Greater Toronto Area: Extortion Investigative Task Force
Extortion used to be a main means of making money throughout the end of the 20th century that the Mafia would partake in. It dwindled down as the decades went on, but recently, in the Greater Toronto Area, there has been more than a few cases of extortion. Most notably, targeting South-Asian businesses. So much, […]
The Attempted Shooting Of Ali Chaaban
As Ali Chaaban was getting into his luxury Mercedes Benz G-Wagon on Boulevard de L’Avenir in Laval, a hooded figure crept up to the driver’s side window and unloaded at least 10 to 15 shots in Chaaban’s direction at around 1pm yesterday afternoon (9/02/2024). Chaaban was able to evade most shots and managed to escape […]
Locked Up: Dominic Scarfo
In April of 2022, a man named Dominic Scarfo, who was 49 at the time, was found guilty of two homicides that took place in 2016. The victims? Two powerful leaders in what is known as the Montreal Mafia. He was convicted of the first-degree murders of Lorenzo Giordano and Rocco Sollecito, and was found […]
Loris Cavaliere: Lawyer or Criminal?
In the summer of 2016, allegations were contained in an affidavit prepared to obtain search warrants in police operations in 2015, named Project Magot and Project Mastiff. Both were effected at the same time by Sûreté du Québec-led investigations that produced the arrests of nearly 50 people on Nov. 19, 2015, including alleged Rizzuto clan […]
5th Murder In Montreal: Shooting Of Stevens Cantave
Tuesday evening (06/02/2024) at around 5pm, an unknown assailant fired multiple gunshots into a parked black sedan that was sitting in a parking lot. The incident took place near Boulevard Brunswick and Des Sources intersection in Dollards-des-Ormeaux, a borough on the west island of Montreal. Found dead, slumped in the driver’s seat, was a man […]
Wolf Pack Quebec City: The Art Of Pimping
Before there was the major drug trafficking group by the name of the Wolfpack Alliance. In Quebec City lurked another type of Wolf Pack. A street gang that aligned themselves with certain Crip ideologies and opted for the color blue. Their specialty; pimping. Being victim to a police crackdown named ‘Operation Scorpion’ on the 17th […]
Gaspesie, Quebec: High Level Arms & Drug Dealer Awaiting Trial
“Last week I received a Springfield XD Sig Sauer P320, a Sig Sauer .229 and a Smith & Wesson CSX. It’ll have to be in those options.” An incriminating text sent out from Gaspesie resident, Jeremy Paquin-Herchel’s phone to one of his clients. Gaspesie is a region and the south shore peninsula to the St. […]
Conflict In Quebec City: Blood Family Mafia Vs. Hells Angels Quebec City Chapter
Tensions rose last November, when an associate to the Hells Angels MC was shot in Charlesbourg. Many suspect the murder could escalate to a full-out gang war between the Hells Angels and a street gang hailing from Lévis, a town in the south shore of Quebec City. Many say it has already started. The street […]
Murder-For-Hire: Gerald Gallant
On May 5th, 2006, in Geneva, Switzerland, law enforcement detained a 56-year-old individual on charges of credit card fraud, coincidentally on his birthday. This individual had deceived jewelry stores, amassing $250,000 through the purchase of high-end watches using counterfeit credit cards. His illicit activities had yielded a total of $400,000. To Swiss authorities, he was […]
Operation Dead Hand
A massive drug seizure that occurred this month has unveiled a large-scale operation between Canada, the US, and Mexico. Roberto Scoppa, aged 55, is facing extradition to the US in relation to the seizure. The charge? Conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and other controlled substances from Mexico to the states and Canada. Roberto carries a family […]