Long read!

THE MONTREAL MAFIA MURDERS
FEBRUARY 2023

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2023/2/1/the-montreal-mafia-murders

I posted the original link 12 days ago — just go 12 posts back from your post above.

If anti-mafia and Hollander beef we'll never have anything good to read left on here...

LOL.

Montreal Mob boss fails to have condition lifted as sentence nears end
Desjardins is serving a sentence for his role in the plot to kill Mafioso Salvatore Montagna. The sentence expires in June.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...e-condition-lifted-as-sentence-nears-end

Funny, I was actually going to ask how this guy ain't dead yet, not realizing he's still incarcerated.

He isn't incarcerated. He was released back in September 2022.

Really? So then I'll ask my question, how the fuck is he still alive?

Who knows what kind of alliances he formed while incarcerated. Plus he’s loaded.
Easy to get people to protect you if you pay them well.

I would think that no amount of money could protect him after his betrayal. Anyways...

He's close with the Trois-Rivières Hells Angels and the Montreal Hells Agels are close with the Rizzutos and they don't want a war breaking out. It probably doesn't matter and it's only a matter of time before he is killed. When he was release back March 2021 he was being stalked and police found Rizzuto members information on a piece a paper his bodyguard had.

Raynald Desjardins doit divulguer toutes ses transactions financières

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-toutes-ses-transactions-financieres.php

Leo Rizzuto is a smart boss if they kill Desjardins he will be the number one suspect.

There are more clever ways to deal with him.

Framing Reynald for something he didn’t do and have him put behind bars forever would be the perfect villainous move. Given Rizzuto’s connections and Quebec wild corruption I don’t see why not…

Yep Desjardins is too high profile in Quebec, that is his luck they could get to others around him.

Just my opinion. But nowadays I don't believe that the "Rizzuto" organization is all that powerful or influential anymore. Certainly, they are nowhere near what they once were at the height of their power under Nick, and later, Vito Rizzuto.

I do believe Leo Rizzuto has been building another strong family, in 2019 he was back in Agrigento cosa nostra never dies.

Considering what they’ve gone through it’s fairly stunning to see them still being considered at the top.
He may not he at his father’s level (yet) but he’s young and had the best school imaginable.

I do agree with that. He had two excellent teachers. But as they say, "time will tell!"...It always does

And he's a lawyer, that's a big advance.

Leonardo Rizzuto might not even be the one in charge. By all accounts the real power lies with Steve Sollecito.

You could be right, but after Vito Rizzuto died in 2013, his legacy lives on with his son.

Did anyone see his interview when he was arrested? Really sounded like he was regretting the life he chose.

Raynald Desjardins devra divulguer ses finances:
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...-ses-finances-aux-autorites-carcerales-1

If Desjardins stays in the game or has no choice, it seems like his relationship now with Mirarchi is the big question. I've read on messageboards that they've had a rift and are on the outs. I dont know if thats true or where it came from...anybody know? Mirarchi had some fanboys rooting for him online awhile ago but I think there were maybe some more academic posts on him as well that traced his family lineage, his clan, etc...or maybe it was speculations or even known facts that he's Ndrangheta. So any move against Desjardins might come from him, if he's really that mad, but in the old days it would have had to go THROUGH him to touch Desjardins..if they didn't really have a falling out he could still be a dangerous, powerful ally of Desjardins in addition to HA, etc.

Italian-Canadian mafia, Dia: Rizzuto clan dominant in Montreal and in liaison with Italy
April 7, 2022 Editorial board Canada , Cattolica Eraclea , Clan Rizzuto , Leonardo Rizzuto , Mafia , Montreal
"During the six months in question, meetings continued with representatives of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) relating to the activities of well-known exponents of the 'Ndrangheta (Commisso family) and Cosa Nostra (Rizzuto family) stationed in Canada who are said to be in connection with 'Italy". This is what we read in the Dia report, relating to the first half of 2021, delivered to Parliament. The report continues: “In particular, the Cosa Nostra would operate mainly in the Montreal areas, while the 'Ndrangheta in Toronto and Thunder Bay. Both organizations are allegedly active in drug trafficking, extortion, usury, gambling, money laundering and infiltration in the public procurement sector. These would, over time, become deeply rooted, taking on prominent positions in the management of criminal affairs.

Bad link anti.

^^^^
Thanks for letting me know -- the link was working for me yesterday.

Here's a link to a duplicate of the article (same newspaper publisher):

https://www.qub.ca/article/raynald-...nces-aux-autorites-carcerales-1092711390

And here's a link to the archived version I created via WayBack Machine:

WayBack Machine link

I don't think anyone knows his background or if he's apart of the Ndrangheta. In the trials that have taken place against Sal Scoppa's former underlings the witness described Mirarchi asa Ndrangheta member but that doesn't really prove anything. The source that Mirarchi and Desjardins had a falling out is from Andrea Scoppa in the book La Source I don't think that rumor was out before.