Preliminary inquiry begins for three men charged with attack on Montreal detective

https://montrealgazette.com/news/pr...harged-with-attack-on-montreal-detective

Le fils d’un mafieux notoire associé aux Hells Angels

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/10/26/le-fils-dun-mafieux-notoire-associe-aux-hells-angels

The son of a notorious mobster associated with the Hells Angels
Raynald Desjardins boy reportedly runs a biker loan business

The son of the kingpin Raynald Desjardins would be associated with two "very influential" members of the Hells Angels who have close links with the Rizzuto clan.
This is what internal police documents on organized crime in Quebec reveal in 2021, to which our Investigation Bureau had access.

This information would partly explain the lull that has reigned in the Montreal mafia since 2019, after fifteen years of deadly blood feuds between rival factions.

Information is circulating that a truce could have been intervened earlier this year in the conflict between Raynald Desjardins and the Rizzuto clan.
Imprisoned for plotting the assassination of a mafia opponent, Raynald Desjardins was himself the target of a murder plot orchestrated in 2015 by ex-Hells Angels chief Maurice "Mom" Boucher.
The latter is imprisoned for life for the murders of two correctional officers in 1997.
Private loans
The Hells Angels Martin Robert and Stéphane Plouffe are at the head of a criminal organization "with considerable financial means" which has for several years controlled the "lucrative" narcotics market on the North Shore of Montreal and in the Laurentians, according to reports that we were able to consult.
Mathieu Desjardins, 32, is identified as one of the "associates" of this group.
The Sûreté du Québec writes that Martin Robert is allegedly involved in the financing of a private loan business held by Raynald Desjardins.

The latter's son, Mathieu, "would have taken back control of this business since his father's imprisonment," according to these documents.

The organization led by the two members of the Hells from the Montreal chapter also maintains good contacts with most of the other major factions of Quebec organized crime.

Mafia financier

Among other things, the police consider Plouffe and Robert among the associates and financiers of the Rizzuto clan, which has once again become the dominant group of the Montreal mafia.

They are also in a "relationship" with Davide Barberio, the "street boss" of the Mafia that the police recently instigated to calm things down in the northeast of the city, struggling with an outbreak of shootings between gangs, as our Bureau of Investigation reported last week.


? Police believe that Robert and Plouffe's group has expanded its activities elsewhere in the country as well as abroad, where it has "extensive contacts" in cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

Arrested with a gun downtown

Raynald Desjardins’s son was caught with an illegally acquired pistol after his father was targeted by a killer with an AK-47 ten years ago.

On the morning of September 16, 2011, a gunman fired 17 times in the direction of Raynald Desjardins's SUV, in full traffic, in Laval, but the kingpin escaped unscathed.

On June 6 of the following year, Mathieu Desjardins, then 23, was arrested in possession of a loaded 9mm caliber pistol while in a jewelry store in downtown Montreal.

"Stupid" gesture

The latter then pleaded guilty, while qualifying his gesture as "stupid".

He claimed in court that he obtained the weapon because he was "afraid for his safety" after the attempted murder of his father.

In April 2016, Judge Jean-Pierre Boyer imposed 12 months in prison on him, concluding that it was an "isolated act" by a young man whose only criminal record remains.

The magistrate also noted at that time that Mathieu Desjardins was "not known to be affiliated with any criminal organization".

“He knows that being the son of Raynald Desjardins has earned him a certain prestige with various people, but he claims to have been able to remain detached from it. He denies having any attraction for marginality and delinquency, "said Judge Boyer.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/10/26/le-fils-dun-mafieux-notoire-associe-aux-hells-angels

If there is now a truce as this article suggests, who is responsible for the attempted murder of Barberio a few weeks back?

Great question Mike 68 also how does Piero arena feel about said truce?
The article also states Mathieu is operating a private lending business.
I can only assume it is a legit one as is legal in QC. Otherwise the author would have just said loanshark.

