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Mob wars: Montreal gripped by reckless and dangerous violence

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.

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