Since Montreal Organized crime is kind of popular.
This is a thread on Biker gangs from Quebec.
Hells Angels, Rock Machine, Red Devils and others.

Quebec is the province where the biker are the strongest in Canada.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ells-angels-la-police-perquisitionne.php

Operation against the Hells

Ninety-nine per cent of people riding motorcycles and the clubs they belong to are law-abiding, according to an oft-cited quote by the American Motorcyclist Association. It's only one per cent that are hard-partying, non-mainstream people, the organization said in the 1960s.

The description gave birth to the moniker "one percenter," with some bikers donning patches proclaiming their "1%" status.

Despite the large law-abiding portion of the biker community, outlaw gangs do exist across the country.

According to police, biker gangs share several characteristics:

They show off their colours in public.
Biker gangs use force and violence to survive and grow. Intimidation, arms and explosives are their weapons of choice.
The organizations have a hierarchical structure. Committing crimes is left to new recruits while those higher up reap the rewards.
The hierarchical structure allows the leaders to operate with impunity while flaunting their image of power to attract recruits and draw them into crime.
It is difficult for law-enforcement agencies to infiltrate these organizations because becoming a member involves committing crimes. North American clubs also tend to require their members to own American-made bikes, often Harley-Davidsons.
The largest outlaw motorcycle gang in Canada is the infamous Hells Angels, though the organization denies it's anything more than a motorcycle club.

Founded in 1948 in California, the Hells Angels has grown over the decades to more than 2,000 members across the U.S. and 26 other countries, the U.S. National Gang Intelligence Center says.

In Canada, the Angels are believed to have 460 full-fledged members and 34 chapters, according to 2009 estimates by the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada.

Turf war

The largest and most-feared chapter of the Hells Angels was formed in Montreal. It opened in Quebec in 1977 when a biker gang called the Popeyes joined the Angels.

After the Rock Machine emerged in 1986 and quickly became the biggest rival of the Hells Angels, a turf war between the two erupted in the late 1990s. Over the years it claimed more than 150 lives, including two prison guards and 11-year-old Daniel Desrochers, who died when a car bomb exploded outside a biker hangout.

His death and the outrage that followed prompted Bill C-95, legislation passed in 1997 that stiffened penalties for convicted offenders who are shown to be members of established criminal organizations.

In early 2009, Gérald Gallant, who confessed to contract killing during the bloody biker wars, helped police arrest 11 people who allegedly ordered or carried out killings during the course of the turf battle. He also pleaded guilty to slaying 27 people over three decades, making him one of Canada's most prolific killers.

Here's a brief look at the major biker organizations that have operated in Canada.

Hells Angels

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada describes the Hells Angels as the largest "outlaw motorcycle gang" in the country, with active chapters concentrated mostly in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.

In its 2004 report, CISC said the Angels derives "significant financial income" from criminal activities such as prostitution, fraud and extortion but primarily relied on drug trafficking for income.

The gang moved into Ontario in 2000. Before that, its only presence in the province was with a chapter of the Nomads, the club's elite branch. The Nomads doesn't tie itself to geographical locations and doesn't have formal clubhouses, like other chapters.

Within a year, the Angels had absorbed members of the Para Dice Riders, Satan's Choice and Last Chance, giving them at least 100 members in the Toronto area — the highest concentration of Hells Angels in the world.

In mid-April 2009, police targeted more than 150 people linked with the Hells Angels in early-morning raids mostly in Quebec, but also in New Brunswick, France and the Dominican Republic. They also seized four suspected Hells Angels bunkers.

Bandidos

It's considered world's second-most powerful criminal biker gang, with more than 2,000 members in 14 countries, according to NGIC's 2009 report, which describes the Bandidos as a "growing criminal threat."

The Bandidos was founded in the 1960s in Texas. The club's old guard was said to be against its absorption of the Rock Machine's Ontario branches for fear of igniting the same kind of war with the Hells Angels that gripped Quebec for much of the 1990s and left at least 150 people dead.

In April 2006, eight people — all Bandidos members or associates — were found dead in a farmer's field near the small town of Shedden, Ont., about 30 kilometres southwest of London. Police said the killings virtually wiped out the Toronto chapter of the Bandidos.

Outlaws

First established in the United States in 1935, the gang came to Canada in 1977 when several chapters of Satan's Choice in Montreal changed allegiance and set up shop as the Outlaws Motorcycle Club of Canada. The group is known to detest members of the Hells Angels.

Rock Machine

Second only to Hells Angels in Quebec. A long-running turf war with the Angels left more than 150 people dead as the two fought over the lucrative trade in illegal drugs. The war also led to the passage of anti-gang legislation by the federal government.

As the Hells Angels expanded into Ontario, so did the Rock Machine. The organization established three chapters. In 2001, it aligned itself with the Bandidos.

Satan's Choice

Once one of Ontario's strongest motorcycle gangs, Satan's Choice became part of the Hells Angels' 2000-2001 expansion into Ontario. Satan's Choice had branches in Keswick, Kitchener, Oshawa, Sudbury, Simcoe County, Thunder Bay and Toronto — but nothing outside the province.

Para Dice Riders

Another group that was once among Ontario's strongest biker gangs. Its membership was limited to the Toronto area. The group was absorbed by the Hells Angels in 2001, when the Angels moved into Ontario.

Last Chance

Another small Ontario-based biker gang that agreed to switch over to the Hells Angels when the world's most power biker gang moved into the province.

Lobos

Originally concentrated in the Windsor, Ont., area, the Lobos motorcycle gang decided to take up the Hells Angels on its offer of merger in 2001.

Loners

The Loners Motorcycle Club was founded in Ontario in 1979 with a handful of chapters, including a now-defunct one in southwestern Ontario that was headed by Wayne Kellestine. As part of its Ontario expansion drive, the Hells Angels tried to persuade the St. Thomas Loners chapter to join the Angels. Kellestine — who was injured in an assassination attempt in 1999 — resisted.

The club has expanded to the United States and Europe, but in Ontario, its highest profile in recent years was a legal fight by a Toronto chapter to keep its mascot on its property north of the city, in 2001. The neutered, declawed lion named Woody was moved to an animal sanctuary.

Vagabonds

Another Ontario-based motorcycle gang that was more or less absorbed by the Hells Angels when it expanded into Ontario in 2000-2001.

The Red Devils

Said to be the oldest motorcycle gang in Canada, the group is made up of a couple of dozen members concentrated in the Hamilton, Ont., are
Timeline of the Bandidos massacre
Massive police raids target Quebec, N.B. Hells Angels
Hit man turned informant pleads guilty to 27 murders, 12 attempted killings
Hit man helps police make 10 arrests in dozens of biker war cold cases

Nowadays it's a lot more than 1%.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/20...f-des-hells-perquisitionnee-a-repentigny

The vice is tightening around the new leader of the Hells Angels, whom the police suspect of pulling the strings of a lucrative organization of drug traffickers.

Like many of his loved ones this winter, it was the turn of Mario Brouillette, formerly nicknamed the "dolphin of" Mom "Boucher", to be the target of the searches of law enforcement officials in the margins of the Objection drug investigation project. , Wednesday.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...aire-des-hells-et-un-motard-relaches.php

Before being arrested without a warrant and detained for a few hours on Wednesday by the police, Mario Brouillette, whom the police consider a very important partner of the Hells Angels, and the biker Claude Gauthier were released Wednesday night, without charge.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ffaires-criminelles_2078078_section_POS2

The man who had beaten an SPVM police officer can return home.
lthough he is still forbidden to set foot on the island of Montreal, Marc-André Lachance, an individual linked to the Hells Angels who had savagely beaten an SPVM investigator in a bar in Playa Del Carmen in Mexico in January 2011 is no longer required to stay in a halfway house and can return home.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...-le-rock-machine-jean-francois-emard.php

45 months of penitentiary for the Rock Machine Jean-François Émard.

