PressReader link to a paywall-free English-language article about the subject:

https://pressreader.com/article/281612426192528

would it be fair to say that cooney is now and likely has been a member of d'adamos clan/cell since around 2021? if the WEG is no more which seems to be the case.

Au pénitencier pour avoir commandité une fusillade visant le commerce d’un mafieux
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...ne-fusillade-sur-le-commerce-dun-mafieux

^^^^
Des intermédiaires condamnés à sept et quatre ans de pénitencier
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-a-sept-et-quatre-ans-de-penitencier.php

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...uspects-impliques-de-pres-ou-de-loin.php

Murder of gang leader Arsène Mompoint A dozen suspects involved in one way or another

Don’t know if its mob related, but a guy just got shot this morning in Laval. He’s not dead.
I think his family name is italian.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...le-dans-un-quartier-residentiel-de-laval

Police officers from the City of Laval Police Service were dispatched to the site, on Rue du Cap-Éternité, just before 9 a.m.

According to our information, the person shot is Guido Muzzo, a 49-year-old man.

The alleged victim was arrested in March 2024 by the Montreal police. He had been accused of carrying a concealed weapon, of unauthorized possession of a firearm. According to the available information, it was either a prohibited firearm or a restricted authorization weapon with ammunition.

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Coups de feu à Laval
Une personne blessée près d’une école primaire
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...ne-blessee-pres-d-une-ecole-primaire.php

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...vm-sert-un-americano-amer-a-la-mafia.php

The Antigang unit of the Montreal police arrested on Wednesday morning several members of a drug trafficking cell affiliated with the mafia that operated from the borough of LaSalle, as part of a long-term investigation called Projeto Americano.

The alleged head of the network, Giuseppe Arcoraci, a 57-year-old restaurateur, was shot out of bed by the police in the early morning. Known by the nickname "Big Joe", Arcoraci would be very influential in LaSalle. According to our information, his trafficker cell is under the authority of the mafioso Pietro D'Adamo, considered the armed arm of the Sicilian clan of the Montreal mafia. However, D'Adamo is not accused of anything in this case.

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Communiqués - Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal - SPVM

Opération majeure contre le crime organisé | Plusieurs arrestations en cours
https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Communiques/Details/16025

For background/context, see the quoted posts above by BlackMobs and Ciment, the following news release from 11 months ago,

https://spvm.qc.ca/fr/Communiques/Details/15815

and

Montreal police anti-gang raids in LaSalle net guns, cocaine and cash
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article144040.html

the heat is being put to d'adamo and clan members.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...afia-perd-bien-plus-que-des-pinottes.php

The mafia is losing more than just peanuts

Man with alleged ties to Montreal Mafia renounces right to bail in firearms case

Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/article871554.html#storylink=cpy

From left to right, Joshua Sarroino, Giuseppe Richichi, Lawrence Cooney and Pietro D'Adamo during the latter's court appearance for his case of threats against police officers from the Eclipse group, recently, at the Montreal courthouse.

https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/e5533b67098633baab25db7aefa65bfe.webp

Mafia italo-canadese ”paralizzata” dalla maxi inchiesta “Alliance” a Montréal, ”testimone speciale” da 3 milioni di dollari


Italian-Canadian Mafia “Paralyzed” by “Alliance” Maxi Investigation in Montreal, “Special Witness” Worth $3 Million
April 18, 2025
Editorial Staff
Canada

2 minute read
“The Montreal mafia is paralyzed by the mega-investigation conducted by the police with the help of its former hitman Frédérick Silva. The Rizzuto clan is also showing signs of decline in Italy .” This is what Le Journal de Montréal wrote , speaking about the mega-investigation called “Alliance.” The article – written by Felix Seguin, Eric Thibault and Massimo Deland – tells of the Italian-Canadian mafia “paralyzed for almost two years by the largest criminal investigation currently underway in the country, which targets several of its pillars and risks dismantling the Rizzuto clan,” originally from Cattolica Eraclea (Agrigento).

According to the Canadian newspaper, “this unusual situation is not only being closely monitored by Canadian law enforcement, but is also arousing keen interest in Italy, the cradle of the mafia.” “It is extremely interesting for us,” Marco Garofalo, a senior official of the Italian State Police, told Le Journal de Montréal , stressing that “police cooperation between Italy and North America on mafia matters is very effective.” According to Garofalo, the Rizzuto clan is destined to “decline” or undergo a profound “overhaul through alliances” with other mafia factions.

