According to our sources, the individual had links with members of the Italian mafia as a drug distributor.
Michakis pleaded guilty to drug charges in Laval in February. He had been sentenced to 6 months in prison.
His murder occurred just steps from his former home on Eliot Avenue where neighbors knew he was engaged in shady activities.
"The police came a few times and then, two years ago, they took him on board and we never saw him again. His condo was sold 8 to 10 months ago, "says resident Constantino Retsnas.
Michakis was also close to Philippos Kollaros, a late cocaine importer and a client of the dangerous Mexican Sinaloa cartel formerly run by Joaquin Guzman, aka El Chapo.
Violence
The Journal reported on July 5 growing concern among law enforcement that violence associated with Latin American organized crime is gaining momentum in the country.
In a report, the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada (CISC) reported that "an abnormal number of high-level cocaine importers in Canada ... have recently been killed in Mexico and Canada."
In particular, the SCRC identified Kollaros' murder in Montreal last fall as a sign of this surge in settling scores.
In Laval, out of six homicides this year, this one is the fourth to bear the signature of organized crime.
In February, 35-year-old Eliott Blanchard, a methamphetamine producer, was shot in a parking lot.
Another coke importer, Ray Kahno, had a similar spell a few days later.
Finally, in May, Salvatore Scoppa, the brother of a chieftain of the Montreal mafia, was being shot at the Sheraton Hotel, in front of his family.