Jean-François Émard, the Canadian representative of the Rock Machine International Bikers Club, was sentenced to 45 months in prison last week after pleading guilty to gun-related charges and drug trafficking.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...moin-vedette-obtient-sa-semi-liberte.php

Project Mastiff: the star witness gets his semi-freedom

A publication ban prevents us from publishing a photo of Corbeil and revealing the evidence heard so far against his co-defendants, whose proceedings are still ongoing in the courts.

Recall only that it was the revelations of Patrick Corbeil that led to the withdrawal of a leader of gangsterism filed against the influential Hells Angel Salvatore Cazzetta also arrested in Mastiff, but released from all charges last December. Corbeil had said that, contrary to what the police thought, Cazzetta had nothing to do with the operations of the drug trafficking network in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and that it was not for this reason that he regularly received money envelope.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/03/11/a-71-ans-le-doyen-des-hells-occupe-encore-la-police


At age 71 and after a long life of long stays behind bars, the Dean of the Hells Angels in Quebec is again in the police eye. Portrait of Michel "Sky" Langlois. Founding member of the first chapter of the Hells Angels in the country in 1977, Langlois was "very polite", having agreed to be photographed by the police. "Sky" even smiled.

The Justice of Quebex really want to stop the Hells. Probablly because they are stronger than they ever been.
With all those arrests, do y'all think it could shift the power of organized crime in the province of
quebec in the futur?
Like it did to the montreal mob?

I think it will weaken them, but they will still be on top.

The Hells were weaken once before when they had their war with the Rock Machine coupled with some arrests.

They got all their power back and got even stronger because of the mafia internal war.

They also seemed to have changed strategy by creating several support MC gangs like the head hunters, devils ghost and more.

I think the Hells angels from Quebec, change the way they do buisness.
The new hells are more like buisness men. They wear suits and think of money before violence.
They are different than those from de 80s-90s.

Its was Mom Boucher that transformed the Hells in Quebec. He didn't want any members taking drugs and wanted more of the clean look and business like..
Members taking drugs was one of the main reason they got rid of the Laval chapter. He had 5 members of the Laval Hells Angels slaughtered. Another was killed weeks later.
Members taking drugs can't be trusted.

Well the drug use change before Mom Boucher. It change after the massacre of the Laval chapter, in 1985. Mom boucher became an Angel in 1986, so i doubt he already had this power.
Also, the new generation of Angels are really different from those of the 90s. Guys in the Hells Angels that are in the 30s-40s now didn’t grew up in the same environnement, than those that are
Now in their 50s or 60s.
Montreal has change alot. Hochelagua maisonneuve is not the same. Also, many of those guys don’t come from a poor background.
Just that change the Hells Angels. I’m sure that theirs more members in the hells now, that finished high school, and have a better education.

I stand corrected I had my dates wrong. Yves Lavigne in the book "Hells Angels at War" has Maurice (Mom) Boucher joining the Hells on May, 1987 & Wikipedia has him joining in 1986

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/03/12/un-veteran-des-hells-angels-recycle-dans-la-construction

A notorious member of the Hells Angels has just been rewarded for his exemplary behavior since his release from prison.

In his biker resume, Walter Stadnick served as president of the Montreal Chapter of the Hells and national president of the band, in addition to being one of the nine founding members of his Nomads section with Maurice "Mom" Butcher.

Whenever I think of Canada bikers I always think of the Bandidos Toronto Chapter and how eight of them got massacred by their own....all for nothing.

I also learned something new. Looking at a map of Canada I realized Montreal is on the eastern side of Canada, for years I got Vancouver and Montreal mixed up. Any OC in Vancouver?

Yes Vancouver has alot of organized crime.
You got the hells angels who are really strong over there. BC chapters and Quebec chapters are among the most powerfull chapters in the world.
You also got punjabi groups in Vancouver. You got gangs like the red scorpions and the UN.
Theirs also asian organized crime like the triads( really strong).
In the 90s their was a small war, between the hells and the russian mob.

I just saw a bastardized version of Stone Cold staring Lance Hendrickson and Brian Bosworth on Amazon prime a motor cycle gang movie. They had two commedians talking through it fucked it all up. I like that movies soundtrack they kept talking over the music it was not even that funny.

You can’t get that movie anymore or the music.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ouverte-surprise-de-80-kg-de-cocaine.php

Hells Angels: surprise discovery of 80 kg of cocaine.

Investigators from the North Shore Regional Mixed Squad, led by the Sûreté du Québec, made a surprising discovery on Wednesday by investigating a network of alleged Hells Angels drug traffickers operating in the Laurentides and Lanaudière regions. .

They seized not less than 80 kg of cocaine. According to calculation, the drug would be valued at at least $ 3.3 million if we consider that a kilo of cocaine is currently trading at about $ 42,000. The value is even greater once the cocaine is cut and resold on the street.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/03/18/prive-de-ses-patches-presque-neuves

A new member of the Hells Angels of Montreal has just suffered the affront of being confiscated his "patches" almost new by the police during a drug investigation.
Jean-Richard Larivière, nicknamed "Race", received his Hells jacket in March 2017 after being promoted to a member in good standing of the Montreal chapter.

Last month, the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO) seized the "patches" - also called "colors" - of the 50-year-old rider while searching a warehouse on the North Shore.

Strict rules

In the Hells, getting the "colors" from the police is seen as an insult.

"The Hells Angels' patch is the cornerstone of the organization," Sgt. Alain Belleau, an SQ expert on criminal bikers, told the Charbonneau commission.

This is also a source of boredom for the private biker of his iconic jacket.

First, the club's quasi-military bylaws stipulate that all members "are obliged to have their jackets," said Sergeant Belleau during the testimony in 2013.

The problem is that they "do not have the right to have more than one jacket" in their possession, said this criminal intelligence specialist.

"Race" Larivière will have to order another "set of patches" if he wants to participate in the gang rallies, such as the "First Run", the first motorcycle ride of the Hells, in early May.

Links below to two articles regarding raids targeting the Hells that were carried out this morning.

Quebec police target alleged members of organized crime in raids

http://ctv.news/yLb0QMK

Organized crime unit performs drug raids throughout Quebec

https://globalnews.ca/news/4093611/organized-crime-unit-performs-drug-raids-throughout-quebec/

http://www.sudinfo.be/id45814/artic...s-sont-restes-des-anges-leuze-en-hainaut


On Saturday, nearly 300 Hells Angels bikers gathered in the center of Leuze-en-Hainaut where they celebrated the creation of their new club in Hainaut. Their arrival made noise both literally and figuratively.

The rally went off quietly, police reported while conducting discreet surveillance. "The next day, we even saw bikers cleaning the road," notes the mayor, Christian Brotcorne

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/03/29/les-hells-angels-du-pays-seront-reunis-au-quebec

The Hells Angels of the country will be reunited in Quebec
Hundreds of bikers are expected for their annual rally.
In July of 2016, approximately 700 Hells Angels members and their aspirants had participated in the Canada Run at their Nomads Chapter bunker in Carlsbad Springs, near Ottawa. This summer, the gathering will take place in Quebec.

The Hells are really running the province of quebec.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...al-le-crime-serait-relie-aux-motards.php

The murder and attempted murder in the middle of the street at supper time on Friday in the Center-Sud neighborhood of Montreal,would be linked to the bikers.

The press has learned that one of the two men with gunshots, the one who survived, is Alexandre Lefebvre, 42 years old. The latter, nicknamed Tattoo, was observed during the Mastiff investigation by which the Regional Joint Squadron (MRE) and the Proceeds of Crime Division of the Sûreté du Québec dismantled a network of cocaine traffickers who operated in the east of Montreal and which belonged to the Hells Angels. According to our information, Lefebvre took over at some point during the investigation of Patrick Corbeil, head of the network, who was arrested in Operation Mastiff and who returned his jacket after the police strike in November 2015.

