagna was assassinated on November 24, and 40. Police accuse Desjardins and his accomplices in the murder.
The boss Raynald Desjardins appeared Wednesday morning at the Joliette courthouse for the murder of mafioso Salvatore Montagna.
Raynald Desjardins
Francophone Quebec, Desjardins, 58, absorbed the Italian Mafia culture. It endorsed the values ​​of respect and loyalty. These qualities, combined with an undeniable fighting spirit, made him climb the ladder. His sister married Joe Di Maulo and himself married the mafia. Long right arm of the godfather Vito Rizzuto, he developed relationships with the Hells Angels and street gangs. In 1994 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for importing 740 kg of cocaine from Venezuela.
Released on parole in 2004, he embarked on residential construction, taking advantage of good advice from Jocelyn Dupuis, general manager of the FTQ-Construction. Officially, it still runs and Investments Lasister Kane and company numbers. When he bought his house in Laval in 2007 on the banks of the Rivière des Prairies, he said he had divorced and remarried failing.
He turned against the old Nick Rizzuto and his associates after the murder of his friend Giovanni Bertolo, drug dealer and union representative painters of the FTQ-Construction. He played a leading role in the "college of management" which replaced the Rizzuto clan, but it soon came into conflict with Montagna and Arcuri. On September 16, he was the victim of attempted murder. If convicted for the murder of Montagna, he spent years in prison.
Vittorio Mirarchi
His father, Calabrian origin, was known in Ontario, but he himself went under the radar for years. 34 years old, very rich, living in a large fortified house in Sainte-Adèle in the Laurentians, has long focused investing mountains of dirty money. He bought a luxury condo at 1000 rue de la Commune, in the Old Port. His name appears in transactions on another condo, boulevard Couture in St. Leonard, and buildings in Laval and Montreal.
He has been involved in coffee Luna, establishment of Rivière-des-Prairies, where employees gathered to Raynald Desjardins. Anti-Mafia investigators of Operation Coliseum on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking, but they have not stuck. He is now charged with Raynald Desjardins, the murder of Salvatore Montagna.
