Gotta wonder if it's a reply to the hit on Barberio.

The attempt coincidentally was on the anniversary of Nick Sr being murdered 11 yrs ago. Probably unrelated.

I think a possible scenario could be remnants of the scoppa bros old cells continuing there drug trafficking in the r.d.p. MTL north area.
The scoppas had worked with Arsene mompoint now murdered.
Mompoint was a strong leader opposed to the Woolley aligned set of gangs.

Quebec Court of Appeal upholds excluding evidence in Leonardo Rizzuto case
In 2019, Quebec Court Judge Julie Riendeau ruled a search warrant used to search Rizzuto's home in Laval was illegal.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/qu...luding-evidence-in-leonardo-rizzuto-case

Crime organisé: l'acquittement de Leonardo Rizzuto confirmé
https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2021/11/30/crime-organise-lacquittement-de-leonardo-rizzuto-confirme-1

^^^^
La Cour d’appel confirme l’acquittement de Leonardo Rizzuto

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...e-l-acquittement-de-leonardo-rizzuto.php

La poursuite demande 15 ans de pénitencier pour Marie-Josée Viau

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...de-penitencier-pour-marie-josee-viau.php

^^^^
Daniel Renaud has updated his article.

Link below is to Paul Cherry’s article.

Montreal Mafia case: Viau robbed us of chance to mourn, Falduto family says

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...s-of-chance-to-mourn-falduto-family-says

Sur les traces de Salvatore Scoppa jusqu’à son arrestation

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...atore-scoppa-jusqu-a-son-arrestation.php

For the journalist interviewing him, Claude Poirier confirms that one of his neighbours growing up was Frank Cotroni.

«Autant j’ai réussi dans ma carrière, autant j’ai été lamentable dans ma vie familiale»

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...jai-ete-lamentable-dans-ma-vie-familiale

La nouvelle normalité

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...se-montrealais/la-nouvelle-normalite.php

another interesting article out of montreal.
shows again the prominence of pizzi,barberio and crivello operating on the street w/ robert and plouffe from the MTL HA.
also the general continuing alliance b/ cells of the mtl mafia and members of just the mtl chapter and no other chapters.

wonder who the lebanese and greek groups are that are referenced?

Daniel Renaud of Le Press offers a view of the Montreal underworld.

The price of a kilo of cocaine was around $45k before the pandemic, and peaked at nearly $80k at the height of the health crisis. The price is now said to be around $36k. Relations "have been close" for two years between the Hells Angels and the Mafia. Influential members meet regularly, like a party Dec 10 at the Café Bellerose in Laval.

Hells Angels Martin Robert and Stéphane Plouffe are the two heavyweights in Montreal. Robert is considered the most influential Hells Angel in Quebec. Ontario Hells Angel Rob Barletta, well known to be involved in sports betting, now wears the colors of the Montreal section. Cops say that gang leader Gregory Woolley has returned to the Montreal Chapter's Hells Angels fold. The mafia is unstable and still has no leader. The Sicilian clan, the former Rizzuto clan, is still considered the strongest, but its influence is in steady decline. Street gangsters never disappeared, what is new, cops say, is that their members are younger and have more guns. While at one time the conflicts opposed the Reds and the Blues, today there are quarrels between members of groups of the same allegiance.

Who is Crivello? And to me, it looks like Miriarchi clearly runs his own thing....

erasmo crivello has been alleged to be working w/ marco pizzi since there dual arrest in proj clemenza 3 2016.
its possible the 2 worked together going back to 2013 under tonino callochia in cocaine trafficking.
there appears to be 2 sides of crivello family in mtl one of which has no mafia links.

i agree that mirarchi runs his own cell...i am also coming around to the theory that the mafia in mtl has become a lateral structure not a classic top down admin.
mirarchi had an almost direct link in 2011 to cocaine coming from the sinaloa cartel out of LA. that was a long time ago now i know but mirarchi has strong connections and clearly commands respect in the milieu.

Why was Callochia killed? Was it the Rizzuto's?

One theory was that callochia lied about delivery of large load of cocaine.
He was supposed to split with rizzutos.
Callochia historically had been aligned with old cotroni faction.

According to Andrew Scoppa, the Callocchia murder was ordered by Steve Sollecito and carried out by Salvatore Scoppa and a gang member.