With all the things happening with the bikers lately, there could be alot of tension right now in the biker world. For now, theirs a so called truce in the province, between bikers, street gangs and the mob. Since last year, Montreal has never been so calmed. But with the arrestations, you never know.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ff-deux-anciens-red-devils-condamnes.php

Two former members of the Red Devils, a club that the Quebec Hells Angels themselves shut down in early 2017, pleaded guilty to a money-holding charge and were sentenced to a few months in prison this week.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...et-nocif-un-motard-retourne-sa-veste.php

The alleged leader of a drug-trafficking network controlled by the Hells Angels and operating in the Saguenay region has become in recent weeks a repented witness for police and prosecution, La Presse.

Pierre Beauchesne, member of the Deimos Crew North East, a Hells Angels club-school. The 45-year-old man has been detained since November 29, 2017, following his arrest and those of 21 other individuals by the Regional Mixed Squad (ERM) of the Saguenay region, headed by the Sûreté du Québec.

Hells Angels Maurice "Mom" Boucher pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder Raynald Desjardins on Tuesday.
The Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions confirmed that the one who is already serving a life sentence since 2002 for ordering the murders of two prison guards, acknowledged his involvement in a plot to kill mafia boss Raynald Desjardins. prison.
In 2015, the former Hells Angels warrior leader was accused along with his daughter, Alexandra Mongeau, and Gregory Woolley, the street gang leader in Montreal, for plotting to kill Raynald Desjardins.
He has been incarcerated since December 2011 for the murder of aspiring sponsor Salvatore Montagna. "Mom" Boucher, who was detained in the maximum security penitentiary in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, then reportedly sent his daughter information about a prisoner who was ready to murder Desjardins, during a transfer from an institution.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/04/17/maurice-boucher

http://montrealgazette.com/news/ex-...ailhouse-plot-to-kill-raynald-desjardins

Montreal Gazzette::

Update: 'Mom' Boucher used code, hand gestures to plan jailhouse killing

"They" did get to Jacques Desjardins.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ionnel-menage-du-printemps-dans-homa.php


A dozen individuals suspected trafficking crack in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve sector on behalf of the bikers were arrested on Wednesday or are subject to arrest warrants, La Presse learned .

The suspects are Simon Bilodeau, 37, Mathieu A Clément, 28, Michel Dalterio, 54, Yuneisi Flores Collado, 38, Mikael Gascon-Lanois, 20, Dayne Alexander Kelly, 27, Mario St-Arnaud, 44 years old, Tommy Tremblay-Cloutier, 28, Lysianne Lemieux, 22, Shannon Lucenko, 34, Stéphanie Martin, 27, and Marie-Pier Renaud, 23. Essentially, the eight men and four women face criminal charges, possession of crack for the purpose of trafficking, and conspiracy to crack.

HUGE operation against the Quebec Hells Angels 63 arrests.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/loc...hes-major-operation-against-hells-angels

Repentigny cop arrested in raids targeting Hells Angels in Quebec

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/former-west-island-biker-gang-member-granted-day-parole

Former West Island biker gang member granted day parole

http://www.linformationdunordvallee...n-relie-aux-hells-angles-est-arrete.html

The National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO) and the Regional Mixed Squadrons were joining forces earlier this morning (April 24) to arrest individuals linked to several drug distribution networks that would be controlled by the Hell's Angels. One of these individuals is from L’Ascension.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...rehendent-le-fils-de-maurice-boucher.php


Francis Boucher, son of former Hells Angels warrior chief Maurice Boucher, was arrested Tuesday night in Montreal. The 42-year-old man allegedly struck passers-by with a stick in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood, but citizens managed to control him until the police arrived.

The 79 individuals targeted in this week's major operation targeting Hells Angels drug trafficking networks were, at least several of them, betrayed by one of their own who, under investigation, put to work for the police, learned La Presse.

The person whose identity can not be revealed or any information that would identify it, has, during the investigation called Objection, especially focused on it a registration system (bodypack in English in jargon) that likely served to investigators to accumulate evidence against some of the suspects.
In addition to this civilian infiltrator (ACI), Objection investigators can count on the services of a former member of a Hells Angels club-school who became an informer following his arrest last November. in Saguenay in Operation Nocif, a subproject of Objection.
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During their last major investigations against organized crime, particularly bikers and their relations, members of the squads overseen by the Sûreté du Québec often relied on undercover civil agents.
This was particularly the case in Operation Mastiff targeting three drug trafficking cells operating in East Montreal, which ended in November 2015, and Operation Loquace, which targeted a consortium of six individuals who allegedly attempted to take, through violence, the monopoly of cocaine distribution in Canada, which ended in November 2012.
Many will also remember Rockers member Dany Kane, who became a stinging civil officer during the Spring 2001 investigation, in which the police dismantled the same Rockers and the Nomads section of the Hells Angels, led by Maurice Boucher. Dany Kane committed suicide before the end of Spring 2001 while another undercover civilian agent, Claude DeSerres, was killed by the Hells Angels during the investigation.

SUSPECTS IN CAVALE
At the time of writing, yesterday, seven individuals, including three members in good standing of the Hells Angels, were still wanted by Objection investigators.
The three members on the run are: Stéphane Maheu, 47, Louis Matte, 52, and Daniel André Giroux, 47. The latter, reportedly in the Dominican Republic at the time of the police strike on Tuesday, spoke with the police, but still has not surrendered.
The other four wanted are Kenny Maheu, 27 - son of Stéphane Maheu -, Dominic Pagé, 41 - presumed employee of Stéphane Maheu -, Keven Sénécal, 29, and Massimo Corbin, 37.
Massimo Corbin ...
Massimo Corbin

As for the individuals who were arrested, who are still detained and whose proceedings will take place in Montreal, they were separated into three groups for their release investigation, which will take place in mid-May. An accused considered one of the most important by the police, Carmelo Sacco, has requested a bail hearing while the Dean of the Hells Angels, Michel Langlois, has not yet made a decision.
The Objection project targets alleged leaders, including members in good standing of the Hells Angels, drug trafficking networks operating in the crowns of Montreal, Saguenay, Outaouais and New Brunswick.
The investigators from the new National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO), headed by the Sûreté du Québec, focused on the leaders and their colleagues from the Regional Mixed Squads (MRE) who investigated the four networks. drug trafficking.
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https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...rjury-for-lying-on-securities-forms.html

Quebec man who led double life convicted of perjury for lying on securities forms

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/04/29/sept-fugitifs-sont-toujours-en-cavale

Seven fugitives are still on the run

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ngels-louis-matte-pourrait-se-livrer.php

Hells Angels Louis Matte could turn himself in.
Hells Angels of the South Section, Louis Matte, was sought after the major anti-biker raid conducted last week.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/all...urrenders-himself-in-montreal-courthouse

Alleged Hells Angel from Ontario surrenders himself in Montreal courthouse

How is the Hells angels structures in quebec now?
In the 90s you had the hells angels and many puppet clubs, with the Rockets being the strongest.

And for ennemy, well you had the Rock machine

According to their site 5 charters Montreal, Sherbrooke, Quebec City, Trois Rivières and South.
But also a few affiliated clubs like Devils Ghosts, Dark Soul's, Delmo's Crew, Devils Warriors and Death Messengers.

Rock Machine is still around.

Suppsely they will shut down the red devils.
Since probably 1-2 years, you starting to see alot more patches in montreal and laval.

The Rock Machine are divided in two. The old group and the new one.
Don’t know about their relation with the hells right now.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/05/03/un-emule-des-hells-angels-condamne-pour-gangsterisme

A dealer from a Hells Angels school club who claimed to be part of a bunch of motorcycle and beer aficionados swallowed his gangsterism conviction.

Stephane Allie, a member of the Devils Childs who had appealed his case, will have to resign himself to the sentence of six years of incarceration which he scooped in 2014 since he bit the dust before the highest court of Quebec the month latest.

http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/05/05/les-hells-convergent-vers-notre-dame-du-mont-carmel

The Hells converge towards Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel
This is one of the first beautiful sunny days of spring and nearly 300 bikers converged on Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Mauricie, this Saturday.

