Murdered Montreal Mafia leader's sister says family is devastated by loss https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...sister-says-family-is-devastated-by-loss

Family may be devasted all they want, Giordano was no angel and his family knew exactly who he was and what the consequences may be, so devasted may be a stretch.

« Ses yeux de glace me convainquent qu’il peut tuer encore »
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-convainquent-qu-il-peut-tuer-encore.php

Case against hit man Silva delayed because Montreal cop may be under investigation

https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-montreal-cop-may-be-under-investigation

Un restaurateur se bat devant la Régie des alcools pour conserver ses permis

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...es-alcools-pour-conserver-ses-permis.php

https://thecanadian.news/kingpin-gregory-woolley-must-be-on-his-guard/

Kingpin Gregory Woolley must be on his guard

One of Montreal’s most important organized crime leaders, Gregory Woolley, now risks being vigilant, as shots mistakenly rang out at his neighbor’s house and casings were found on the ground near his residence in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in the space of three weeks.

• Read also: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: A residence targeted twice by mistake

The first incident dates back to the beginning of the month, when neighbors reported to the authorities that they heard an explosion. While inspecting the scene, the authorities discovered a bullet hole on the front of a residence on rue des Trembles.

This is located a stone’s throw from the luxurious home of Woolley and his wife, a former contestant of reality TV loft story.

Then, on Wednesday, a resident of the area discovered casings on the ground, very close to the property of the influential gangster.

Targeted by mistake

After verification, the police of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu affirmed that the residence affected by the projectile had been targeted by mistake. According to our sources, Gregory Woolley, closely linked to both the Montreal mafia and the Hells Angels, was targeted during the two incidents. Everything indicates that we are trying to send him a message.

Investigators have not yet made any arrests in the case.

The Canadian citizen / Scarpinato and Nicaso: here are the intertwining between mafia, politics and economy - by Vittorio Giordano
05/25/2022 15:37
MONTRÉAL \ aise \ - “The “ Great Game ”of power . This is the theme of the conference which, on May 17 last, saw Professor Antonio Nicaso and Prosecutor Roberto Scarpinato "tell" to the approximately 80 people present at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montreal the discreet but invasive role that organized crime takes place in today's globalized and interconnected world. A very widespread international phenomenon in Canada, favored by a banking system that favors investments without investigating the origin of the funds. So much so that it would be enough to follow the 'trajectory' of capital to understand how organized crime moves today ”. Vittorio Giordano writes about itwho in Montreal directs the weekly Canadian Citizen .
“A strategy intuited a few decades ago by Giovanni Falcone. “Films and TV series - said Scarpinato - tell a false story: on the one hand the ugly, dirty and bad ones, on the other the angels. The truth is that the two worlds are intertwined. Through the investigation, I found myself in Parliament, the Council of Ministers, banks and even the Vatican. And I began to understand that the real mobsters, the most dangerous ones, are not those who shoot, but they are those who have a degree and who sit on the highest floors of the social pyramid. I found that some of the most prominent Mafia leaders were doctors, engineers and architects. The mafia has become a system of power. This is because with the votes of the mafia many have become important politicians;
“When I came to Canada in 1989 - Nicaso said - I felt the same feeling that a kid can feel when he enters a candy shop, because in this country there are all the mafias in the world. In 1982 they killed an accountant who had looked after the interests of the Cotroni family. Then he chose to look after the interests of the Rizzuto family as well. He was killed and in their pockets they found bank slips relating to deposits attributable to the children of the former mayor of Palermo, Vito Ciancimino. He understood perfectly well how the Sicilian Mafia invested in Montreal. And this is because until 2000, in Canada, there was no ceiling for the introduction of cash. Falcone becomes dangerous when he begins to poke his nose into banks and the economy. Some time ago, a small Canadian Falcon, Mark Bourque,
He seizes his checking account, but it is his sentence. The banks protest and the Supreme Court of Canada rules that money, once it enters the bank, is an accounting note and not a tangible asset. And therefore it cannot be seized. Our investigator, transferred to the escort service, will die years later on a United Nations mission in Haiti. That death has this country on its conscience ”.
“What seems interesting to me - underlined Scarpinato - is that the history of the mafia is no longer an Italian history, but a world one. The mafia is becoming one of the most important capitalist powers in the world. With globalization, millions and millions of people around the world are looking for the same lifestyle as in the West: Ferrari, Valentino clothes, but also drugs, gambling, prostitution, counterfeit luxury products. There has been a worldwide demand for goods and services produced by the mafias. The mafia is therefore turning into a trading agency that sells drugs, prostitutes and counterfeit products to millions and millions of ordinary people. All the magistracies of the world, every year, despite their efforts, manage to seize only 10-15% of the global turnover of the drugs that are produced, 85% enter trade and become capital. (…) So perhaps we could distinguish 2 types of criminals: those who fail, who end up in prison; and the successful ones, who become bankers, entrepreneurs and politicians ".
“Canada - added Nicaso - is the only country in the world that allows lawyers not to report suspicious transactions. Canada also allows the trustees, ie those who represent the shell companies, not to reveal the real owner of the investment fund. Everyone knows this, but nobody does anything, because otherwise the economy is put at risk. Canada is the country with the most bank branches in the Caribbean.
There is this hypocrisy that bank executives are judged on the basis of deposits. The higher the deposits, the more the bank counts. But nobody moves a finger. And why? The Charbonneau Commission explained it to us: everyone in Québec benefited from corruption. And what does Canada invent itself? 'Yes, but Québec is a distinct company.' The problem is that corruption doesn't stop at the border. Also because in the 70s another Commission had demonstrated the infiltration of the mafia into the Toronto building. Only Iceland has decided to punish bankers as if they were money launderers, sending them to jail. It is the only case in the world ”.
Roberto Scarpinato was attorney general at the Court of Appeal of Palermo and is one of the most exposed magistrates in the fight against the mafia in Italy. He was part of the anti-mafia pool with Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and has dealt with many of the most important mafia trials.
Historian of criminal organizations, Antonio Nicaso is one of the leading 'Ndrangheta experts in the world. He teaches Social History of Organized Crime at Queen's University. He has written over 30 books, including some international bestsellers ”. (aise)