Méconnaissable, «Mom» rêve de vengeance

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/10/27/meconnaissable-mom-reve-de-vengeance

Consider hit man's testimony with care, judge tells jury in Montreal Mafia murder trial

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...ells-jury-in-montreal-mafia-murder-trial

^^^^
Hit list revealed during murder trial sheds light on Mafia conflict

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...rder-trial-sheds-light-on-mafia-conflict

https://www.journaldequebec.com/202...x-premiers-chapitres-du-livre-le-parloir

November 19, 2015, Sûreté du Québec headquarters, rue Parthenais, Montreal

- It's an important day for you, Greg! Probably the one that will have the most impact in your life. I can tell you that from today your life will change completely.
Gregory Woolley sketches a barely perceptible smirk on hearing Detective Sergeant Steve Girard give him this warning in a tone yet quite convincing. Two hours earlier, the influential gangster was dragged out of bed by a group of police who came to apprehend him at his home. In total, four autopatrols were mobilized, each identified with one of the police forces participating in this large-scale operation: the Sûreté du Québec, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal and the Service de la Ville de Montréal. of the Longueuil agglomeration. Woolley was then escorted to Sûreté du Québec headquarters on Parthenais Street in Montreal while police searched his residence in Saint-Hubert. This morning, the ex-Hells Angels henchman, who many now call "the black godfather" of street gangs in Montreal, was not the only one leaving his home in handcuffs. About 40 other suspects, including heads of the Montreal mafia and members of the Hells, are also targeted in this large-scale crackdown.

It's 8:15 am Woolley has spent the last 60 minutes, eyes closed, slumped in an office chair, when Sergeant Girard walks into the small, gray-walled interrogation room where silence reigned. The 43-year-old is dressed in a white t-shirt and jogging pants; he does not even sit up when the investigator asks him to sit "properly". Visibly sleep deprived, he casually supports his head with his right hand, while the rest of the body is leaning against a small table that separates him from the policeman. His body language is unambiguous: Woolley doesn't want to hear from the investigator. While trying to stay calm, he remains silent as a carp when Girard asks him questions. Worse, pretending to ignore it, he does not even deign to look in the direction of the policeman, who is to his right. Woolley remained behind bars between 2000 and 2011 for conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism, and he now faces those same charges. But he has seen others.

During the 1990s, during the time of the biker wars, the leader of the Hells Angels, Maurice "Mom" Boucher, recruited this member of a street gang to make him one of the henchmen of this criminal gang. According to the internal rules of the Hells, no black can be admitted as a member in good standing of the "big club". However, in the summer of 1998, four days after being acquitted of the murder of a trafficker linked to their rivals Rock Machine, Woolley still obtained his "patches" as a member of the Montreal Rockers, the dreaded club-school of the Hells. . A few years later, Woolley was charged with another murder, that of Pierre Beauchamp, a Rock Machine cocaine supplier. On December 20, 1996, Beauchamp was killed at close range while driving his minivan on Sainte-Catherine Street, then busy due to Christmas shopping. The Crown believed it had irrefutable proof of the accused's guilt. Woolley’s DNA was found in a fisherman’s hat found in a trash can at the Bonaventure metro station, in which the Montreal police also found a gun identified as the murder weapon. But the police officer tasked with documenting the evidence-gathering at the scene was a recruit, on his very first career murder case. He not only made several rookie mistakes, but he also lied under oath during the trial, in order to cover up his mistakes. Citing the fabrication of evidence thesis, the defense asked the jury to find Woolley not guilty. All the more so since no fingerprints could be identified on the gun and no eyewitnesses were able to incriminate the accused. Woolley had again been acquitted.

On that rainy and windy morning of November 19, 2015, Sergeant Girard occasionally continues to ask questions of what he simply calls Greg. But he receives no response from her. Obviously, Woolley, who is known to the police for not being talkative with them, will still live up to his reputation and remain silent. So Girard will speak. It's still early days anyway, and there's no rush until Woolley's scheduled afternoon appearance.
Sergeant Girard is not the first to come to the investigation of murders and murder plots. In addition, he knows a little about the world of organized crime. He notably participated in the Baladeur investigation project, following which Gérald Gallant, the contract killer of the enemies of the Hells Angels during the biker war, became an informer, admitted to being the author of 28 murders, in addition to denounce the sponsors and accomplices of his crimes. Investigator Girard also arrested the boss Raynald Desjardins in December 2011 for a murder plot targeting Salvatore Montagna, an aspiring patron of the Montreal Mafia. A few months earlier, Desjardins had survived a flurry of projectiles fired in his direction with an AK-47 machine gun.
Desjardins, who suspected Montagna to be behind the attack, admitted his guilt the previous summer and is still awaiting sentence as Girard attempts to cook Woolley. This is good: Raynald Desjardins will be mentioned during this questioning which will have quite a long monologue.

