It appears De Vito was behind arsons on Arcuri's and not the Rizzutos.
http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec...ppe-de-vito.phpMen of the mafia Giuseppe De Vito profileraient behind the wave of arson that targeted companies Arcuri brothers this fall. This tends to confirm, on the one hand, the importance of the place now occupied by the young chieftain on the board of the mafia and, secondly, the fact that there are several clans that currently tearing Montreal.
Investigators organized crime division of the Police Department of the City of Montreal made yesterday another operation against a drug trafficking network of the Mafia. But beyond the balance of it, this is how the police were on the trail network that speaks volumes. Investigating fires that struck the brothers Domenico and businesses Antonino Arcuri earlier this fall, they targeted an individual that led to addresses associated with Giuseppe De Vito, aka Ponytail.
The same person directed them to a network of traffickers and the police raided four buildings, including the former residence now unoccupied Giuseppe De Vito, rue de Laval Warrant. They arrested three people and seized a firearm, $ 10,000 in cash, cocaine and marijuana. The three suspects in the thirties and sixties, are expected to appear this afternoon at the courthouse in Montreal. Other searches and arrests could follow.
De Vito, 46, is currently serving a sentence of 15 years in prison for conspiracy to import cocaine at the airport in Montreal. Sought after Operation Coliseum in November 2006, he was arrested four years later. During the run, his two daughters were murdered in the house of the street Warrant, his former wife, Adele Sorella, is accused of the crime.
This drama has exacerbated anger De Vito, who was tattooed the names of his two daughters and keeps the cell members of the Rizzuto clan responsible for their death. According to court documents prepared by police, De Vito is at loggerheads with the Sicilian clan and would even put a contract on the head of one of their members. He would direct his own clan and would become one of the most important players of the Mafia in Montreal.
