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Wives rarely targeted in Mafia attacks, says policing expertThe daughter-in-law of Montreal Mafia member Moreno Gallo was killed in a targeted shooting in the parking lot of her beauty salon on Tuesday, Radio-Canada is reporting. Multiple sources tell Radio-Canada that a gunman shot Claudia Iacono five times at 4:30 p.m. after waiting for her to enter the parking lot of her beauty salon, Salon Deauville, in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. Montreal police say when they arrived on the scene, they found a woman with gunshot wounds inside her car. "When the victim was hit by bullets, her vehicle was in motion...

Mob sweep 90 people arrested in Project Colisée Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette Published: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 Police in Montreal say they have struck “a very serious blow” to organized crime in an operation that has rounded up several alleged leaders of the Montreal Mafia. Included among the 90 people arrested or sought on warrants Wednesday morning was Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto, 82, the father of Vito Rizzuto, 60, the reputed head of the Mafia in Montreal. Another alleged leader in the Mafia arrested was Paolo Renda, Vito Rizzuto’s brother-in-law. The organization is alleged to have infiltrated Montreal’s major airport...