The Hells Angels take the opportunity to organize their first hike of the year while their annual gathering is held at the Auberge de Mont-Carmel.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/05/06/un-hells-en-cavale-meurt-au-bresil

Hells on the run dies in Brazil
Marius Perron was wanted by Canadian authorities since the summer of 1993

It's not the police, but rather the death that has caught up with Angel Hells Angel Marius Perron, who has been on the run for 25 years after dipping into the biggest drug import plot in Canada.
The 60-year-old rider died in Brazil, where he was burrowing, and joined a Hells club in the South American country.

http://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-p...wcm/bee25c1b-09f1-4d80-ac92-ae715fc2ba62

Police hand out more than 240 tickets outside Hells Angels meeting

https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actual...ium=article_share&utm_source=twitter

Biker rally under high surveillance.

It was possible to spot on-site members in good standing of the Hells Angels section of Trois-Rivières, but also from across Quebec. The members of the Hells Angels no longer display the name of the section under the well-known insignia, but on behalf of the province. Members of the Hells Angles of New Brunswick are also gathering.

In addition, many biker groups sympathetic to the Hells Angles traveled to Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. There were members of Deimos Crew, including a section in Trois-Rivières, Dead Messengers, Jesters, Iron Dogs, Devils Ghosts and Dark Soul's. In all, a dozen different groups were identified on site.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/05/08/la-derniere-recrue-des-hells-angels-est-agee-de-66-ans

The Hells Angels have a new 66-year-old "rookie", a former rival whom they have already put up for a price of $ 100,000 during the biker war in the 1990s.

The Journal has learned that Salvatore Brunetti was seen by police officers of the Sûreté du Québec sporting for the first time in public his brand new jacket of the Hells of the Montreal chapter, Saturday, at a rally of bikers in Notre-Dame- du Mont-Carmel, Mauricie.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/20...-hells-a-echappe-au-tueur-gerald-gallant

The new Hells "rookie" escaped the killer Gérald Gallant
The 66-year-old rider has survived several murder contracts

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/05/17/il-a-le-culot-de-tenir-tete-aux-hells

He has the nerve to stand up to the Hells
The manager of a billiard room in the Montérégie did not want drug transactions in his bar.

http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/05/...les-motards-grace-aux-tenanciers-de-bars

Keep the pressure on the bikers thanks to the bar keepers

More numerous and more powerful than ever in Quebec, the Hells Angels and their dozens of clubs are determined to take full control of the sale of narcotics in the bars of the province and do not hesitate to beat up, threaten and intimidate the tenants who dare to stand up to them.
"The vast majority of bar owners do not want to have organized crime in their facility. They want people like you and me, who are here to have a drink and have fun, "said Lieutenant Janik Lacoursière, Head of the Organized Crime Intervention Division at the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) .

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...ustice-en-manchette_2078092_section_POS1

A first accused sentenced as a result of project Objection .
Barely three weeks after Operation OBJECTION, in which the Sûreté du Québec and its partner police forces dismantled networks of drugs and targeted some members of the Hells Angels, a first accused pleaded guilty and was sentenced on Wednesday.

Éric Marchand, 37, has convicted conspiracy leaders, trafficking 10,000 methamphetamine pills, trafficking 1.5 kilograms of cocaine, possession of restricted firearms and possession of a prohibited weapon with easily accessible ammunition.

He was sentenced to 42 months, the judge having endorsed a joint suggestion of prosecution and defense.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...tot-condamne-marc-bordage-est-libere.php

The 54-year-old Marc Bordage Hells Angel, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three counts of possession and use of forged ID and possession of a false passport. Justice Mélanie Hébert of the Court of Quebec upheld a joint suggestion of prosecution and defense and sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment. But by subtracting the six-month preventive detention served by the rider and that is calculated in time and a half - because of the poor conditions of detention - the magistrate sentenced him to one day in prison.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...hells-angels-de-sherbrooke-reactivee.php

Sherbrooke Hells Angels section reactivated

The Hells Angels section of Sherbrooke has been reactivated, La Presse learned. Members wearing a jacket with the effigy of the section of the capital of the Eastern Townships were observed by investigators of the Sûreté du Québec, at the end of the week, at a party organized for the 30 th anniversary of the Quebec chapter.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/j...se-livre-en-pleine-salle-du-tribunal.php

Project Objection: a fugitive goes into the courtroom

Dominic Pagé surrendered to Judge Daniel Bédard of the Court of Quebec, when he was presiding over the investigation of the release of two other defendants arrested in the same investigation project.

According to our information, Pagé worked under the orders of Hells Angels member in good standing, Stéphane Maheu, who is still wanted since Operation Objection.

Longtime member of Quebec Hells Angels arrested in New Brunswick

http://montrealgazette.com/news/longtime-member-of-quebec-hells-angels-arrested-in-new-brunswick

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/06/27/deux-fugitifs-relies-aux-hells-arretes

Two fugitives connected with the Hells Angels, refuged since April in the Dominican Republic,were repatriated to Canada yesterday and arrested.
The plane carrying Kenny Maheu and Denis Desputeaux, both of Roxton Falls, landed last night at the Toronto airport, around 19:40. Upon arrival, officers from the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO) waited for them to handcuff them. They were wanted as part of police operation Project Objection , conducted in April.
Maheu, 28, was wanted for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine. Desputeaux, 24, was for conspiracy to smuggle and smuggle cocaine.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/06/29/retour-prochain-des-rock-machine

Members of the Rock Machine, the group of bikers once sworn enemies of the Hells Angels, say they want to make a comeback in Quebec even if the police give them little credibility.

A few dozen people gathered on June 23 in Saint-Dominique, not far from Saint-Hyacinthe, on a property where a Rock Machine flag had been erected.

During his visit, the representative of the Journal observed a dozen people wearing jackets with the colors of the gang, which has been virtually removed from the map in recent years. Some were marked "Prospect" or "Probationnary" and some "Nomads" or "Canada".

"Alive"

"You just have one thing to know is that Rock Machine is alive," said a biker with a scarf to hide his face. He then demanded that Le Journal leave the premises.

I dont think the RM are a factor now in Quebec. The hells got the province on lock.

I agree.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/06/29/retour-controverse-des-rock-machine

Controversial Rock Machine Returns

If some Rock Machine say they want to make a comeback in Quebec, they are do it without having obtained prior authorization from the world chapter, which former incarcerated members joke about.

"I do not even know a single guy in this gang. These are fake rock machines, we do not recognize them. There is not even a chapter recognized in Canada, "said Suat Erköse, reputed to be the world president of the group of bikers.

Due to the different conflicts in recent years and the clans that have formed, the world chapter of Rock Machine has decided to close the one of Canada.

Only a few "Nomads" would be allowed here.

Wonder if the Bloods from Montreal, still old a grudge against the Hells.
The Hells always been partner with the Crips ftom St michel, since St-Michel is near Hells Angels power house, Hochelagua Maisonneuve.

I haven't heard of any truce among the Bloods and the Crips. I think Gregory Woolley attempted to unify them at one point but failed.

Trust me he suceed in some kind of way. Montreal street gangs scene has never been so calm, since the 90s.

Its not like the bloods and crips have united, but the old heads are making money together. And serious money.
Also, alot of young gang members from Montreal, are really active in Toronto and more in the west of Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon)

The Hells Angels in Quebec, ESPECIALLY the Shebrooke guys are basically "French Mafia" more than they are "bikers". I would go as far as saying the Sherbrooke chapter of the Hells Angels is the most "serious" Hells Angels chapter in the world. They have always been basically totally independent.... even the Nomads never ordered them around.

Since the biker war with the Rock Machine, the Hells from Quebec has change alot. They do buisness more like the mob now.
Montreal, and the province of Quebec is really about making money and keep things peaceful.

