Confessions of Frederick Silva A “federation” to sow death among the Hells
Former hitman Frédérick Silva turned his back on the law in 2022, after years of being at the forefront of the war waged by Montreal organized crime. Since then, he has been telling investigators about his criminal career, claiming responsibility for 13 murders, according to his confessions, which La Presse has been able to see. He explains that a team of assassins – called “the Federation” – had been formed to protect the Rizzuto mafia clan and drive the Hells Angels out of Montreal.
The motivations of Silva and his group could be compared to those of Dave Turmel, who started a rebellion against the Hells Angels in the eastern part of the province two years later.
"In our opinion, the Hells Angels no longer have a place here [in Montreal]. They work poorly and are no longer relevant to today's reality in big cities," explained Frédérick Silva to investigators from the Montreal Police Service (SPVM) tasked with collecting his confessions.
The Hells Angels that we wanted to assassinate, they are no longer relevant, you know. These are people who no longer have any connection in big cities […] They don't understand how it works. So we wanted to change that whole way.
Statement by Frédérick Silva to SPVM investigators
In the Federation, we said: […] We're going to kill a lot of Hells Angels. And then, our primary goal was, while we're killing them, we're going to push them out of Montreal and the surrounding area, and we're going to take all the territories," said Silva.
We have everything to succeed in our project, because we are able to self-sufficient with cocaine imports, teams of killers to wage war and eliminate the competition. We also have teams of arms, teams of managers and drug sellers, to manage trafficking in the territories.
Statement by Frédérick Silva to SPVM investigators
Generals of Killer Regiments
The Federation had two main goals: to eliminate its enemies and those of the Rizzuto family and, eventually, to drive the Hells Angels out of Montreal.
It consisted of four "generals" of hit teams, including Silva and Gregory Woolley, who had been an ally of the Hells in the past, and other individuals such as Samy Tamouro. Woolley and Tamouro were assassinated in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Mexico in the fall of 2023.
A list of individuals to kill
Silva also revealed that his committee had a list of several enemies to kill, which included individuals linked to the Calabrian mafia.
We were, in our opinion, the organization that was going to change traditional organized crime known in Quebec.
Statement by Frédérick Silva to SPVM investigators
"We were all people who had experienced disappointments with different organizations like the Hells Angels, the mafia or any gangs. We were all abandoned by people in the past, had false promises, etc. It had to change, otherwise it would lead to our loss or our death," he added.
Don't touch the family
Silva organized the 2014 murder of kingpin Joseph Ducarme — the contract was for $250,000 — and says he became a member of the Rizzuto family the next day.
Joseph, who was feared by the Rizzutos according to Silva, was suspected of involvement in the December 2009 murder of Nick Rizzuto, Vito Rizzuto's eldest son.
Silva describes the former godfather's other son, Leonardo, as "the flag, the prince and the bank" of the Sicilian clan.
In 2022, Silva said that the Montreal mafia no longer appointed "men of honor" and that the war between Sicilians and Calabrians was still not over.
Frédérick Silva summed up the impact of certain score-settling in the criminal world as follows:
"It's a form of respect in the street to show that if you touch the family, one day or another, you will pay with your life. It shows that even if it takes years, you will still die when you touch the family."
"It's very, very rare that you're going to get through this," he predicted.
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