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Montreal police have arrested a second person in connection with the fatal shooting of Claudia Iacono.<\/p>\n

\"Claudia
Claudia Iacono pictured in 2022 in a promotional image for Salon Deauville, a beauty salon she owned in Montreal. Mafia experts say her killing may have “crossed a line” in the city\u2019s Mafia wars. (Image: Salon Deauville)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Iacono was the daughter-in-law of the late Moreno Gallo, a figure in the Calabrian arm of the Montreal Mafia.<\/a><\/p>\n

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She was shot dead in broad daylight on May 16 this year outside the beauty salon she owned in the city\u2019s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighborhood. Her husband, Anthony Gallo, is Moreno Gallo\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Moreno Sr. was assassinated in 2013 in Mexico as he dined at an Italian restaurant. He fled Canada a year earlier, reportedly because he had incurred the wrath of Sicilian-born Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto.<\/p>\n

\u2018Line Crossed\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Iacono\u2019s death is one of a spate of murders and attempted murders that are believed to be linked to bad blood between Calabrian and Sicilian gangsters in Montreal.<\/p>\n

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The Iacono killing has been flagged as unusual by Mafia watchers. That\u2019s because the perpetrators targeted a woman, and one who’s not believed to have been personally involved in organized crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOne thing is certain, we have just crossed a line by killing the spouse. Now, this limit will be crossed by criminal organizations,\u201d Andr\u00e9 G\u00e9linas, a retired sergeant from the Montreal police\u2019s criminal intelligence unit, told CBC News<\/em>. \u201cIt just sent the message that no one is untouchable anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Mastermind\u2019 Arrested<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Police said Monday they had arrested a 30-year-old man in Toronto who they believe is the \u201cmastermind\u201d behind Iacono\u2019s killing. The individual hsn’t been named by authorities.<\/p>\n

Joel Richard Clarke, 28, is suspected of being the triggerman. He was arrested near Toronto on June 6.<\/p>\n

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Police said Iacono was shot multiple times in her car before colliding with a building. Witnesses saw a suspect flee on foot after the attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Just weeks later, Francesco Del Balso<\/a>, 53, once an influential leader in the Rizzuto crime family and controller of the syndicate\u2019s illegal gambling activities, was shot dead in broad daylight.<\/p>\n

Del Balso was believed to be involved in the attempted assassination in March of Leonardo Rizzuto, the son of Vito Rizzuto.<\/p>\n

Mafia War<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Rizzuto crime family is sometimes known in Canada as the Sixth Family after the Five Families in New York. The syndicate is closely linked to the Bonanno crime family<\/a>, so much so that the FBI has asserted that they are one and the same.<\/p>\n

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The syndicate was founded by Vito\u2019s father, Nicolo Rizzuto, a Sicilian. In the late 1970s, he began to challenge the prominent Calabrian, \u2018Ndrangheta-affiliated Cotroni family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cotroni patriarch, Frank Cotroni, died of natural causes in 2004, paving the way for the Rizzuto faction to become the most powerful crime family in Canada. Calabria\u2019s \u2018Ndrangheta<\/a> have since become the most powerful Italian organized crime group globally, and authorities fear the deadly power struggle persists in Montreal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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