New death linked to the mafia, a common trend says expert

A lifeless body found in an SUV in north end Montreal could be a common trend says an expert.

According to the Globe & Mail, Antonio Nicaso, a Toronto based author who has written about the mafia, told the paper that tension has risen since Vito Rizzuto served out his prison sentence and came back to the city. He also claimed that the situation could get worse as associates, friends and family members of the Montreal mobster are increasingly being picked off one by one.

50 year-old Emilio Cordeleone, was found dead in his SUV in north-end Ahuntsic on Saturday morning, ,with numerous serious injuries to his upper body.

SPVM spokesman, Dany Richer, said that the victim is believed to be linked to Italian organized crime. The Cordeleone family was well know to police in Quebec and was named in a 1991 report on the mafia in the province.

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