“Alliance” is the name the police have given to this major investigation , the Canadian newspaper writes, “which, like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, is currently threatening several influential mafiosi in the metropolis with forced retirement and a long prison sentence”. The hitman Frédérick Silva , “allegedly hired by members of the Rizzuto clan”, has begun to spill the beans, revealing everything to investigators from the Sûreté du Québec and the Montreal police in exchange for a €3 million deal that is causing a lot of discussion in Canada.

Italian-Canadian Mafia, Leonardo Rizzuto Sought “Council” in Sicily After Attempts to Kill Him in 2023
Silva has reportedly already helped investigators shed light on several murders, and is said to be collaborating on 65 crimes linked to various factions of organized crime over two decades. “The police, who are trying to corroborate his statements, are not sparing investigative resources. The homes of mobsters have been searched during police raids, including those of the co-leader of the Rizzuto clan , Stefano Sollecito, and rising stars such as Pietro D'Adamo, Vito Salvaggio and Davide Barberio,” writes Le Journal de Montréal . “The suspects involved in this investigation are also being monitored during tailing operations. Their conversations are at risk of being recorded by the police, armed with electronic listening warrants, without their knowledge. The mafia members targeted by the Alliance project are aware of this.”

“We no longer see them leaving their homes to hold business meetings in the city or to go and talk to other members of the mafia, as they usually do. We only see them leaving to meet with their lawyer,” police sources told the Canadian newspaper. The pressure has been increasing for about two months, since the press revealed that Silva had signed a contract with the State as a “special witness,” with a record reward of more than $3 million for his cooperation with justice . “It is expected,” the article reads at the end, “that the police will make the first arrests in the case in the coming months of 2025.”

https://comunicalo.it/2025/04/18/ma...timone-speciale-da-3-milioni-di-dollari/

I'll believe this when I see Rizzuto/Sollecito locked up. Until then, just more fodder for us mafia readers. They've had Silva for how long now?

Followup article to the one Hollander posted on April 18:

« Mafia italo-canadese, Leonardo Rizzuto e il suo entourage a Cattolica Eraclea in cerca di affari »
https://comunicalo.it/2025/04/22/ma...-a-cattolica-eraclea-in-cerca-di-affari/

Crazy how we was look down, but the guy is doing really good in this world.

« They will be the investigators who are on him to understand what is moving in Italy while the Italian-Canadian mafia seems "paralyzed" in Montrèal as a result of the maxi "Alliance" investigation that sees the protagonist of a "special witness" who would have made an agreement with the state for 3 million euros. Every trip of the Rizzuto to Cattolica Eraclea inevitably activates the investigators' antennas. Leonardo Rizzuto, for four days, moved to Cattolica Eraclea like a minister, always surrounded by his team, often sitting at the table of a bar in Piazza Umberto I, in front of the town hall. The presence of the group did not go unnoticed even in Montallegro. "It's all his father," says the one who met Vito. Apart from the obvious similarity, the posture, the gestures, the way of speaking and listening, in fact Leonardo seems to have the same charisma as his father, the same ability to forge alliances. »

It's for a big part just politics I bet honest police men in Montreal would get rid of them.

https://torontosun.com/news/national/mobland-how-global-organized-crime-came-to-call-canada-home

MOBLAND: How global organized crime came to call Canada home

Article is behind a paywall -- you'll be able to read only a portion.

Man who attacked retired police detective pleads guilty to lying to cops while on probation
https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/article896800.html

The intimidation of and threats against Law Enforcement doesn't end well. It's does show they don't give a fuck.

It’s Canada, attacking the State is already been socially acceptable by Mom Boucher, killing guards and wounding a journalist. Canada shouldn’t forget that, it’s not rare across the globe. Mexico for example, as well as the journalist killed in Holland.

Ninettabagarella you should stop speaking about things you dont know about. Attacking the state has never been socially accepted. In instances where the state has been attacked or a innocent killed public outrage has followed and extreme pressure from law enforcement has followed. Those guys dont last long.