Girard takes his time, even if Woolley would prefer to get it over with as soon as possible. Dressed in a purple shirt, dark gray pants, and a black tie, the sergeant brought his chair up to Woolley's. The two men, who both have shaved heads, are very close to each other. Their knees are almost touching. Sometimes Woolley has his eyes riveted on the ground, sometimes he looks straight ahead, never meeting the policeman's gaze. Girard, on the contrary, does not take his eyes off him for a moment. He speaks to her in a measured but firm tone, while frantically chewing on an eraser. The investigator has placed a laptop on the small table, but he does not need it at this time.
"We showed up at your place this morning at 6 am," Girard told him, starting to explain to Woolley how and why he found himself confined against his will to a police station rather than lying in bed. To notify you of our presence in front of your house, we turned on the flashing lights of our four patrol vehicles and one of the vehicles woke you with a siren. Me and my colleague Martin Robert, we knocked on your door. I showed my police badge to the surveillance camera. You came to open. You were in your underwear. I showed you we have a warrant to arrest you. You took the time to read it. I informed you that you were under arrest for conspiracy to traffic cocaine and gangsterism. And also for a murder plot that you made with Maurice "Mom" Boucher and her daughter ... "

Today, as you can see, some big names have fallen. Big hitters. Rizzuto, Sollecito, today, it was not expected to fall. Mr. Cavaliere, he didn't think his legal career was going to end today. You are the common denominator that makes the majority of people in that group fall today. The manager, Greg, is you. It is your actions that cause the image of crime in Montreal to change completely from today. It's your fault. What I know about you is that you're not the type to talk to the police or yell at the police. But be man enough to listen to what's against you. "
Greg, you got out of prison in 2011. And already in 2012, our news sources told us that you wanted to take your place back at all costs. That you were prepared to use violence, murder, to make your place. That you wanted to bring everyone together. That you were a ticking time bomb. And that you were on the verge of getting out of hand. Guys like Rizzuto, Sollecito and Cavaliere are low profile guys. You don't really hear from them. You know who they are, but it feels like at no point in time they want to put the police spotlight on them. Quite the opposite of you. " You must know that whatever I am going to tell you, I am able to demonstrate it with facts. It's going to be in the disclosure of the evidence you're going to receive from the Crown. Do you understand that? In 2012, you managed to form an alliance with Sollecito and Rizzuto. And with other small groups alongside, under Alliance control. From you and the Italians. " We understand that when you form an alliance, you will displease some people. We know very well that you wanted to bring everyone together under the supervision of your Table. As in the biker war, we agree that there are sacrifices to be made. Because, for sure, you can't please everyone, Greg. You take the place of certain people, impose your ideas on yourself. Impose your laws in the middle. Much like the one who sponsored you to get into bikers, "Mom" Boucher tried to do in the 1990s by imposing his rules with the Rock Machines, independents and others he waged war against. You, on a smaller scale, wanted to do the same thing. You wanted to follow your godfather in the way you do things. " We don't expect a guy like Maurice "Mom" Boucher today to talk to us. Worse, it is certain that he will not be offered a contract to become an informer. OK ? That’s my impression. Although, maybe after years of incarceration, when he finds out that we know his daughter was involved ... When he realizes that she too is going to go inside for a little while ... She who has just given birth. Maybe sometimes it can get someone to understand something. " Usually there is wiretapping in a large police investigation. You know there are some who escape a little more than others, who are less careful with their words. There are also spinning mills. Although you are very awake to this, I must tell you that most of the time, we achieve incredible results by physical surveillance of our suspects. Often, thanks to conventional spinning, that leads us to be able to obtain something else. I will not surprise you, we know that Me Cavaliere warns you about a lot of cases. But at some point, you can't predict everything. Surprises happen. You are going to make mistakes. This may lead us to install cameras and microphones in certain places. You know, there is no such thing as a foolproof protection system. No matter how much you want to protect yourself from everything ... In my career, I saw guys who had rottweilers or cameras in their house to prevent the police from going to put microphones, then we came back like that to put them on . You are never going to outrun us enough that we won't be able to stop you. We're going to be able to stop you all the time. For a lot of reasons. Sometimes because you are surrounded by the weak. Other times, because you make mistakes. At some point you all make mistakes. Because you think you are the kings. When you think of yourself as the king, you'll let your guard down. And for sure at some point there is going to be a lucky punch that will hit your nose. Then you will fall. That's life. When you are too sure of yourself, when you think you are in control of the city of Montreal, you think yourself above the fray. And you think nothing can get to you.

