No comments I thought it was interesting, never knew in the 80s there were so many gangsters from Montreal in Florida.

Thanks nice article!

Delitto Agostino, un teste rivela: il boss Caruana in Canada mi parlò di Scotto

https://palermo.gds.it/articoli/cro...to-b68af0fe-2b8d-4fdb-b201-ec1d46027120/

We need to get these links into chronological order, that would be pretty cool

When Massino was arrested in 2004 he was over heard on wire tap saying something to the effect of they dont know about what we have up north.

After Gorgeous was appointed by Massino, and Massino flipped I think in 2005

Rizzutto sent a message that was not taking orders from anyone that Massino appointed because Massino was a Rat

That two point to the likely fact that up until that point Canada was still paying some tribute to NY

If Rizzutto totally broke away after Scisia which was in 1999
Why would Massino be talking about them in 2005

And again why would Rizzutto send that message?

To re-break away??
Makes no sense...

I believe they pulled away after Scisia was hit,
Canada no longer had a representative in N.Y. crew
Sciscia represented the Canada crew, he was physically in N.Y.C. however, was part of the crew in Canada.

I am sure he was bringing in Big Money at the time.

I am sure the tribute was probably a bull shit token.
Thats why Massino sent a few of his guys over to Canada to open up that line.

That never happened.

As I said they probably just sent a small token nothing to speak about.

After Massino filpped that was probably the end of it.

That was part of the reason why Sal was going after the Rizzutto's

Processo Agostino, Oreste Pagano sull'incontro con Scotto in Canada

https://www.antimafiaduemila.com/ho...-sull-incontro-con-scotto-in-canada.html

Coolopolis: How race car driver Eligio Siconolfi - father-in-law of soccer celeb Sandro Grande - died by bullets in 1986

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-race-car-driver-eligio-siconolfi.html

Il y a 50 ans, la mafia a voulu faire taire un journaliste à Montréal (Le Journal de Montreal), Apr 29, 2023
https://pressreader.com/article/283077008566252

Il y a 50 ans, une tentative de meurtre contre un journaliste du «Devoir»
https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/79...-meurtre-contre-un-journaliste-du-devoir

https://www.oocities.org/wiseguywally/MichelPozza.html
One of the organization's chief money launderers

https://www.oocities.org/wiseguywally/AntonioTeoli.html

Antonio Teoli was born in the late 1940s and began his career in the Montreal Mafia as a picciotto -soldier- under then lieutenant Paolo Violi. Teoli often sold his swag straight out of Violi's headquarters, the Reggio Bar

Don't forget the Cotronis and West End gang were major drugtraffickers first with heroin later with cocaine and hashish.

https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/dino-bravo/

Dino Bravo: His Tragic Unsolved Murder by the Mob

Geocities published in Oct-2009

Armand Courville

Armand Courville, born in the early 1910s, was a well known wrestler around Montreal in his younger years. He gave lessons to aspiring young men from the Saint Paul Club in Ville Emard. One of his students was Vic Cotroni, a young Italian immigrant who would later become one of Canada's most legendary criminal figures. Courville and Cotroni became fast friends and, in 1942, the two bought Le Café Royal, a popular downtown night club. They also allegedly rented a nearby apartment, where they set up a lucrative gambling den. Courville also reportedly opened another gambling den at the corner of St. Catherine and Amherst streets, this time with Joe Tremblay.
Two years later, Courville and Cotroni opened the Faisan Doré, a night club that became popular for politicians, lawyers, and judges.
As the years passed and Vic Cotroni emerged as the Montreal Mafia's leader, Courville remained one of his most trusted associates and held more influence with the mob boss than most Italian mobsters. Cotroni even became godfather to Courville's son Vincent.

In the 1970s, Courville became a prime target of the Quebec Police Commission's inquiry into organized crime. Courville, the committee claimed, was an influential associate of the Montreal Mafia and involved in gambling dens, clubs, and restaurants.

Courville was summoned to testify before the committee. On the stand, he denied being affiliated with the Mafia, and said that he had only heard of its existence through books and The Godfather hit movie. "If the Mafia exists in Montreal," Courville testified, "it's probably like the Knights of Columbus."
The commission also looked into the activities of Reggio Foods, a company in which Courville, Vic Cotroni, and Paolo Violi own 88% of the shares. The company was the city's number one meat distributor to restaurants and pizzerias, and the offices, according to the committee, were often used as a meeting place by the three reputed mobsters and their associates. The company's meat, the inquiry alleged, was unsuitable for human consumption.

Reggio Foods closed its doors in 1976 because of the allegations brought up by the Quebec Police Commission. Courville, Cotroni, and Violi sold the building, equipment, and recipes for a total of $140,000.

Courville died on February 1, 1991, at the age of 79. Approximately 100 people attended the ceremony at Saint-Viateur church in Saint-Henri. According to a La Presse article, several elderly organized crime figures, both local and from Ontario, paid their lasts respects at the funeral parlor days earlier. Courville had been considered "inactive" by the government for several years.

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2018/03/mob-boss-retribution-ruse-epic-story-of.html

Mob-boss retribution ruse - the epic story of a 1972 Montreal fraud scheme

Mafia-linked drug smuggler dies of natural causes in Quebec prison
https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-dies-of-natural-causes-in-quebec-prison

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...mbered-on-25th-anniversary-of-his-murder


Mafia lawyer remembered on 25th anniversary of his murder

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...g-mountie-took-his-own-life-30-years-ago

Power, corruption and cocaine: The story behind a scandal that rocked the RCMP

https://www.24heures.ca/2023/04/04/...esume-lhistoire-de-la-mafia-montrealaise

Murders, betrayals, reprisals: we summarize the history of the Montreal mafia

https://www.histoirecanada.ca/consu...ription-textuelle-de-la-video-l-age-d-or

Text transcript of the video The Golden Age of Montreal Red Light

This was a good read.

The English title of the French film cited in the article to which I’ve linked below is Dusk for a Hitman. This article is more an insight into an earlier period of the French-Canadian underworld in Montreal.

Archive | Donald Lavoie and the birth of the Witness Protection Program
https://thesaxon.org/archive-donald-lavoie-and-the-birth-of-the-witness-protection-program/

https://www.juifsdici.ca/en/montreal-jewish-gangsters/


Jewish Gangsters Montreal

Décès d’un juge retraité de la Cour du Québec. Cet ancien juge de la Cour du Québec a présidé la Commission d’enquête sur le crime organisé [CECO]. Il est décédé.
https://www.droit-inc.com/article58841-Deces-d-un-juge-retraite-de-la-Cour-du-Quebec

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-montreal-butcher-was-a-banker-for-the-mafia/

Montreal butcher was a banker for the Mafia. William Obront, a Montreal meat merchant who once made front-page headlines across Canada after a public inquiry named him as a key money launderer for the Cotroni Mafia clan.

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2016/12/mitchell-bronfman-montreal-man-of.html

Mitchell Bronfman: Montreal man of unlikely intrigue and mystery

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

https://torontosun.com/news/national/crime-hunter-did-sonny-barger-greenlight-quebec-angels-massacre

CRIME HUNTER: Did Sonny Barger greenlight Quebec Angels massacre?

https://www.mtlblog.com/15-of-the-most-infamous-drug-busts-in-montreal-history

15 Of The Most Infamous Drug Busts In Montreal History

http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2023/01/how-race-car-driver-eligio-siconolfi.html

How race car driver Eligio Siconolfi - father-in-law of soccer celeb Sandro Grande - died by bullets in 1986