Former mafia boss shot dead on Grenobal motorway

Police are investigating the deadly shooting of a 71-year-old former mafia boss on a motorway near Grenobal in South-Eastern France.

In the 1980s, Jean-Pierre Maldera, described by the French media as the “Godfather” of the local mafia, was allegedly chased in his car and was shot dead on Wednesday morning while traveling to A41 motorway.

The shooters ran away from the scene and the stolen renolt Megan car the burnt remains that they were driving were found shortly thereafter in a granobal parking.

His death comes ten years after his younger brother, Robert Maldera, who was disappeared, another mafia boss allegedly named “The Madman” by members of the criminal underworld of Grenobal.

Regional newspaper Le Dofin Libere reported that Maldera left BMW, which he was driving and tried to run across the motorway.

Local media said he was followed and killed by the attackers in an attack on three or four gunmen.

They are reported to use a military-grade weapon, such as the Kalasnikov rifle, to carry out the murder.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the so-called “Italo-Grenoblois” with his brother Robert is reported to be an important person of Maldera in the mafia group.

In 2004, the pair were found guilty of a series of crimes associated with organized crime, although according to the French media, they were issued next year due to administrative error.

However, this was not the first time Maldera was convicted. According to the French Regional Media Outlet France 3, he had a rap sheet in the 1970s.

But Maldera appeared to be an option of a quiet life after his release from prison in the early 2000s, the AFP news agency reported that the authorities did not hear about him again till this week.

It is not clear whether Maldera was still involved in criminal activity at the time of death.

His brother Robert disappeared in 2015 at the age of 55.

He went missing after attending a meeting on the outskirts of Grenobal. His car was discovered two months later in a parking lot nearby.

A source who had investigated the Maldera Brothers told France 3 that Jean-Pierre were brain behind his plans, while Robert Bron was.