But like I told you, you have become THE priority for the police. You were the man who had to be removed from the island of Montreal to get some security back, to make things quieter in your area. So there is nothing that was left to chance in the investigation. Because you crossed the line. Not only did you distribute kilos of cocaine in the market, but you also used extreme violence. You led to the creation of Project Magot which targeted you and your gang. It’s rare that you are able to leave the streets and go to the top. And the boss is you. This is Stefano Sollecito. It's Leonardo Rizzuto. We reached the top in this investigation. I'll never thank you enough for that. ” There is one thing that fascinated me about what I read and learned in the investigation that started with you, Greg. You know that I am from Quebec. And I had the chance to work on the investigation into Gerald Gallant's case. Do you know Gerald Gallant? In the biker war, he was the killer of the Rock Machines and the West End Gang. He's the one who killed Bruno Van Lerberghe, a full patch HA, and Bob Savard, your godfather's right hand ... of "Mom" Boucher. At the time, that investigation led me to meet guys like the Rock Machine Fred Faucher and Marcel Demers. And Raymond Desfossés, a West End Gang boss who gave Gallant contracts. It's all from the world that you know. It also led me to meet a lot of guys, like Gilles Lambert and André "Frisé" Sauvageau, who were also in the Rock Machine at that time, but who are now in the HA. In Operation SharQc, the police were investigating the Hells killing the Rocks. We did the opposite with Gallant. We listened to Sauvageau, Lambert - and Cazzetta, who is made your leader or, at the very least, a very important person in the Hells Angels. I was listening to these guys talk and they all wanted to rip your head off. They said you were rats. Reliable steps. Crosseurs. And then, when I read that you ended up with "Frisé" Sauvageau, who was an enemy at the time ... He who said: "Never that I am going to enter the Spits!" Because he called you Spits, instead of HAs. And then you got to know these guys who declared war on you.

You trust them. I don't understand, Greg. I don't understand how you can come to trust these people. I don't understand how you can even tack your cockpit covers. How can you agree to bring the wolves into the fold and then trust them? Me, it seems to me that I would trust my guys, the ones I grew up with in the organization, with whom I fought at the time. You who were a bit the dolphin of

Mom »Butcher ...
So, for the first time, Sergeant Girard opens the laptop he had placed on the table, right next to him and Woolley. He glances back at the suspect and pauses, as if to arouse the suspect's curiosity, before moving on.
- I'm going to tell you about the plot you made with
"Mom" Boucher and her daughter, Alexandra. I know he's been good for you, "Mom". And I also know you're good for him, for example. What is disturbing about this is that although "Mom" Boucher has been detained for several years, he maintains some contact with the outside world. We also know that "Mom" Boucher, her support is crumbling quite a bit. But you will endure it. Investigation shows that you continue to send him $ 4,000 monthly envelopes. Except that, according to what we know, the amount is going down. And there it won't be long before he will be forgotten. Because if there is one who has blundered, if there is one who has made enemies, it is him. He continued to blunder, even in the penitentiary. What happened with Raynald Desjardins was another very big blunder he just made. We know that you are not going to see "Mom" Boucher in prison, but clearly, you have given your consent for an upcoming plot to have Raynald Desjardins killed. I don't know if "Mom" is less alert after all these years in it. I think he's starting to get rusty and he's become less vigilant. But if you want to pass messages and you're in the USD, it's not that easy. It can cause you to make mistakes. That’s what I meant when I said earlier that you think yourself above everything. That you think you are unattainable. And you're running to ruin with that. ” So, "Mom" Boucher, in all his glory, he brought his daughter to the penitentiary. His own daughter. So she can deliver her messages to you. Because he couldn't get them straight to you. And he implicated her in this plot. It's Maurice's daughter "Mom" Boucher anyway, so I sure didn't expect her to fit into the nuns. But still, his father made him cross a line and I find that quite ordinary. And Greg, you're going to see that, like her, you too are in trouble because of him. "

