http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2022/12/why-mafioso-jimmy-dimaulo-killed-blass.html

Why Mafioso Jimmy DiMaulo killed Blass-associate Robert Allard: Tales from a murderous feud from 1968-1969

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2022/03/angellic-french-outlaw-stripper-sisters.html


Angellic French outlaw stripper sisters blasted into Montreal like an asteroid: Maude and Patricia Chauvin, 1979

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2022/02/luigi-gino-maida-hard-luck-montreal.html

Luigi Gino Maida: Hard-luck Montreal mobster tried to tame Sex Fox of Chibougamau

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mafia-probe-had-eyes-on-pierre-laporte/article4328162/

Mafia probe had eyes on Pierre Laporte

https://www.lapresse.ca/dossiers/op...9-guerre-de-clans-evitee-de-justesse.php

Clan war narrowly avoided

A Granby family used threats and intimidation for two years to recover $900,000 from leaders of the Rizzuto clan, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have learned during their investigation into the Sicilian Mafia. The conflict almost degenerated into a bloody war.

In a 131-page document accompanying its requests for search warrants, the RCMP recounts this episode in detail, under the title The organization (the Rizzuto clan) experiences a conflict with the D'Amico family of Granby. In January 2004, the chief of the clan, Vito Rizzuto, was arrested at the request of the Americans who accused him of having been involved in a triple murder on behalf of the Bonnano family of New York. His lieutenant, Francesco Arcadi, takes the lead. A month later, Luigi D'Amico telephoned him from his son's restaurant, La Trattoria Saint-Charles, in Granby, to make an appointment.

Late in the afternoon, hidden RCMP cameras reveal the presence of Arcadi, Luigi d'Amico and his son Tiziano in the back office of the Le Consenza social club, which serves as the clan's headquarters. Rizzuto, in Saint-Leonard. We don't know what the men said to each other. But in August 2005, Arcadi explains to a sidekick that the "bikers" of Granby wanted to "cut off his head". He adds that Luigi d'Amico came to him and begged him to meet his other son, Patrizio. Arcadi refused.
Kidnapping

In the same chapter, the RCMP recalls the circumstances of the kidnapping, on Halloween night, of Nicola Varacalli, a man from the Rizzuto clan, close to Francesco Arcadi. The police do not know who the kidnappers are. But it seems that these kidnapped Varacalli to send a message to the Rizzuto clan. Anyway, Arcadi “mentions that in truth he is scared and keeps his eyes open.” He says "there's no more money there, just leftovers."
Negotiations continue with the kidnappers. The RCMP captures a multitude of conversations. Thus, in the Laennec bar, another haunt of the Rizzuto clan in Laval, an Arcadi henchman, Lorenzo Giordano, mentions the name of Patrizio D'Amico, which he associates with the "Frenchmen" (the Hells Angels). He suggests paying half a million dollars now and $400,000 later when Varacalli is released.
A few days after this conversation, Luca D'Amico, Patrizio's cousin, walks into Le Consenza and comes out almost immediately. He delivered a letter to Arcadi, addressed to Nick Rizzuto, Vito's father. Arcadi reads the letter aloud. Clandestine RCMP microphones pick up much of the reading. The author of the letter “seeks a compromise to a dispute, which he believes only Nick Rizzuto can resolve”. A week later, on December 8,
Varacalli is released

But nothing seems to be settled. Two days before Christmas, Patrizio, Luca D'Amico and a third man enter Le Consenza. One of them carries a weapon. The three men come out of the bar and wave to other drivers. A procession of eight vehicles leaves the place. Arcadi is informed and calls his troops to be careful, because "the crazy guy (Patrizio D'Amico) is around".

