With one difference - it is big and could have a major impact in the Montreal and Quebec organized crime scene over the next few months: unlike the other hit men in Quebec, Silva would not have worked exclusively for one. camp, he would have been "contractual" for several criminal organizations. In fact, it is probably a product of the current organized crime, where all criminal groups are mixed and work hand in hand.
The predator become prey
"Silva was a predator outside. Now that he has been arrested, he is a prey, "a police source told La Presse .
Silva is officially charged with two murders and an attempted murder against a mafia clan leader. But he would be suspected of having committed a dozen others, many even while he was on the run.
Most of the victims were related to criminal organizations and the first natural question is: how will organized crime deal with Silva? Will anyone suspected of being a hitman be supported or not by those who would have been his sponsor?
And how will senior leaders of the various organized crime cells who would have used Silva's services react to those who would have contracted directly?
It is still too early to answer these questions, but one thing is certain, the arrest of Silva is likely to have an impact within organized crime.
The predator is no longer there. People who had reason to fear him will no longer fear him. On the contrary, those who had it in their pocket no longer have it. The wind could turn. Reactions to killings and attempted murder in recent months and years may occur, and settlements could occur. Already, they are a little more numerous in organized crime in recent months, after a relative lull.
"The structure of organized crime has been shaken since yesterday. Organizations are weakened while others feel safer. "
- A police source, in La Presse
Game on the table
Captured, Silva is a prey. Could he be tempted to collaborate with the police and sit down to table, as a consecrated expression requires?
Police believe he is not the type to do it. But what do Simard, Lavoie, Trudeau and Gallant have in common? They all collaborated with the police for one reason or another, not least because they did not feel supported by their "employing organization", and they only had one.
It is certain that the police will put Silva in front of a choice and will try to make him return his jacket. The investigators of major crimes will put all their rigor and those of organized crime, all their knowledge. His arrest is an example of the effectiveness of homicide investigators, organized crime, intelligence, and members of the spinning and tactical intervention groups, when pooling their resources. They will continue in order to elucidate as many crimes as possible for which Silva is suspected.