You will understand that in this investigation, it was also necessary to use technical means. We therefore went before a judge to bugger Parlor A of the penitentiary where visits were made between Alexandra Mongeau and her father. We have two cameras, one that points to "Mom" Boucher and one to Alexandra. We see that the two suspect that they could be listened to. They say big things about it, then they talk to each other only by articulating words, without hearing them, or by whispering. But you are able to read their lips and understand. Especially “Mom” Boucher. They also make gestures. When they talk about you in the parlor, "Mom" Boucher and Alexandra touch each other's cheeks. It's a code not to say your name, but we know they're talking about you. In my opinion, this code may have something to do with the color of your skin. You'll see, when they talk about you, we're sure they're talking about you even if they don't say your name. At each of their meetings, we have both camera angles. You'll see...

Sergeant Girard then invites Woolley to move his chair so that he sits directly next to him, in front of the small table where he has placed his laptop. While continuing to chew his gum, the investigator then plays a video recording, then turns the computer screen towards the suspect and turns up the volume.
An obese prisoner, with short hair but all white, appears on the screen. You can hear him laugh out loud, mumble something and then cough. Gregory Woolley can't help but take a close look at this bespectacled 60-year-old who the investigator calls his "godfather." This man, who shook the whole of Quebec not so long ago, is unrecognizable at first glance. The years he spent locked in a "super-max" with the worst criminals in the country have clearly done their work.
- Has it been a long time since you last saw him? Girard asks him. He has changed into a sacrament! Ouffff! Looked. Then listen carefully ...
***

Parlor A, Regional Reception Center / Special Detention Unit,

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
- Daddy! cries Alexandra Mongeau affectionately.
This is how she greets her father, whom the correctional officers have just escorted to one of the visiting rooms in the penitentiary where inmate visits take place. This is parlor A, since we are in sector A of the USD, which also includes sector B. A large sign on a black background with the capital letter A inscribed in white is clearly visible inside of the visiting room.
Maurice Boucher arrives smiling in the small cubicle, wearing a simple white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. He sits opposite his daughter, behind a plexiglass wall similar to the floor-to-ceiling windows of hockey rinks. It is 9.43 a.m. on a hot July morning in 2015.

Outside, it's a blazing sun. But of course, only his daughter was able to benefit from it.
- Did I wake you up? asks Alexandra, whose long hair is dyed platinum blonde.
- No why?
- Well ... I don't know. It's really rare that I come to visit you in the morning. I thought, "Maybe he's asleep."
- Well no. I get up at 6 o'clock.
- Ah! Like me, remarks her well-dressed daughter in a loose, pale blouse, white leggings and a pair of sandals.
- You've slimmed down, looks like. Eh ? Boucher asks, smiling, proud of his joke.
- Ha ha! I knew you were going to tell me that. I am on the eve of splitting. I gained ten pounds this month. Still.
- Get up then, see, that I see.
Alexandra immediately gets up from one of the two chairs which, placed next to each other, take up the entire width of the visitors' section of the parlor.
- Well, you look stable. Show me your belly. Put that up there, Boucher asks, pointing to the bottom of Alexandra's blouse.
- We're good with that. Maternity pants.
- It's done on purpose. Looks like you've lost some butt.
- I don't think so. It must be an optical illusion. I think the bigger the belly, the smaller the rest of it looks, she said humorously.
- But you look healthy.
- Yes. With my double chin.
- You have four, he laughs.

Three, let's say.
- Four, he repeats, continuing to laugh. I saw them quickly there. How are you, my baby?
- It's okay, but I can't stand it. Are you Hot?
It's so hot outside.
- It's not that bad. It’s tolerable. It seems to me that we got hotter than that last year.
- Tomorrow they announce like 30 degrees.
- Bah! It’s not hot. We had 35s last year.
- But you guys don't have air conditioning there?
- No. Here, if you want air, you have to run. Worse, it doesn't tempt me to run. Because it's hot when you stop, he laughs at his joke.
- What have you done to yourself here? she asks him, pointing a finger to his mouth. You look split.
- Ah, that's a sore spot.
- A cold sore?
- Well, it started with a bump on the inside. I think it's because I cut myself with the razor on the last stroke. There, I'm not shaving because I'm afraid to cut myself with the razor. Worse on top of that, I had lots of plaques here on my throat. Like some kind of eczema there, you know. They gave me antibiotics.
- But are you still spitting?
- I spit, but not like before, he said after having a hard cough.
- Is it less worse?
- Less worse than winter. Worse, have you been to see him? Boucher asks his daughter, touching her cheek.