If anybody has been paying attention there are also Italians holding prominent positions in biker gangs :

Example: Hells Angels in BC and Quebec, Head Hunters, Devils Ghost

The founder of the Rock Machine, cazzetta is italian

Their also alot of italians that were members of haitian gangs when they were teenagers or young adults. Italians and haitians grew up together in neighborhoods like st-leonard and rdp.

Wonder how the bikers in Quebec (and other parts of Canada) became as powerful as they are. They're basically sophisticated a-list gangsters over there. I don't think bikers got as much pull anywhere else in the world as they got over there.

Well in Quebec, their force really started outisde of Montreal. Other cities with not many immigration. So they started to control the illegal market of many cities, while the italian mafia mostly stayed in Montreal and the region of montreal.
When the Hells got all the province lock (except of Montreal), they came to Montreal, and a biker war started.

The Hells did the same thing as the Mob. There was many mob families in Quebec, but always one at the top (like the Rizzutos).
Well the Hells did the same thing, there was many biker gangs or white gangs, and the Hells succeed to control most of them.

The largest concentration of bikers in Canada is in Ontario, but they are nothing like the bikers in Quebec. The Sherbrooke chapter for ex. has always organized their own shipments of drugs from Latin America. Bikers in Toronto were traditionally into riding bikes, fighting, partying etc etc. At the same time, the guys in Quebec were setting up 500kg shipments of cocaine. Just different. The funny thing is though, the Ontario guys have always been big, juiced up, monsters, that play the role, whereas the Frenchmen have been more low key, dressed quite nice, very polite, but like I said, more French mafia than outlaw motorcycle gang.

In British Columbia, law enforcement was always lax with marijuana and the bikers got their start and went big time into weed...and then spread into cocaine and other legit businesses. By the time LE caught up, the bikers had millions in assets.

The bikers there have roots in the 60s-70s gangs in Quebec, they were already serious gangsters before they became affiliated with Hells Angels.

Steve Bosse is looking to follow Conor McGregor’s lead into a crossover boxing match, but a criminal investigation into Bosse and his manager has put his bout against former boxing champion Jean Pascal into serious jeopardy.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/St...ssible-Organized-Crime-Connection-139039

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/07/11/hells-en-baisse-gangs-en-hausse


There was a daily average of barely 85 biker-related prisoners in prison in 2017.
This is a decrease of almost 100% from 2011, when an average of 162 Hells detainees were incarcerated each day, mainly because of Operation SharQc, which decimated the motorcycle club.
Almost all the Hells pinned at this time has regained its freedom for two years. It must be said that 50 of the 156 bikers targeted by the SharQc operation were eventually released from all charges in what many described as a judicial fiasco.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/07/12/plus-de-700hells-angels-attendus-a-saint-hyacinthe

More than 700 Hells Angels expected in Saint-Hyacinthe
The bikers will hold their biggest rally in the country on August 9th.

During the biker war they even seized a map of montreal that explicitly delineated territories of the HA and which chapter owned which part, and Sherbrooke had a huge chunk which I believe included downtown Montreal,even though they were hours away from MTL.


Fairly simple, utterly lax law enforcement compared with the US, I mean they've failed to try a lot of bikers here and had to realease them with time served because the system could not operate well enough to carry on justice. They didn't dole out 100 year sentences like they did in the Comission case in the states, The only guy they really threw the book at was Mom Boucher and while he was really powerful and high profile, he didn't hold all the power in the biker world.

http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/07/15/des-sympathisants-des-hells-au-rassemblement-de-laval

Hells Angels sympathizers at the Laval rally.
Hells Angels supporters took advantage of a large rally of motorcyclists in Laval Sunday to display their colors.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/sq-investigating-threats-against-montreal-canadiens-legend-1.4022841

SQ investigating threats against Montreal Canadiens legend

Stupid move
And right now in Quebec, its the vacation of people in the constructions. So there’s alot of cops in the road, so they could give some problems to some MC.

I agree, you go after one of their own they will come after you in full force.

Outlaws MC in Quebec

1978 (February) The Montreal Rockers become the Montreal chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. (February 15) Yves "Apache" Trudeau defeats Robert Côté, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, at the Joey brewery, at the corner of Saint-Hubert and Castelneau streets in Montreal; it's the beginning of the war between the Outlaws and the Hells-Angels in Quebec. (March 21) A bomb placed under the car of Gilles Cadorette, leader of Outlaws Motorcycle Club of Montreal, explodes in front of a bar on Bordeaux Street in Montreal; Cadorette is killed instantly. (April 26) Athanase "Tom Thumb" Markopoulos, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, is murdered by 2 killers. (May 26) Jean Gonthier, a relationship of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, is beaten to death by Paul Ringuette, a relationship of the Hells-Angels; they were both detained in the penitentiary of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Laval). (October 12) Members of the Hells-Angels, Georges Mousseau and Jean Brochu, as well as Guy "Gator" Davies, a member of the Wild Ones of Hamilton, are murdered at the Tourbillon café, rue Beaubien, in Montreal, by American killers in the pay of Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Hells-Angels members Louis "Ti-Oui" Lapierre and Bruno Coulombe are injured during the same event. (November 10) Yves "Apache" Trudeau defeated Brian Powers, former president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, at the latter's home in West Montreal. (November 25) Montreal police shoot Jean-Marc Patenaude, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, guarding the body of "Ziggy" Wiseman, the king of massage parlors. (December 8) In Greenfield-Park, Yves "Apache" Trudeau defeats William Weichold, a biker he mistaken for an Outlaw.
1979 (March 29) In Longueuil, Yves "Apache" Trudeau blows up the car of Roland Dutemple, an indicator of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. (April 3) Yves "Apache" Trudeau defeats Robert Labelle, an importer of clothing, a drug dealer and former president of the Huns integrated into the Outlaws gang, at his home in Fabreville (Laval).
1979 (May 9) With Yves "The Boss" Buteau and Jean-Pierre "Matt the Cross" Mathieu, Yves "Apache" Trudeau murders Donald McLean, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and his girlfriend, Carmen Piché; a bomb explodes when McLean starts his motorcycle.
1984 (March 22) Bernard Savoie, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, is murdered by the explosion of a bomb placed under his car. (April) Robert Savoie, a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, is murdered by firearm projectiles. (May 21) Outlaws Motorcycle Club President Daniel Savoie and John Galipeau, a member of this gang, are murdered near Saint-Norbert by two members of the Hells-Angels.
1985 Construction of a bunker in Danville by the Outlaws gang.
1989 (15 September) Bombardment of the Forlantic Outlaws Motorcycle Club in Danville.
1990 (April) The town of Danville destroys the Outlaws Motorcycle Club bunker that it has purchased. (September) Claude Meunier, the leader of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, is murdered by shots from a moving car in the Côte-Saint-Paul district of Montreal; police find the murder weapon in a storm sewer near the site of (October) Tony Mentore, a friend of Claude Meunier, leader of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club murdered the previous month, is murdered in turn in front of the trade family kitchen equipment, in the Park Extension neighborhood of Montreal.
1991 (February 20) Darquis Leblanc, a former Outlaws Motorcycle Club member who became a partner of the Hells-Angels, is murdered along with his right-hand man and brother-in-law, Yvan Martel; their corpses are found in an alley near Taschereau Boulevard in Longueuil.
1992 (March 26th) Foundation of the Rockers of Montreal, a Hells-Angels club-school sponsored by Maurice "Mom" Boucher (to distinguish these Rockers from those who had become the Outlaws in 1978).
1997 (January 29) The Hells-Angels, Outlaws and Bandidos agree on an international peace treaty to end the war between the three major international criminal organizations. Forty policemen from the Carcajou squad raid the Rock-Machine marker in Beauport, but find nothing of value.
2000 (June) The Rock-Machine gang sets up in Ontario and recruits former members of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
2001 (July 27) Harry "Taco" Bowman, who became world leader of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the 1980s and has since had absolute power under which he would have ordered the execution of rival gang members, apprehended in August 1997, is sentenced in the United States to 2 life sentences and 83 years in prison for a series of crimes (murder, drug trafficking and bombings).
2008 (May 28) Outlaws Roy Haynes Jr, 34, (aka Capone, The Boss, and Fat Boy), alleged leader of the Outlaws operating in Downtown and in the United States.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...res-du-quebec-repliquent-aux-hellsangels

Police forces in Quebec respond to Hells Angels

The chief of communications at the Police Department of the City of Montreal (SPVM) described the threats as "an attack on democracy that nobody can tolerate"

Great timeline.....thanks for sharing.

