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Vito Rizzuto was arrested on January 20, 2004, in Montreal, for his involvement in the May 5, 1981, gangland killings of three rival Bonanno crime family captains (Alphonse Indelicato, Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera) and was sentenced to a 10-year prison sentence on May 4, 2007, after being extradited to the United States. [37]
On 28 March 2001, in Operation Springtime, a joint investigation of the Hells Angels by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Sûreté du Québec, and the Montreal police resulted in the arrests of Hells Angels all over Canada, with 138 being arrested in Quebec and 51 being arrested in Calgary on 30 March 2001. [31]
In the early 1990s, the RCMP secretly ran a phony currency exchange in Montreal as part of an elaborate sting operation, called Project Compote, ending with 46 arrests and a Rizzuto lawyer, Joseph Lagana, convicted for laundering $47 million. [23] Rizzuto was named as a co-conspirator, but there was not enough evidence to charge him. [23]
When Rizzuto was extradited to the United States on August 17, 2006, he disparaged Arcadi's leadership abilities to the two Mounties driving him to the airport as he predicated chaos in the Montreal underworld with Arcadi as leader. [33] On August 30, 2006, Arcadi's nephew, Domenico Marci, was killed. [34]
Cazzetta was born in Montreal and grew up in the Saint-Henri neighborhood in the south of the city, a crime-ridden area which was a territory of the Dubois brothers gang. [2] Cazzetta became involved in low-level crime as a young man, and his first arrest was in 1975 when he stole a Ford Mustang and scrapped it for parts. [3]
Dark Circle – Montreal Quebec based criminal organization, it was a participant in the Quebec Biker War. [219] Pelletier Clan – Montreal Quebec based street gang, it was a participant in the Quebec Biker War. [220] Westmount Crew – London, Ontario based street gang. [221] Bono Boyz/Bono Hood – London, Ontario based street gang. [221]
In spring of 2013, raids by the Sûreté du Québec led to the arrests of fifteen members of the Rock Machine from the Montreal and Quebec City chapters. Several members of the SS Elite Motorcycle Club (a Rock Machine support club) were also arrested, all were brought up on narcotics charges.
Operation Axe was one of the biggest sting operations in Montreal and was aimed at smaller groups associated with major organized crime groups like the Hells Angels. [5] Montreal is no stranger to the impact the Hells Angels has on a city; during the 90's the gang took part in a major turf war for drugs on the streets of Montreal which has now ...