The Montreal Mafia was once the apex of organized crime. There are few clearer signs of a desperate mob than messy public fighting
There was little prospect Francesco Del Balso would age gracefully. Or even at all.
Men who were hunting him understood this when they placed a quarter-million-dollar bounty on his head. Police realized it too, after searching his home and finding a pistol stashed and ready.
Del Balso knew his peril best of all.