Prior to this, Callocchia had killed Joe Di Maulo with Vito Rizzuto's permission. Callocchia and Sollecito then pressured Rizzuto for permission to have Roger Valiquette killed because they wanted control of the Book. Valiquette had been previously been encouraged by Sollecito and Callocchia to take the Book from the jailed Lorenzo Giordano. Scoppa describes Sollecito, Callocchia, and Valiquette at that time as the three men who were calling the shots for Rizzuto and pressuring him to have certain people killed (like Gaétan Gosselin and Vincenzo Scuderi). They used their victims' affiliations with the likes of Raynald Desjardins and Giuseppe De Vito as excuses to have them killed, but really the murders were motivated by a desire to take over their loan sharking operations. Sollecito and Callocchia turned on Valiquette when he began pressuring them to repay money he had loaned out to them (several hundred thousand dollars each).

does that version of events come from le source? if so i will trust the scoppa info.
the scoppa book will be the first credible street level info at the center of this 15 year war in MTL.

the switching of alliances/factions and different cells working together then weeks,months or years later murdering each other has become one of the least understood conflicts in the history of the mafia.

Vito you should write a book too you know. I'd work on that grammar though.

With friends like that, who needs enemies? It's neverending up there.

He is said to be independent, but the hitman/informant testified and described Mirarchi as being “part of the 'Ndrangheta.”

which goes to my next question and one that has remained unanswered on this thread since it began 114 pages ago...
what 'ndrangheta locale,'ndrine or group does mirarchi belong to.
if we can all agree that he is 'ndrangheta and that he is a powerful member...who does he report to?

does mirarchi operate independent of all other 'ndrangheta groups in QC and ON.?possibly
is mirarchi a cell leader for a more powerful 'ndrine located in toronto...commisso,ursino,figliomeni et al?
or is mirarchi a cell leader for a yet unknown 'ndrine operating inside QC/MTL?

info on his father is hard to find and there doesnt appear to be any consensus on antonios status or affiliation inside the 'ndrangheta if he had any at all.

since vittorios name appeared in MTL mafia circles there has long been refs to the 'ndrangheta and now 10+ years later the mystery abounds.

Talks about his ties with Calabria

Antonio Mirarchi was very close to the hells angels I believe he was from Catanzaro.

page 33 in business or blood by antonio nicaso and peter edwards says the same,catanzaro.
isca sullo ionio is the actual place they put his lineage from.

could find no info on any 'ndrangheta from that area in ON/QC.

Anyone who thinks he has no Ndrangheta ties, I have some oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you.

The latest article seems to....

1. Confirms the shareholder structure of the sportsbook network that was in The Source. Also looks like Sollecito was indeed forced to cede exclusive control.

2. Looks like not even Whooley can control the gangs right now. If hes back with the Hells, it kinda explains Steve Sauce losing control of the streets. He depended on Wholley for street stuff...


3. To me, it looks like the Mexicans took over the coke.... bad for the Italians... good for the Hells.... it seems like it currently takes the collective strength of the underworld to duplicate the Mexicans capabilities, as far as sourcing the coke, importing, getting it through the ports, wholesaling, retailing, ect.... There isnt one group strong enough to dominate in all aspects, only a particular niche.
The Italians used to control the source, and shared control of the ports, now it seems the Mexicans are the main importers, with some independents, but I doubt they longterm can compete with the volumes Mexicans can move. The Hells dominate wholesaling/ retailing.



You gotta wonder who's supplying the kids in the gangs. I bet money it's the Mexicans, who rather deal with youngsters than seasoned veterans.
Whooleys strength was that he was close to Italians, who were close to the supply. But he himself said this caused jealousy. If the Mexicans are supplying the new generation, Whooley has no leverage. He shoulda made his own connection to the Mexicans, hes gonna play second fiddle to Bikers and Mobsters forever.....He coulda leveled up the Syndicate.....


4. Time actually seems ripe for a guy like Violi to make a move into Montreal. If he still has his Colombian contacts, he could make some inroads in Quebec maybe.

I don't think Violi wants the headache that comes with Montreal, he has lots here in GTA to make money off of with less hassles.

Un homme accusé de meurtre au premier degré

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...e-accuse-de-meurtre-au-premier-degre.php

this investigation has been ongoing since 2020 i believe.
running those wonderful phone scams that everyone enjoys so much.

francesco sollecito again is mentioned as possibly being behind this he is the brother of montreal mafia leader stefano sollecito.