A young man who displayed the colors of the Hells stabbed
The victim's father was linked to the most powerful bikers in the province.

GRANBY | A 20-year-old who had likely chosen to follow in his father's footsteps with the Hells Angels was stabbed to death Friday night in Granby, Eastern Townships.
The death of Cédric Dupuis Skinner was observed in the hospital after being severely wounded by knife-arm, around 2 h 30. The reasons for this aggression remained nebulous yesterday, and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), which leads the investigation , was not able to advance hypotheses.
The crime scene on Authier Street was scrutinized by the Major Crime Service.

"Witnesses must also be met," spokeswoman Aurélie Guindon said.
No arrest was made in the evening.

The young man from Cowansville, who has a history of narcotics possession, obstruction of a peace officer, and assault, was blatantly posting on Facebook as a fan of the Hells Angels.
On a photo, he is seen wearing a sweater with the mention "81 Sherbrooke", the 8 corresponds to the 8th letter of the alphabet, the "H", for Hells, while the 1 represents the first, the "A" , for Angels.

In another image, he poses, the raised middle finger, in the company of Denis Desputeaux, with in the background the logo of Dark Soul's, a group linked to the most powerful bikers of the province.
Desputeaux was arrested at the end of June in the Dominican Republic with Kenny Maheu, son of Stéphane Maheu, who is a member of the Hells.
The two fugitives, considered as biker relations, were particularly wanted for drug trafficking in the greater Granby region as part of the Objection project of the National Crime Squad (ENRCO).
Cédric Dupuis Skinner's father, Richard Skinner, was arrested in 2016 at the time of the Muraille project.
According to court documents that Le Journal was able to consult yesterday, it was demonstrated by the SQ's investigation that Richard Skinner was one of the leaders of a drug sales network and that he controlled the "south sector". from Highway 10, the cities of Bromont, Sutton, Farnham and the surrounding area ".
It is also proven that he has links to members in good standing of Hells. In addition, during searches at his home, clothes with the effigy of the group of bikers were found, in addition to photographs with members.
Remained in prison
According to La Tribune, he had pleaded guilty and received 31 months and a half in prison, which corresponded to his time on remand. He remained, however, detained on death threats while behind bars.
He also pleaded guilty to this charge last June and was sentenced to four months, which he had already served preemptively pending trial. He is free.

No problem

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/07/31/meurtre-dun-proche-des-hells-a-granby-un-suspect-arrete

The Sûreté du Québec arrested a suspect yesterday in connection with the murder of a Hells Angels son in Granby late last week.
According to our information, Jonathan Lafrenière-Milot, 28, is scheduled to appear this afternoon in Granby regarding the death of Cédric Dupuis-Skinner.
The suspect, who was said to have fatally stabbed the victim, will be charged with manslaughter and drug trafficking.
According to the authorities, the death of Cédric Dupuis-Skinner took place during a drug transaction that went wrong, around 2:30, on the night of Friday to Saturday.

Hells Angels gang flourishes in Canada

The criminal organization of bikers has shown its vitality by gathering hundreds of members in Quebec, where it controls drug trafficking.

The largest gathering of bikers from Canadian organized crime took place in full view of everyone, Saturday, August 11 and Sunday, August 12 in Quebec. About 500 members of the famous Hells Angels motorcycle club, one of the largest criminal organizations in the country, and affiliated clubs were gathered in the small town of Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu. A large police force was in place to monitor the event of this key organization of the Canadian drug trade.

Canada Run, an annual gathering of the country's Hells Angels, held in Quebec for the first time in a decade, was an opportunity for the club to show off its strength under the nose of the authorities. Despite an arrest and more than 300 reports of minor infractions by the police, the event was calm. The police presence was very visible, with the setting up of several roadblocks, the deployment of a helicopter and even an armored vehicle.

In 2009, a police operation called "SharQc" (Strategy Hells Angels ray Quebec) had allowed the arrest of more than 150 people and considerably weakened the organization, forcing his Quebec branch to be discreet in recent years. The high mass this weekend is a symptom of the resurgence of the "chapters" (local branch of the club, in the biker jargon) Quebec "Hells".

"Favorable judicial decisions"

"This is a show of force for all organized crime entities that would be tempted to come encroach on the territory of the Hells Angels, says Guy Lapointe, director of communications of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). It is also a way to taunt the authorities, they have benefited during the last two years from favorable judicial decisions and they display much more their colors since. "

The rally is, according to Inspector Lapointe, mandatory for members in good standing of the gang, whose authorities estimate that it gathers approximately 500 people in Canada, including 80 in Quebec. The extensive police system put in place was designed to maintain order and gather information about the organization, its composition and hierarchy.

"It could be said that the Hells Angels are at the height of their fame right now," said Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards, who has been covering Canadian motorcycle gangs since the 1980s. They are the biggest national players, settled in from one ocean to another, and about to be implanted in the Arctic. The police have tried different strategies to neutralize them, but they continue to reinvent themselves; they are very resilient. "

"Much less racist than they were"

The Hells Angels Club, founded in 1948 in the United States by veterans of the Second World War, was established in Canada by absorbing a local gang in Quebec in 1977. The success of its establishment in the country is partly attributable to the nature of their organization. Unlike criminal groups like the Italian mafia of Montreal, their recruitment is not based on ethnic or family ties. "When you're confined to an ethnic group, you're quickly limited," says Peter Edwards. Bikers are much less racist than they were, which allows them to work with many different ethnic groups. "

The rise of the Hells Angels did not happen without trouble, but at the price of bloody wars with gangs of rival bikers. The first, which pitted the Hells Angels against the Outlaws between 1977 and 1982, ensured the supremacy of the gang in Quebec. However, it is the "second motorcycle war of Quebec" that marked the spirits. The Hells Angels and their enemies, the Rock Machine later Bandidos, engaged in a merciless conflict from 1994 to 2002, killing more than 160 people.

Quebec is of strategic importance to the gang, because that is where a significant portion of the narcotics it brings into Canada passes through. Montreal is a port city and lends itself naturally to smuggling, especially since it is not far from the major cities of Eastern America including New York, which is an important market. According to SQ estimates, the Hells Angels enjoy a near-monopoly on drug trafficking in the province, which it controls between 95% and 100%.

Canada's Hells Angels are now the most powerful and the most aggressive, according to Peter Edwards: "Being a Hells Angel in Montreal is a tough job, but it also means winning a lot of money. The gathering this weekend is therefore particularly important for the organization, as it stands in its historic stronghold and reaffirms its hold on a central territory to its strategy.

Cocaine shortage in Montreal

Cocaine would be rare in the greater Montreal area these days, La Presse learned from a variety of sources.

So much so that the price of a kilogram of cocaine not yet processed by traffickers, which was $ 42,000 a few months ago, would now be close to $ 55,000, an increase of more than 20%. A quarter of a gram of cocaine, however, would still sell for $ 20 on the street, suggesting that the drug is more "cut off" these days compared to periods when supply and demand are more stable.

According to some information, the shortage and price increase could be explained by the fact that the Hells Angels, who control a very large part of the market in Quebec, deliberately slow down the distribution of kilograms of cocaine in order to increase prices, and thus increase their profits.

But according to a police source, this shortage and rising costs could be attributed mainly to the dismantling last April of several biker-related cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking rings and the arrest of 70 individuals, including Hells Angels, as part of the Objection investigation conducted by the National Organized Crime Squad (ENRCO), headed by the Sûreté du Québec.

