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Funeral Mass For Slain Mobster Joe DiMaulo

The funeral mass for slain mobster Joe DiMaulo was held yesterday in Montreal, QB Canada, and among those who sent flowers was Raynald Desjardins "who is currently in jail, charged with first-degree murder in last year's killing of 40-year-old Salvatore Montagna" as reported by Paul Cherry for The Gazette: 

Desjardins was Di Maulo's brother-in-law. In 2011, both men are believed to have teamed up with Montagna on an aggressive campaign to take control over the Mafia in Montreal while Vito Rizzuto was serving a 10-year sentence in the U.S. for a racketeering conviction involving three murders. Montagna had briefly been the interim leader of the Bonanno crime family in New York.

Vito Rizzuto was released from prison last month, and upon his return to the City of Saints apparently has become obsessed with security including the acquisition of a $100,000 armored vehicle in which to jaunt about town.  The reputed mob boss may have good reason to fear for his life.  While Vito was doing time his son Nick Jr. was whacked in 2009 and father Nicolo in 2010.

Rizzuto did not attend DiMaulo's funeral.

Joe DiMaulo Whacked In Montreal War

The latest casualty in the Mafia war in Montreal, QB Canada is Joe DiMaulo who was found murdered last night outside a suburban residence as reported by CBC News.

DiMaulo was a long-time ally of the Rizzuto clan whose reputed boss Vito Rizzuto was released from a U.S. prison just last month.

While Vito was doing time 'Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia clans from New York City and Ontario launched a war against his Sicilian clan which knocked out son Nick Jr. in 2009 and father Nicolo in 2010.  Former Bonanno boss Salvatore "Sal the Ironworker" Montagna joined the Calabrian clans in their challenge to the Rizzuto clan, and he was whacked in November 2011.  Several suspected Rizzuto associates, including Raynald Desjardins, were charged last December for their alleged roles in the Montagna slaying.  Desjardins is the brother-in-law of DiMaulo, and himself was the target of an attempted hit in September 2011.

Vito Rizzuto apparently has become obsessed with security upon his return to Montreal, and reportedly has acquired a $100,000 armored vehicle in which to jaunt about town.

The pissing match among rival mob clans largely is for control over the cocaine trade in Montreal and NYC.

The 70-year-old DiMaulo was a Calabrian once aligned with the Cotroni and Violi clans until they were purged from power by the Rizzuto clan in the late 1970s and early 1980s as reported by Les Perreaux for The Globe and Mail.

There are "reports that Desjardins and DiMaulo might have had a falling out with Rizzuto after they angled for his job" while the reputed Montreal Mafia boss was serving his time as reported by Brian Daly for QMI Agency.

Vito Rizzuto Goes Security Crazy

Vito Rizzuto was released from a U.S. prison earlier this month, and now back home in Montreal, QB Canada the reputed mob boss apparently has become obsessed with his security including acquiring a $100,000 armored vehicle in which to jaunt about town as reported by QMI Agency.  Of course, just because Vito Rizzuto may be paranoid doesn't mean no one's out to get him.  Indeed, while Vito was doing time Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia clans from New York City and Ontario launched a war against his Sicilian clan which knocked out son Nick Jr. in 2009 and father Nicolo in 2010.

Where's Vito?

Two weeks ago reputed Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto was released from a U.S. prison, and now mob watchers are keeping their eyes open for sightings of the elusive creature in Canada.

According to sources Rizzuto intially met with "New York crime figures in Toronto" as reported by QMI Agency, and now "police in Montreal have been supplied with information" that the 66-year-old Rizzuto last weekend returned to The City of Saints as reported by Paul Cherry for The Gazette.

While Rizzuto was doing time Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia clans from New York City and Ontario launched a war against his Sicilian clan which knocked out son Nick Jr. in 2009 and father Nicolo in 2010.

Report: Mafia-Related Shooting In Montreal Suburb; One Dead, Another Wounded

An apparent Mafia-related shooting has left one man dead and another wounded at a luxury home with a heliport in the small town of Ste-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson which is located about 100 kilometres of Montreal, QB Canada although police are not releasing the identity of the victims as reported by CBC News.

A report unconfirmed by authorities claims that the man who survived was Vincent Pietrantonio as reported by Paul Cherry for The Gazette:  "until recently, Pietrantonio, a man with a criminal record that includes convictions for loansharking and fraud, was listed as the owner of the property where the shooting apparently took place."  Two weeks ago Pietrantonio's son Tommy "who also has an extensive criminal record" was non-fatally shot at pub in Ste-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, and  police say "it is too early to connect the two shootings."

Last week U.S. authorities released Vito Rizzuto, the reputed boss of the Montreal Mafia, from a federal facility in Florence, CO after serving six years on a racketeering conviction involving the 1981 murders of three Bonanno capos in New York City.

While Rizzuto was doing time Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia clans from New York City and Ontario launched a war against his clan which claimed the lives of son Nick Jr. in 2009 and father Nicolo in 2010.

According to sources Rizzuto has met with "New York crime figures in Toronto" since returning to Canada as reported by QMI Agency.