Arcadi himself is filmed with a gun to the hip. Bodyguards are posted in front of Le Consenza and inside. They accompany the chefs on their travels. Nick Rizzuto, who leads the clan in the absence of his son Vito, brings in four men from Venezuela, most likely killers. It's Patrizio D'Amico's turn to be scared. He advises a relative “to move before they get ready”.
restaurant closed

It is unclear whether and how the conflict was resolved. La Presse tried to reach the D'Amicos, but to no avail. La Trattoria restaurant is closed. The RCMP continues its story by recalling the murder of Domenico Macri, last August, but does not link it to the conflict with the D'Amico family. Arcadi, obviously, feared for his life: he disappeared from circulation for two months. Eager to keep the fort, his henchmen, Francesco Del Balso and Lorenzo Giordano, procured armored vehicles and were accompanied by bodyguards.
The day before Macri's funeral, officers saw three gang members with submachine guns and a pistol in a warehouse garage that served as the Italian clan's weapons cache on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in northern Montreal. A week later, the anti-gang brigade raided the area and seized four high-caliber automatic weapons, magazines, several boxes of bullets and two bullet-proof vests.
The D'Amicos were not arrested, unlike most of the leaders of the Rizzuto clan, starting with Nick, Paolo Renda, Rocco Sollecito, Francesco Arcadi and Francesco Del Balso. An arrest warrant has also been issued against Lorenzo Giordano, but he has not been found since the raid on November 22.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-mafieux-de-granby-menace-dexpulsion.php

During this conflict, an individual with links to the mafia and bikers, Sergio Piccirilli, entered the Consenza displaying a weapon. He and his men also prowled around the café for several days. The soldiers of the Rizzuto clan responded by chartering a helicopter which they allegedly fired with an AK-47 on the roof of the house of one of Luigi D'Amico's sons.

https://www.juifsdici.ca/gangsters-juifs/

Not about the mafia, but an article about the jewish gangsters before the control of the italians of the montreal underworld.

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Jewish mobsters
Before the arrival of the New York Cosa Nostra in the early 1950s, organized crime activities in Montreal, such as illegal gambling, drug trafficking and prostitution, were handled locally. From the 1920s to the early 1950s, many Jews took part in the various illicit activities carried out by the Montreal underworld.
At the start of the Roaring Twenties, Max Shapiro left Poland for Montreal. Operating one of the most lucrative gambling houses in the metropolis, he became co-owner of the famous hotel and restaurant Ruby Foo's in 1962.

New York native Harry Feldmanowns a three-storey building located at the corner of Bleury and Sainte-Catherine streets. While the ground floor houses a legitimate business, the upper floors serve as a landmark for bookmakers. Unlike most other gangsters of his time, Mr. Feldman led a quiet life, preferring to stay away from the drug trade. Although he is the co-owner of several renowned Montreal establishments, including the dancers club Chez Parée, Harry Feldman is above all considered a family man. Throughout his active life, he manages to slip under the radar of the police authorities. His outstanding organizational skills even earned him praise from Pacific Plante, the former chief of police of Montreal.

Originally from Romania, Harry Davisexerts a great influence on the world of illegal gambling in Montreal. He is particularly known for having ordered the first assassination ever perpetrated in the underworld of Montreal. In 1935, he ordered the execution of Charles Feigenbaum, an informer whose testimony led him to serve a 14-year prison sentence for trafficking morphine. On August 21, 1934, Mr. Feigenbaum was coldly shot on Avenue de l'Esplanade, near Jeanne-Mance Park. Shortly after regaining his freedom in the mid-1940s, Harry Davis regained control of illegal gambling in the Quebec metropolis. Those wishing to open a new gambling den in the Red Light district must now ask Mr. Davis for permission, in addition to paying him 20 percent of their profits.

The reign of the famous Montreal bandit came to an abrupt end on July 25, 1946. The gangster, whose pretensions precipitated his death, was shot at close range in his own gambling den located at 1244 Stanley Street. His assassin, a man named Louis Bercowitz, is a crook whom he had forbidden to open his own gambling house. The death of Harry Davis immediately allows Harry Ship to take control of the illegal gambling industry. His poor management will allow a few years later the New York Cosa Nostra to interfere in the underworld of Montreal, thus marking the beginning of a new era within Quebec organized crime.

Called the "king of gambling", bookmaker Harry Ship operates numerous illegal casinos on the island of Montreal. Born in 1915, he briefly studied mathematics at Queen's University in his early adult life. Despite showing excellent academic performance and being highly respected by his fellow students, Harry Ship decides to leave the university before the end of his studies. Upon his return to Montreal in 1940, he set up a series of “white houses” along Sainte-Catherine Street. Each house, which is actually an illegal casino, has five telephone lines, blackboards and headsets. This equipment allows players to bet while noting their bets. The popularity of white houses has reached such a level that Mr.