- No, I'm trying, I'm kidding, I'm kidding, but there's no time. I tried to see it, but it’s quite steep.
- You know, in the mafia business here. Raynald ... The banks? Eh? says "Mom", which suddenly changes the subject.
- Banks? Alexandra repeats without really understanding.
- Desjardins banks! insists his father while whispering a name.
- Raymond? she whispers to him in turn, not sure she got it right.
- Not Raymond, Raynald! Boucher then said aloud, with a long, sonorous laugh, as he stood up and raised his chest.
- Ah, answers Alexandra simply while waiting for the continuation.
The ex-chief biker then stretches his arms outstretched. The parlor is so narrow that he presses the palms of his hands against the wall on either side. For a few seconds, he stares his daughter in the eye. Then, after pulling his jeans up higher on his waist, he breaks that short moment of silence he has knowingly caused, as if what he is going to say next matters a lot.
- OK. Because, in my opinion, he's going to come here. If he comes here, we will be able ... I know someone who can ..., he said whispering the last word, while making a repetitive gesture of the arm, as if pretending to stab someone. If he wants, he adds, while touching his cheek to signify that Woolley is the one to ask if he's okay.
- Cuddle, you tell me that worse ... It's crazy, there, I do not know. But whatever he is ..., his daughter stammers nervously, uncertainly.

Boucher simply answers him with a look.
And a little smile.
- OK, I know. It's none of my business. That's my curiosity, she said, answering her own question herself.
- We won't talk about it. You'll see, it's better. Because me, that leaves me indifferent, you know. I know him well, me, Raynald. But so many things have happened ... that it doesn't hurt me. Anybody. All my supposed friends ... Trash!
- Yes N.
"Ask her if he knows anyone in New Brunswick," he adds, touching his cheek again, "for her to pass this message on to Woolley."
"Mom" mentions that he heard that Desjardins could be transferred to a maximum security penitentiary located in this Maritime province, rather than that of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines.
- Looks like they opened up a row over there just for people like me. You know, the world that Quebec wants to get rid of. Anyway, excuse me, my little baby, for having had renewed ...
- Anger, she said, finishing her father's sentence.
- Worse mom, now, I can't call her. When we talk to each other on the phone, every time, she talks to me about money right away, continues Boucher, talking about Alexandra’s mother, Louise Mongeau. The one "Mom" calls "mum" is his former mistress, with whom he had two children. During the time they were dating, she affectionately referred to him as "my little kitty," according to what the police discovered while investigating the former Hells chief.

- Mom? Alexandra asks.
- Yes N. Right away, there. Makes me lose my whistle, huh.
- Is tiring with that. I said more.
- We talk two to three minutes on the phone, and it's over. Worse, she said, "Call me there." I want to call him, Alex. How would I say that ...? I shut my mouth on anything mom could have done to me. I never said a word ostia. I never put mom down. But I want to have minimal contact with her. How would I tell you that ... Mom, I love him, I adore him, I love him all the time. It has been a love in my life. But she's mean. With me, at least. She's not the same when you're there with her. Worse, I'm playing along because I don't want to show you how much animosity one can have.

Boucher and his daughter then have a heated discussion in which the ex-leader of the Hells drops a few coronations while calling someone a "hypocrite host" and "emptying screech." Neither the father nor the daughter mentioned his name, but the police understand that Boucher is referring to André Sauvageau, a member of the Hells Angels. The veteran biker, then 59, is nicknamed the "Curly" in the underworld because he has been bald for a long time. He was among the enemies of "Mom" during the murderous war that the latter waged. During the 1990s, Sauvageau was one of the most influential members of the Rock Machine. He joined the ranks of the Hells in May 2001, a few months after the two clans reached a truce, when Boucher was already in prison. Sauvageau is one of the only Hells Angels not to have been arrested in Operation SharQc, which sent 156 gang members and associates behind bars in 2009, precisely because he had not fought this bloody war on the Butcher sides. As part of the Magot investigation project that it was then leading, the Sûreté du Québec suspected Sauvageau of being one of the leading heads of a network of traffickers which sold nearly 50 kilos of cocaine per year in the east. of Montreal, mainly in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district. Sauvageau would also oversee the system of royalties - the "taxes," in middle jargon - of 10% that the Hells collect on sales from drug traffickers established in territory controlled by bikers. One of Sauvageau's business partners is said to be Boucher's ex-protégé Gregory Woolley. The previous winter, more specifically on February 19, 2014, Alexandra Mongeau was arrested on the sidelines of the same investigation as she was leaving an apartment on rue Cuvillier that was used as a hiding place for the Hells. She was in possession of a few thousand dollars at the time, which the police said was the result of drug trafficking. Incidentally, André Sauvageau and Alexandra’s mother seem to be good friends. On the evening of February 13, the police officers who were watching Sauvageau on his return from a trip abroad, at the Montreal-Trudeau airport, were surprised to observe him accompanied by the former mistress of Maurice "Mom" Butcher.

