The last time it happened was when Nick Rizzuto was still alive. I think that attack in 2010 was a sign for him to step down. Could this have the same underlying message? If so, does that mean that the family (Leonardo?) is still in a position of power?

The last time it happened was when Nick Rizzuto was still alive. I think that attack in 2010 was a sign for him to step down. Could this have the same underlying message? If so, does that mean that the family (Leonardo?) is still in a position of power?

It's such an important place for the Italian community as a whole, the attack could have big consequences.

The funeral home has continued to operate, without any interruption, since the attack in January 2011.

I'm not the only poster who knows that the Loreto has income that is guaranteed because the Rizzutos' paesani in the Montreal area have no choice when a loved one dies but to hold visitations at the funeral home, i.e., the choice is made for the family of the bereaved; otherwise, the family members would face the consequences of showing a lack of respect. (This lack of economic freedom in particular offends my sensibilities. It disgusts me. If you're not in the mafia that's part of your community but you're pro-mafia, sometimes you have to pretend to be pro-mafia just so you keep up appearances and don't cross the wrong people.)

There are an estimated 18,000 people in the Montreal area whose ancestry can be traced to Cattolica Eraclea. The Loreto may be more important to them than to the significantly wider Italian-Canadian community in the Montreal area.

Italian families with ancestry from other than the Rizzutos' hometown sometimes also choose the Loreto for the deceased's funeral-home visitation. So do non-Italians. Both groups at least have other options.

Prepaid funeral arrangements are risky, especially when you prepay the funeral home (as opposed to prepaying an insurer). What if the quality of service at the funeral home goes downhill? You're stuck unless you want to shell out more money to have the visitation somewhere else when the time comes.

I'm not sure why the Loreto was targeted and what the attack represents. Perhaps the building was attacked because Italians in the Montreal underworld who are opposed to the remnants of the Rizzuto clan also see the building as somewhere the clan's loyalists convene for funerals.

One of Rocco Sollecito's siblings, Stefano, was shown at the Loreto earlier this month. See http://www.complexeloreto.com/en/obituary/stefano-sollecito/.

Don't forget about the tribute in the basement there too. Didn't it even have De Vito's name on it?

Keep it classy montreal mob war. That shits is a clusterfuck. No respect. Remeber people were saying rizzuto was more powerfull then a nyc boss. Shit his whole family and all his friends got whacked now there burning down there famikies bizness.

Doesn't mean the people saying that were wrong at the time. Every empire comes to an at one point or another.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justic...e-westmount.php

Attempted arson at a pizzeria Del Nova in Westmount

I know it's a young man's game now, but it would be interesting to see where the old guards like Domenico Manno stand.

I know it's a young man's game now, but it would be interesting to see where the old guards like Domenico Manno stand.

So in the earlier part of this Project Cendrier investigation, law enforcement indicated cocaine headed for Montreal got there via Los Angeles and Houston--see http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/news/2016/7...pects-arrested. The Quebecers just arrested all seem to be French-Canadian.

From the article in the thread you started a few weeks ago about the cocaine trafficking ring that saw cocaine from California going to Ontario (http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthr...0297#Post910297), we learned from the RCMP that traffickers shipping coke from the US to Ontario often use LA and Houston as distribution centres, "along major highways to Canadian land ports in Ontario, including Windsor, Sarnia and Sault Ste. Marie." The individuals arrested in the Waterloo Region in Ontario appeared to be a mix of Greek-Canadians, Serbian- or Croatian-Canadians, and some other ethnicities.

The cocaine trade in Canada is too big to be dominated by any one crime group. Yes, there are big players. But even the big players have not been able to reverse the direction of the flow of cocaine--the US is still a transshipment point for coke that is on its way to Canada. This is why I get so frustrated when control of the Port of Montreal is cited as a reason or even the reason for the mob war in Montreal. A mob war that, incidentally, may be far from over.

"Given his state of health, my client claims the right to be acquitted before he dies. He has not the luxury to wait," thundered Danielle Roy, lawyer of Stefano Sollecito. The former interim leader of the mafia, who is fighting cancer, is seeking permission to be tried alone in a separate trial and in an earlier period.

According to Google Translate, the article says:


Is that right? Is Stefano really dying of cancer?

Yep because Leonardo is still behind bars and he would be there with him if he didn't have cancer.

If Stefano dies I got a feeling Rizzuto won't be far behind. His only hope now is Arcadi/Del Balso and I'm not sure even that would save him at this point.

I read a blog post from an author who believed that the Arcadi/Del Balso faction is a rival group, fighting for control of Montreal against the remants of the Rizzuto group. The author said Arcadi had been an acting boss for the family and felt he was entitled to the top seat. That's why Lorenzo Giordano was hit, to send Arcadi a message and to weaken his power base.

I'd be curious to hear what others here on the Boards think.

The one to which I've linked below?

https://panamericancrime.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/the-giordano-murder-and-why-nothing-has-changed/

Yes, that article and that blog in general. I'm skeptical because the author isn't a journalist... but his theory that it's an internal split between multiple different Montreal factions makes a bit more sense than assuming all of the violence is simply from the Dejardins (sp) group linked with the Calabrians from Toronto.

There could be three factions: Rizzutos/Sollecitos vs Dejardins/Calabrians in Toronto vs Acardi/Del Balso. But I'm curious what you think Antimafia and what Ciment thinks.