The police hurt the Hells Angels very badly. These were among their most important networks and the police dismantled them from the head up to the distributors. The bikers must completely rebuild their structures, which takes a while. In the weeks following Objection, the traffickers have sold their remaining quantities, but they may have less today, "said a police source who requested anonymity.

MAY BE 2000 KG LESS

It should also be noted that large quantities of cocaine that were likely to arrive in Quebec have been seized in recent months.

Last July, two Quebecers aboard a sailboat carrying more than 1500 kg of cocaine, valued at more than 100 million, were boarded by the French Navy off the island of St. Martin, in the Caribbean. Escorted by the authorities, the smugglers set fire to their boat - whose home port is in Gaspé - ostensibly for the purpose of removing the evidence, but the sailors managed to extinguish the fire, recover the drugs and arrest the suspects, who will be judged by the French courts.

Last December, another sailboat carrying 750 kg of cocaine worth 37 million was intercepted off the state of Maine. A Quebecker was arrested and the authorities believe that the drug was also destined for Quebec.

This is without counting other less important seizures conducted in recent months and the constant work of the various police forces against cocaine traffickers.

Murder in Laval: the victim would be linked to the Hells Angels

Vena is known to police and has a history of narcotics and violence. In the mid-2000s, he was sentenced to four years of penitentiary for attempted murder, assault with a weapon and conspiracy in the territory of Mascouche. His last criminal history dates back to 2010, when he was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for marijuana trafficking.

According to our information, Vena was involved in drug trafficking with the Hells Angels, particularly in the territory of Abitibi. Sources also tell us that he would be close to a member of the Hells Angels section of Sherbrooke.

"At 8:00 pm last night, the Laval police received a call from a restaurant on Lévesque Boulevard in Laval for a man with at least one firearm projectile. The victim was taken to hospital where his death was found. The investigation, initiated by the Laval police, was transferred to the Sûreté du Québec as there are links with organized crime, "said Sergeant Claude Denis of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ).



According to our information, Vena was initially shot with at least one firearm projectile outside the restaurant. He then ran inside the establishment, the Fusion restaurant, to take refuge there, but would have been joined by the shooter who would have continued his work of death before leaving the place.

For the moment, the police have no description of a suspect.

The Crime Against the Person investigators of the Sûreté du Québec do not rule out any hypothesis including a settling of accounts in the purest tradition of organized crime.

The SQ dispatched its mobile command post to the crime scene.

The fiasco of Operation SharQc against criminal bikers continues to make waves. 19 Hells Angels sue the state for $ 64 million! They filed civil suits in damages and exemplary damages against the Government of Quebec, which is responsible for the actions of its prosecutors and police officers.

Vena was close to the Sherbrooke chapter.

http://gangstersoutt.blogspot.com/2018/09/ha-connected-sebastien-vena-whacked-in.html

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...elf-in-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking

Hells Angel turns himself in, pleads guilty to drug trafficking

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...elf-in-pleads-guilty-to-drug-trafficking

Three full-patch Hells Angels plead guilty to drug trafficking charges

https://montrealgazette.com/news/ma...or-hells-angels-goes-before-parole-board

Man who killed prison guards for Hells Angels goes before parole board

https://montrealgazette.com/news/po...ns-seize-cocaine-cash-and-pills-in-raids

Police targeting Hells Angels operations seize cocaine, cash and pills in raids

The Parole Board of Canada praised former elite Nomads Hells Angels Richard Mayrand's "considerable" progress and efforts. It noted he has been "without incident" for three years.

http://gangstersoutt.blogspot.com/2018/10/former-hells-angels-richard-dick.html

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...tre-a-montreal-la-victime-identifiee.php

The 51-year-old man shot yesterday yesterday in the east of Montreal is Yvon Marchand, 51, La Presse learned .

The 50-year-old had several criminal records, particularly with regard to narcotics. According to our information, he was active in the sale of narcotics in a contemporary way and has already been linked to the Hells Angels in the past.

At 8:00 pm last night, a person found the man riddled with bullets in front of his residence on Pierre-Tétreault Street, near Hochelaga Street, and contacted 911. At the arrival of paramedics from Urgences Santé, the victim was conscious but died as a result of his injuries at the hospital.

We do not know the motive of crime, which has all the appearance of a settling of accounts in the narcotics or organized crime community.

The police found a handgun near the scene, apparently abandoned by the suspect or suspects.

They also saw several bullet holes in the facade and windows of the victim's house.

The Crime Scene Technicians and Major Crime Investigators from the SPVM were dispatched to the scene to begin the investigation.

This is the 23 th murder this year in Montreal.

http://mtltimes.ca/Montreal/enterta...le-in-forthcoming-tv-series-the-mobking/

Montreal’s Biker History Plays Role in Forthcoming TV Series ‘The MobKing’

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...he-les-patchs-de-quatre-hells-angels.php

DPCP snatches "patches" of four Hells Angels

That hurts their pride. The Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) has just inflicted a snub on four members in good standing of the Hells Angels by obtaining the confiscation of their precious jacket in the colors of the club, without even bikers being accused of the slightest crime.

The bikers jackets, symbol of the power of intimidation of the criminal organization, were confiscated Friday in Sorel by order of the judge Denys Noël, which judged that they were "tainted by crime". The jackets of several aspirants and supporters were also confiscated.

"This is an important step in legal terms, to say that without criminal charges, goods can be tinted by crime", welcomed Friday the prosecutor in the case, M e Pierre Goulet.

A JUDGMENT TO STUDY

The DCPP account study carefully Justice Noël judgment to see how the operation will be repeated in the future, but M th Goulet stressed that the seizure of jackets took place in a specific context, during an operation police officer of the Montérégie Regional Mixed Squad against a network of drug traffickers.

The jackets were seized during a meeting in the den used by the network, which helped to prove that they were "tainted by crime".


The judgment does not mean that any member of the Hells who is riding in the street with his jacket can be confiscated. The context must be taken into account each time.

ANTI-DRUG OPERATION

On June 15, 2016, as part of an investigation called "Projet Néré", the squad led by the Sûreté du Québec hit a drug trafficking network operating in the Sorel-Tracy area.

The network was led by two members of the Beast Crew, a Hells school club used to do "field" work with the blessing of its big brothers.

The local Beast Crew was also used as a weekly meeting place for Hells Angels members.

On the day of the police operation, about half a dozen full members of the Hells Angels sections of Montreal and Trois-Rivières were on site, as were two "hangarounds", aspiring first-level candidates. organization, as well as several members of Beast Crew and other supporters clubs.

Four members in good standing of the Hells, Claude Pépin, Gilles Robidoux, Michel Vallières and Vincent Boulanger, wore their jacket sporting the winged skull when the police are disembarked. These were seized by the police, as were the jackets marked with an incomplete escutcheon worn by the hangarounds Daniel Giroux and Stéphane Jarry.

INTIMIDATION TOOLS

Although only Beast Crew members have been charged with drug trafficking, the DPCP has instituted proceedings to confiscate definitively all the biker jackets found in the den during the operation, along with a variety of jewelery, clothing and clothing. and furniture identified to the Beast Crew and their big brothers of the Hells.

"The clothing, jewelery, charms, badges with distinctive and exclusive Hells Angels signs are used by those who wear them as tools of intimidation and to show their connection with the organization that is renowned for its power and violence", pleaded the DPCP prosecutor.

He had a police expert testify that the Hells are a criminal organization that lives on drug trafficking run by its satellite clubs, which pay royalties to it. The expert also insisted that the wearing of the colors of the organization serves to impose its stranglehold on the territory and to intimidate any potential competitor.

- With the collaboration of Daniel Renaud, La Presse

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/11/23/bouddhiste-et-toujours-hells-angels

Buddhist and always Hells Angels

Converted to Buddhism, but still unable to make a definitive mark on his past as a member of the Hells Angels, Mario Auger will be under house arrest even though he is entitled to full parole.