- You know, what's the connection? Mom won't say it now. She will tell you: "Well no, well no ... we're just friends." But do you have a friend who took a woman on a trip like that, ostie, just to ... well no, we're just gonna eat chips together. Eh? Butcher spits.
- No, that's it.
- You know, mom, it's always the same big poop that I have against her. Because I know what she is like, Mom. She's been with everyone I know. It's been several years but ... It bothered me without bothering me. Y'know? I was wondering, "Crisse, are you crazy?" "She let me down. Worse, I was the only person who would have helped her. Because I am the father of children. Even if she would give me her opinion ... I'm going to demolish her, her opinion. I can skate, too. In my head, it's like, "The time I was with you, I loved you, we had two beautiful children." But it always comes back to me when she said to me too: "My children, if it is not with you, I have to have them with another." She told me that, mom. She hurt me so much.
- It's mean.
- She said to me, "Crisse, you never forgave me. "I said," Louise, I have always forgiven you. I forgave you the same day you did to me. But I don't have to forget it. I forgive, but I don't forget. In any case, life is not easy, my baby.

Oh no. You know, knowing that I would be in that situation, I would have done my things differently. I wouldn't have had a child. Now is not the time for that to happen. I know this will work out, but how nice life sends you stuff sometimes ... It's stressful.
- Maybe it will be settled with your boyfriend. I do not know it. But if not, stay on good terms with the child.
- Well at least we're on good terms.
- Anyway, you had a choice. We had discussed this at the beginning. I said, "My baby, maybe now is not the time ..."
- I think there's never a good time. Something will always happen.
- You are right in a way, because life today ... Life, there, it keeps you sticking out. Life today seems like it's not for kids.
- It's a world of selfish people.
- It is to put a child in misery by giving birth today because it is worse than before. The family is keeping better. The world is bad. Everyone, it's fair: money, money, money, money ... It's more about being nice, polite and welcoming, there. Before that, the world wasn't even barring their door at home. Where do I come from, me, in the Gaspé, in Causapscal, in any case ...
- Worse, I'm thinking of having an alarm system put on, you know, Alexandra said, laughing to lighten the mood.
- That's it. Worse if you forgot to put the alarm system on, you got robbed. But where I can encourage you to have a child is that it will unblock you. You will see that life is not more beautiful. But she's taking it better. Because you have someone to give love to all the time. Unconditional love, you know. You will see, there is an ostia of beautiful part in that, my baby.
- I'm going to have a blast.
- Oh yes, you're going to have a blast.
***

This is a chapter of the book le parloir

Des aveux jamais entendus par les jurés

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-aveux-jamais-entendus-par-les-jures.php

^^^^
Les jurés demandent de réécouter des parties des témoignages des accusés

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-parties-des-temoignages-des-accuses.php

Alleged hit man Frédérick Silva brings his murder trial to a halt. His lawyer enters a non-contest plea.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/alleged-hit-man-frederick-silva-brings-his-murder-trial-to-a-halt

Revirement majeur au procès de Frédérick Silva
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-majeur-au-proces-de-frederick-silva.php

Un tueur à gages présumé veut mettre fin à son procès
https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/11/02/un-tueur-a-gages-presume-veut-mettre-fin-a-son-proces

Montreal Mafia murders: Jury acquits Guy Dion, convicts Marie-Josée Viau
https://montrealgazette.com/news/mo...s-guy-dion-but-convicts-marie-josee-viau

Viau coupable de complot et de meurtre au second degré, Dion acquitté
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...eurtre-au-second-degre-dion-acquitte.php

I wonder if Guy Dion is in more danger than his girlfriend now that he will on the street while she won't.

