Major cocaine trafficker sentenced to eight-year prison term
Rabih (Robby) Alkhalil was convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to traffic in cocaine and trafficking in cocaine.
View ArticleNo bail for men charged with assault on retired Montreal police officer
One of the accused admitted he drove three other men to Pietro Poletti's LaSalle home and drove them away after the Mafia expert was assaulted.
View ArticleGetaway driver in assault on retired police Mafia expert did it for drugs,...
Louis Simon Jacques said he did not know Pietro Poletti at all and that he was hired to act as a driver, prosecution says
View ArticleThree men charged in attack on retired Montreal police investigator
They are charged with breaking and entering, assault with a weapon, forcible confinement, assault causing bodily harm, and mischief involving property.
View ArticleRetired Montreal police specialist in Mafia assaulted at his home
"If they wanted to take something out on me, take it out on me. But don't take it out on my mother. They were thugs sent by thugs."
View ArticleInformant in Mafia murder investigation pleads guilty to threatening police
The man was an undercover agent in the investigation into the deaths of Montreal Mafia leaders Rocco Sollecito and Lorenzo Giordano.
View ArticleMob-tied drug trafficker Vincenzo Armeni qualified for a statutory release
Richard Wagner, the judge who sentenced Vincenzo Armeni back in 2007, is now the Chief Justice of Canada
View ArticleMan who had ties to Mafia, Hells Angels denied parole
Gregory (Picasso) Woolley, 48, continues to serve three-year prison term after pleading guilty to drug trafficking, conspiracy to traffic in drugs and a gangsterism charge
View ArticleBail hearing for man charged with attempted arson delayed to July
Gagnon was arrested while Montreal police were conducting surveillance on bars and restaurants in northeastern Montreal following a series of six arson fires.
View ArticleAlleged Mafia member told to leave halfway house because of COVID-19
Steven Fracas pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy to murder Salvatore Montagna, a Mafioso from New York.
View ArticleRésidence Herron owner bought office building from Rizzuto's 'friend' for $1
During the Charbonneau Commission, Guy Marc-Aurèle was alleged to have acted as a front for Vito Rizzuto's son and Tony Magi when they were looking for a property.
View ArticleGangs of Montreal, Episode 8: Who rules Montreal's underworld?
On the morning of Oct. 9, 2015, five full-patch Hells Angels members filed into a heavy-security courtroom at a specially built courthouse in north-end Montreal. Read More
View ArticleMontrealer sentenced for failed Mob hit, threats against six, including judge
A man who tried to kill an associate of Montreal Mafia leader Andrea Scoppa in Dollard des Ormeaux pleaded guilty on Monday to having threatened to kill six people, including a judge, while the...
View ArticleTimeline: A decade of deadly Mob instability, Hells arrests, corruption
The past decade has not been easy for organized crime groups in Montreal. Read More
View ArticleGangs of Montreal: The day Vito Rizzuto died
Six years ago today, the reign of Vito Rizzuto, who has been described as the most powerful man in organized crime in Canada, came to an end. Read More
View ArticleMob hitman who killed Mafia enforcer Eddie Melo denied a release
A hired hitman who killed former Montreal boxer and Mob enforcer Eddie (Hurricane) Melo 18 years ago has been denied a release from a penitentiary as he continues to serve his life sentence for murder....
View ArticleGangs of Montreal Episode 2: Kings of coke
It was the night before Valentine's Day 2019, and a Montreal drug dealer who made international headlines for brazenly smuggling cocaine through the city's international airport lay semi-conscious on...
View ArticleAlleged Mafia member Steven Fracas ordered to halfway house out of concerns...
One of the seven men who plotted to kill Mafioso Salvatore Montagna when he tried to take control of the Montreal Mafia has been ordered to reside at a halfway house out of concerns for his safety....
View ArticleSûreté du Québec and Montreal police team up in probe of gangland slayings
The gangs of Montreal are in open warfare. Read More
View ArticleGangs of Montreal Episode 1: How it began
Oct. 21 was a cool, sunny day in Montreal. The big news that day was the federal election and people around the city were getting ready to vote. Read More
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