Who are the Lopez brothers?
Franco, Giuseppe and Pasquale, of Sicilian allegiance;
Accused of importing cocaine during the Magot-Mastiff drug investigation, between 2014 and 2015;
Released in 2019 after a stay of proceedings;
Considered drug traffickers involved in supplying cocaine for various local organizations;
According to our sources, they control a sales network with the approval of senior figures in the mafia and the Hells Angels;
Their links with these organizations, however, are said to have crumbled due to quantities of poor quality drugs a few years ago;
Bars connected to them were targeted by arson attacks in spring 2020;
Giuseppe (Joe) Lopez was shot and killed in a seaside resort in the Dominican Republic last September;
Nephew of Serafino Oliverio, known under the pseudonym Sergio Lopez, considered an independent clan leader, ex-associate of Vito Rizzuto, major player in money laundering in Montreal and victim of a resounding murder attempt in November 2021.