Ya, especially given that he knows the true identity of "Brad Pitt."

Gangsterism Out: Rat hit man reveals Scoppa brothers hit list [with accompanying photos]

https://www.gangsterismout.com/2021/11/rat-hit-man-reveals-scoppa-hit-list.html

Charbonneau Commission corruption investigation docuseries coming to Crave

https://cartt.ca/charbonneau-commission-corruption-investigation-docuseries-coming-to-crave/

(I've deleted my original post that was here)

@felixseguin’s tweet (7:17 pm EST tonight)

Un ex-associé de Vito Rizzuto, Serafino Oliverio a été pris pour cible cet après-midi dans Rivières-des-Prairies. Atteint à une cheville et à un bras, sa vie n’est pas en danger. Il a toujours été considéré comme un « indépendant ». C’est quand même une nouvelle importante….

https://twitter.com/felixseguin/status/1458589609990971398?s=21

^^^^
La victime est le patriarche d’un clan de la mafia

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-le-patriarche-d-un-clan-de-la-mafia.php

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-le-patriarche-d-un-clan-de-la-mafia.php

The victim is the patriarch of a mafia clan

The 69-year-old man injured in an attempted murder Wednesday afternoon in Montreal's Rivière-des-Prairies neighborhood is Serafino Oliverio, aka Sergio Lopez.

The City of Montreal Police Department has let it be known that the life of the 60-year-old, who was allegedly injured in the legs, is out of danger. He is currently lying in hospital, surrounded by relatives.
A call was made to 911 around 4:30 p.m. for gunshots heard on Boulevard Gouin Est, near Avenue Paul-Dufault. Upon their arrival at the scene, the police located "several cartridge cases" as well as a bullet impact on one of the vehicles parked on Boulevard Gouin Est, the SPVM said.
A man then presented to a hospital with gunshot wounds to his upper body.
Investigators and forensic identification technicians were dispatched to analyze the scene. A perimeter has been set up on the premises.
Serafino Oliverio is considered by the police to be the leader of a Montreal mafia clan with a strong presence in north Montreal, where its members own several bars and other businesses.

The Lopez-Oliverio clan has always conducted its affairs discreetly before the spotlight of the Sûreté du Québec investigators was shone on it during the Magot-Mastiff investigation, between 2013 and 2015.


Three brothers, Franco, Giuseppe and Pasquale Lopez, considered to be the nephews of Serafino Oliverio, have been accused of supplying cocaine to a trafficker in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood when he was out of stock during the investigation. But they later benefited from a stay of proceedings.
Serafino Oliverio does not have a criminal record.

^^^^
Montreal police investigating shooting of Mob boss in R.D.P.: reports

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...ng-shooting-of-mob-boss-in-r-d-p-reports

Are the Oliverio-Lopez Calabrian?

I did see the surname in 'ndrangheta investigations, like convicted boss Giuseppe Oliverio, boss of the locale Mariano Comense in the province of Como, northern Italy.

no idea if this cell is calabrian or not nor should that matter.
i am in no way trying to start anything unlike whatever has been transpiring on this site today but the sicilian v. calabrian thing is overblown.
there are some calabrians in MTL there r some sicilians both operating all over the place with a variety of criminal partners.
as most media has reported there appeared to be a "truce" between warring factions.

with that being said 2 groups in the R.D.P/mtl north area are fighting over territory.
the barberio-pizzi cell being one.
the new intell which is always good is that the oliviero-lopez cell leader is serafino oliviero.
his 3 nephews franco,giuseppe and pasquale operate under him as wholesale cocaine distributors in the mtl north area.
all 4 of these men are currently out on the street.

how any of this connects to the murder of piero arena i am still not sure.
in both areas there has also been ongoing feuds with the local street gangs some of which are allied with the blues some with reds some with the mafia and some with the HA.
all around making for a confusing situation.

again i don't mean to toss aside your question.

Un mafieux survit à une pluie de balles. Serafino Oliverio a été attaqué près de chez lui à Montréal

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/11/10/tentative-de-meurtre-a-riviere-des-prairies