mafia101 assuming you r correct that the mafia in montreal is not "officially" a recognized mafia family along the same criteria as the genovese for example. does it change anything? the murder,arson,gambling and drug dealing will not stop. nothing changes. we will never know either way regardless. is there an official opening ribbon cutting of a commission sanctioned amico nostra family? whether the are or arent we will never know without a cooperating witness to confirm.
if the commission or some other body exists that would make such a judgement does indeed still exist those in the montreal mafia are not listening and not following any of the rules. so for those that want to include the mtl mafia in a list of current active families in north america they can. and those that dont recognize it dont include. seems easy. and hardly worth all the arguing.
and to another of yer points about being italian,associating with other italians and committing crimes does not make u a mafia family you r correct it does not...but its a good start.
i find montreal the most interesting OC city because of all the questions it still poses about structure,administration the sheer number of intersecting criminal groups and rackets.
Vito again I'm not saying they aren't recognized. I'm saying we do not know. If they are not officially recognized nothing changes in the sense of what they're currently doing and you're acting like I'm saying it does. The topic of this post was asking if there is a official Mafia Family in Montreal and some are say there is without providing any evidence of it. I've been trying to make it clear if they aren't recognized it isn't a official Mafia Family.
If there is a Commission or not doesn't really matter. You said there wasn't and I said we actually have recent recordings of LCN members talking about the Commission.
I agree Montreal and Canada in general is among the most intriguing topics because of all of the mysteries and the activity in these areas. It's just annoying there's all of these inaccurate descriptions of these guys with people making claims that aren't supported at all and even go against what is already known about them.
Almost everything Bensonhurst just said is wrong
he has no understanding of LCN and just a few posts ago was saying he goes by what law enforcement says but when I quote a RCMP agent and it doesnt support what he has claimed he says it doesn't matter now anymore