At the same time, Harry Ship operates illegal casinos in Lachine, Greenfield Park and even on a farm in Côte-Saint-Luc. The resounding success of the many establishments he ran with an iron fist allowed him to lead a great lifestyle. From 1940 to 1946, the famous Montreal bandit reaped annual profits amounting to more than a million dollars (which is equivalent to about 15 million dollars today). Owning, among other things, a mansion in Outremont and the dancers' club Chez Parée, where great American artists such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra perform, Harry Ship must constantly deal with police roundups targeting his establishments. He often finds himself obliged to pay hefty fines to the police authorities. In 1948, he was finally arrested and sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

At the end of the 1940s, Harry Ship played an important role in establishing the Cosa Nostra in Montreal. During this period, he came to owe a great deal of money to Frank Erikson, the East Coast's most successful bookmaker, whose passive associates included Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello and Lucky Luciano. Heavily in debt, Harry Ship was forced to accept the interference of New York mafia families in the underworld of Montreal at the turn of the 1950s. The New York underworld immediately took control of organized crime, quickly making Montreal a hotbed of hub of illegal betting and heroin trafficking.

It is unclear what happened to Harry Ship thereafter. Resting alongside members of his family in Baron De Hirsch Cemetery, he was, like many other iconic local figures, immortalized in Mordecai Richler 's novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz .

1900s to 1940s: "It was Jews of Russian origin who led drug trafficking, especially cocaine and morphine, and who had control over the game."

1940s: "This is the glorious period of prostitution and the municipal authorities have sounded the alarm about the spread of venereal diseases. In July 1946, the assassination of Harry Davis, a great boss of gambling houses, put an end to the golden age of the Jewish mafia."

1950s: "The Cotroni clan is making its rise in Montreal's organized crime. He controls the international trafficking of drugs, especially heroin, in collaboration with Marseille and Corsican traffickers with whom he maintains very close relations."

1960s: "At the height of the Cotroni clan, the police and political authorities, becoming aware of the severe establishment of organized crime in Montreal and internationally and the dangers it poses to society, allied with those of the United States to fight it."

1970s: "The Commission of Inquiry on Organized Crime, created in 1972, brings to light the activities of the mafia. Account settlements sound the death knell of the Cotroni clan and it is that of Nicolo Rizzuto who takes charge."

The Dubois Brothers are nine of the ten sons of Napoléon Dubois. The gang were a French-Canadian organized crime group consisting of nine brothers, which operated mostly in Montreal in the 1950s to the mid-1980s.

A report by the Quebec Crime Commission called the gang "the most important criminal organization in Quebec," so vicious and strong that they were known to be feared by both outlaw motorcycle gangs and the Mafia.

the dubois brothers are an interesting part of the history of montreal crime. i have read and had it confirmed by a since deceased relative that there rackets extended for a time into ottawa. they were involved in drug trafficking, murder, coin operated machines, gambling and anything else under the sun. the last of the 9 brothers involved in crime, adrien, died in 2015. adrien was thought in his later years to still be involved in financing hash imports although he was never arrested or charged for this. adrien would have been associated with alain charron and possibly raynald desjardins. there would still be surviving sons of the original 9 brothers but aside from one, alain who recently died no evidence yet suggests any relatives/family members are currently involved in OC.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/11/30/la-creme-du-crime-organise-pour-le-mariage-dun-hells

FYI..... Relatives of the Dubois clan were invited at Martin Robert 's wedding but they do not mention their names.

If you look at the news article at the very end, below where the Italian invites are mentioned. They mentioned relatives were present at the wedding.

https://gangdeparis.com/blogs/articles/le-clan-des-dubois

The Dubois Clan

If you look at the pictures of the nine brothers. Claude used to work at the Casa Loma where Joe DiMaulo managed the joint.

Thanks Vito and Ciment !

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...-tard-un-delateur-revient-sur-sa-version

Murder: 40 years later, an informer returns to his version