@Ciment...Thanks for the article. I hadn't read that before... Here is the Google translation of the section you referenced for those like me who can't read Italian:
The Montreal war currently does not make many victims but remains creeping. And it can explode at anytime. The Violi's had tried to bring the Bonanno family back to Canada but their strategy came to the surface thanks to an undercover agent, who tried to affiliate, so the attempt failed and they were decimated by arrests.
Here a full translate article
The Montreal "war" and the aims of the Ndrangheta on the Canada's ports.According to Antonio Nicaso, author of the bestseller from which the Bad Blood series is based, to get the hands on the hub of the city of Quebec, would be "a huge leap" for the Locride clans transplanted to Toronto.
Meanwhile, there was the first murder of 2019, the victim is a businessman tied for years to the Rizzutos.
LAMEZIA TERME. Notre Dame de Grace is a residential district of Montreal, and it is there that a few hours ago took place the first murder of the year in the city of Quebec.An excellent murder that makes noise because, the victim Tony Magi, was a businessman held for years close to the boss Vito Rizzuto. Found seriously injured by gunshots, Thursday morning shortly after 11 (local time) in front to a building under construction and then died in the hospital.Magi was "a walking dead" so much so that he was repeatedly victim of attacks. But the armored cars and bodyguards in the end did not save him from a fate that seemed to him already written. , for a long time he was a partner of Nick Rizzuto jr (son of Vito) with whom he bought the land on which he built residential complexes. But at a certain point the two began to fight and, even if it has never been proofed, it is always suspected that Magi may have played a role in the murder of the boss's son.
THE WAR OF MONTREAL. A war, that of the city of Quebec, which "stems from a conflict entirely internal to the Rizzutos" and in which the role of some Calabrian-Canadians should be included "in the rebellion against the power of the dominant family". It is also the case of the Violi of Hamilton who, after another Calabrian Vic Cotroni, in the past have commanded the decina of Montreal of the Bonanno family of New York affiliated with Cosa Nostra but who were defeated by the criminal federation with the Irishs and the bikers put together and led by Vito Rizzuto.
When the boss is extradited, however, everything collapses and the internal rebels try to take advantage with the arrival in Montreal of Sal Montagna (at the time acting boss of the Bonannos). The attempt, however, fails, because the alliance between Mountain and the former Vito Rizzuto's right-hand man, Raynald Desjardins soon ends up in the blood, Rizzuto returns to his Montreal and takes revenge but when he dies in 2013 he leaves behind a gaping criminal void.Difficult - still explain Nicaso - identify a suitable figure to hold together all the criminal organizations. The Montreal war does not seem to do many victims at the moment but remains creeping. And it can explode at any moment. The Violis had tried to bring the Bonanno family back to Canada but their strategy came to the surface thanks to an undercover agent, who even tried to "made", and so the attempt failed and they were decimated by arrests.
NDRANGHETA AND THE PORT. and the clans of the Ndrangheta, the powerful families of Toronto with roots in Locride, in Siderno, in Marina di Gioiosa are watching?
The ndrine - answers Nicaso- for a long time have been "forced" to manage the port of Halifax, because in Montreal they would have to pay a fee to the Irish and the Rizzuto.The port of Montreal is the main junction for the entry of cocaine in North America as an alternative to the southern route. The Ndrangheta has always been interested in managing that port. The Calabrians have never had a good relationship with the Rizzuto and have always remained outside.And now they could take advantage of the confusion in Montreal?
Of course it would be a huge leap, but right now it seems that everything is still in the hands of the rizzuto, which are not as strong as before but there are still. The clans of Ndrangheta in Toronto are increasingly linked to the Albanians who are now their armed arm, and have never had a large presence in montreal.Ultimly they say they managed to open a "locale" in the city of Quebec, but for now they are just rumors.