Promoted hangaround in 1996, then a member in good standing of the Hells Angels chapter of Quebec two years later, Mario "Banane" Auger was arrested in the biggest police raid against the criminal world, Operation SharQc in 2009.

Auger was initially charged with "16 counts of first degree murder" in addition to drug trafficking and gangsterism.

The charge was then downgraded for conspiracy to assassinate identified individuals to groups such as Rock Machines, Bandidos, Alliance, Dark Circle and other independent groups who refused to join. supply drugs to the Hells Angels. In 2013, "Banane" was sentenced to 7 years and 7 months.

During his detention, the 49-year-old man, however, showed a conformist behavior. He who is in his second federal sentence has also been intellectually involved in adhering to Buddhist philosophy in addition to Native spirituality.


He even engaged with the Aboriginal elder in ceremonies while sharing his "reflections" and discovering "other ways of seeing life" with the Buddhist chaplain.

Assigned to residence

This evolution, however, did not push the Hells away from its biker gang. "In the institution, you participate in all the [Hells Angels] gatherings that have been observed," says the Parole Board of Canada.

In addition, Auger said he did not make a "definitive break on [his] criminal lifestyle and on [his] belonging to the Hells Angels".

This element prompted the commissioners to exercise caution. Thus, a condition of house arrest was imposed on him, which means that he will have to live in a halfway house.

In addition, like the Hells Pierre Hamilton who was imposed the same conditions at the beginning of the month, the commission forbids him to "flaunt any sign allowing you to connect to criminal organizations." He will not be able to wear his "patches" or colors in the effigy of HA.

Interesting article about how the structure has changed and the importance of support clubs.

Narcotics: The Hells of the Trois-Rivières Chapter dominate the territory
Posted on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 8:25 pm

Although they are less visible in appearance, the Hells Angels still reign supreme over the criminal activities of the region, an important source of income for the group. In fact, the Hells Angels control 97% of Quebec's territory for synthetic drugs.

A text by Marie-Claude Julien

Mauricie / Center-du-Québec is important in the vision and planning of organized crime, as are all regions, says Guy Lapointe, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec on organized crime. The chapter of Trois-Rivières, like those of Quebec, Sherbrooke, Montreal and South, is still active. However, the hierarchical structure of operations has changed in the last 10 years.

Guy Lapointe, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec on organized crime Photo: Radio-Canada
Operation SharQc, in 2009, described as the largest police raid in Canada against criminal gangs, and the demolition of the Trois-Rivières bunker on Boulevard Saint-Jean in 2015 , forced in particular the Rivers to review its structure.

The importance of supporter clubs
Since Operation SharQc, the faces of criminal bikers have changed. In 10 years, members in good standing have set up a structure, like that used by the Italian mafia, to move away from crime and protect themselves from police forces.

According to the former Sûreté du Québec agent and organized crime specialist Sylvain Tremblay, it is the supporter clubs that are now responsible for doing the criminal work in the field.

In the region, two clubs occupy mainly the territory in the pay of the Hells Angels chapter of Trois-Rivières: Brotherhood and Deimos Crew, a more structured group.

Organized crime structure in Mauricie Photo: Radio-Canada
These two groups are the most important, they control the [drug] traffic and pay a quote [-part] to the big brothers members of the Hells Angels , explains Mr. Tremblay. These two groups, in addition to the Ghosts Devils, were also responsible for the safety of the members in good standing of the Hells during the last gathering at Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel on the occasion of the "First Run", in May 2018.

Other groups gravitate to the criminal world, but their importance is less, according to the specialist.

A structure that complicates police work
Hells Angels supporter clubs are true firewalls that allow members in good standing to be virtually invisible in the sense of the law.

Members in good standing no longer directly affect criminal activities in the field, they no longer appear in meeting places as bunkers era and the arrival of new means of communication offered by the Internet facilitates trade in distance, thanks to encrypted messages that easily pass under the radar.

The only way we can shake them up a little bit is when they stop supporting club members and we can show the link with the Hells sponsoring them. There, maybe we can accuse one, two or three members in good standing ... And there, these are investigations of a year, a year and a half , says Sylvain Tremblay.

Police adjusts the shot
If the bikers have tweaked their structure over the last decade, the police have changed their method as well.

They learned of the trial arising from Operation SharQc. Of the more than 150 persons charged, 37 were laundered due to procedural flaws or delays deemed unreasonable and 35 sentenced persons were granted a reduced sentence for the same reasons.

Since 2017, the Sûreté du Québec has divided its investigations into three areas to avoid big lawsuits. Each investigation project is independent on the judicial level.

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The police response. Photo: Radio-Canada
Guy Lapointe, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec on organized crime, explains that this new technique was applied for the first time during the Objection project . Attack on both the heads of the clubs, the clubs and the distribution networks. That's the way we're going to fight now.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...re-trois-rivieres-mauricie-centre-quebec

Tie bandits pay the wedding of the year

Bridesmaids in a leather jacket, gleaming Cadillac convertible for the married, criminal dressed to the nines, the marriage of a powerful Hells Angel to the daughter of a drug trafficker looked like a gala evening under police surveillance last night in the heart of Montreal.
The bikers had set their 36 to celebrate the wedding of Martin Robert, an influential member of the Montreal chapter, and Annie Arbic, the daughter of the "Queen of Kanesatake", in one of the most upscale reception rooms of the metropolis.
Accustomed to leather jackets and jeans, the presence of Salvatore Cazzetta, Salvatore Brunetti and Stephane Jarry in tuxedos or suits further emphasized the importance of the event.

Among the bonzes of bikers, Mario Brouillette, one of the alleged leaders of the Hells, made a rare "appearance" public, alongside his colleagues, he who was under a hood. If the logo of the club was discreet, some guests proudly displayed jewelry emblazoned with the famous winged skull.
Ride or die ...

It was the bridesmaids who wore leather jackets with the inscription "Ride or die", an expression associated with outlaw motorcyclists.
The newlyweds stormed aboard a 1966 Cadillac Eldorado convertible at 5:45 pm before rushing into the Windsor Ballroom.
Many onlookers stopped in front of the constant comings and goings of luxury vehicles and buses in front of the historic building.
With about 270 guests from different factions of the underworld gathered on Peel Street, the couple's wedding also attracted criminal intelligence.
Observers of the organized crime modules of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Sûreté du Québec and the Police Department of the City of Montreal scrutinized each of the arrivals.
Renewed photo bank
As for funerals or "parties", this is an opportunity for agents to renew their photo banks and identify newcomers to the bikers.
"They can also confirm some information from sources and test their credibility," says Paul Laplante, a retired police officer who led the Wolverine Squad.
The relationship that the couple has had for more than 10 years has already cost the new Mrs. Robert several months of freedom.
In 2009, while serving a 42-month penitentiary sentence for her involvement in her mother's extensive drug trafficking network, parole denied her a first application for release.
Although she was considered a model inmate at the Joliette Women's Jail, the commissioners found her love for the Angel Hells "very worrisome".

WHO IS MARTIN ROBERT

Considered one of the most influential Hells Angels in the province
Earned "World" status in the gang, one of the few in Quebec to have accessed it
Sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder during the biker war
Has already been accused of opening offshore accounts in tax havens to launder narcodollars
WHO IS ANNIE ARBIC

Daughter of Sharon Simon, nicknamed "Queen of Kanesatake"
Arrested in 2006, she coordinated the export of narcotics to her mother's network when she was 21 years old
Sentenced to 42 months in prison in 2008
In relation with Martin Robert for more than 10 years

The most influential members of the Hells Angels such as Salvatore Cazzetta and Salvatore Brunetti made notable entries, as did the mother of the bride, Sharon Simon, nicknamed the "Queen of Kanesatake". The woman at the head of a large trafficking network was sentenced to 50 months in prison 10 years ago.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/12/02/des-bandits-a-cravate-se-paient-le-mariage-de-lannee