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Alleged Montreal Mafia leaders Leonardo Ri‎zzuto and Stefano Sollecito will have a separate trial from the other people who remain charged in Project Magot.

In a decision made recently, Superior Court Justice Eric Downs agreed with a request made by both men that they have a trial separate from a dozen other people who were arrested in a major operation, led by the Sûreté du Québec, in November 2015. When the arrests were made, the SQ alleged both men were acting as leaders of the Montreal Mafia.

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The request was made as part of a series of hearings being held at the Gouin courthouse, in northern Montreal, that will resume on Monday.

Both men are charged with taking part in a conspiracy to traffic in drugs between 2013 and 2015. They also face gangsterism charges.

Rizzuto, 48, is the son of Vito Rizzuto, the now-deceased former Montreal mob boss. Sollecito, 49, is the son of Rocco Sollecito, one of Vito Rizzuto’s closest allies who was killed last year in Laval.