Organized crime as loyalties are tested

Daniel Renaud analyzes the state of organized crime after the killing of Claudia Iacono and the recent attempt on the life of Leonardo Rizzuto. He talks to a couple of experts, but besides laying out some surmises, the final cop can only say “L’avenir nous le dira.” With a sidebar on some of the major players in that world.

In what might be a related story, police tried to withdraw the alcohol permit from the Metro Metro festival on Friday, because it’s organized by Olivier Primeau, whose businesses have been the target of arson attacks lately. CTV says threats were made against the festival and police wanted to shut it down out of caution.