Via the #CBC on June 12, 2025

In what police are calling the most significant operation to take place in #Quebec in a decade, officers have arrested the suspected heads of Montreal's #ItalianMafia, including the presumed leader, #LeonardoRizzuto.

Nearly 150 police officers descended on addresses across Quebec early Thursday morning. They arrested #Rizzuto at his home in #Laval, Que., just north of #Montreal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/spvm-sq-police-operation-organized-crime-1.7559100

#Mafia leader Francesco (Chit) Del Balso gunned down in #Montreal's #WestIsland

#FrancescoDelBalso, an aggressive leader among the Montreal Mafia, was killed in the West Island early Monday afternoon.

Two attempts were made on Del Balso’s life in recent months and he was reportedly a suspect in the attempt to kill #LeonardoRizzuto.

#MobHit

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/mafia-leader-francesco-chit-del-balso-gunned-down-in-west-island#Echobox=1685989318