Two separate topics here:

Manquements sanitaires et crime organisé | Le Canadien était à contrat avec un resto convoqué par la Régie des alcools
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...to-convoque-par-la-regie-des-alcools.php

Le Canada, « un paradis » pour la mafia
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...0/le-canada-un-paradis-pour-la-mafia.php

Un autre proche du tueur à gages Frédérick Silva abattu à Laval
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvell...r-a-gages-frederick-silva-abattu-a-laval

Un entrepreneur tué par balle à Laval
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...n-entrepreneur-tue-par-balle-a-laval.php

^^^^
Man killed in Laval restaurant had ties to hit man Frédérick Silva
https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-had-links-to-organized-crime-police-say

Man fatally shot inside Laval restaurant; police draw links to organized crime
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/man-fat...-draw-links-to-organized-crime-1.5929002

Just curious, could this be a mob cleanup? Silva was obviously a cowboy who killed civilians. Now that he is away for life, could the mob be sending a message about this type of activity?

He tried to kill Salvatore Scoppa.

Another article (there are many more at the moment):

Meurtre dans un restaurant à Laval
« C’était épeurant »
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...-restaurant-a-laval/c-etait-epeurant.php

^^^^
'There will be repercussions' for brazen restaurant shooting, Laval police chief vows
https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...-had-links-to-organized-crime-police-say

Gangsterism Out: Conflict in Montreal Mafia approaching
https://www.gangsterismout.com/2022/06/conflict-in-montreal-mafia-approaching.html

Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in CBC/Radio-Canada defamation case

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mont...g-radio-canada-cbc-defamation-1.6291230?

^^^^
Alain Gravel et Radio-Canada devront verser 60 000 $ en dommages à Lee Lalli

https://www.lesoleil.com/2022/06/16...e-lalli-57530094d352d9df633541dbd1329bc6

La SQ arrête une femme

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...urant-a-laval/la-sq-arrete-une-femme.php

Cross-posting (see http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1036027#Post1036027).

Sale alert, which I received just this morning via email, re: this newly released English translation of La source:

Inside the Montreal Mafia: The Confessions of Andrew Scoppa

I'm not sure whether this is a 1-day sale or not. I'll check again tomorrow and report back.

Available on Kobo Canada for $4.99 ($4.49 if you have a VIP membership):
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/07aaad2d-b1f2-4468-81dc-0f1eceb20338

Available on Kobo US for $4.99:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/inside-the-montreal-mafia

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Not sure whether the $9.99 USD price on Amazon US is the regular price, but it's still a good deal -- see below.

https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Montreal-Mafia-Confessions-Andrew-ebook/dp/B09MXG35TW

^^^^
Still on sale today (Sunday) on both the Kobo Canada and Kobo US sites.

Anti, have you read it yet? Waiting to hear what the experts say before I buy it. Very intrigued by it for sure!

^^^^
dix,

My apologies for answering so late.

I bought the French ebook version as soon as it came out 21 months ago in October 2020.

For me, the biggest revelations in it are Scoppa's inside details surrounding murders related to the mob war -- these particular revelations were enough for me to consider the money I plopped down on the book to be money well spent. They don't answer all the questions we have regarding Montreal, but by thinking for myself, I used what I read in the book to try to make more sense of what happened, what is happening, and what will happen.

The book will fail to meet the expectations of anyone who hopes it ties up everything in a bow at the end.

Breaking news from about 1 hour ago:

Crime organisé : le tueur à gages Frédérick Silva devient délateur
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...a-gages-frederick-silva-devient-delateur

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2...a-gages-frederick-silva-devient-delateur

Look like Silva will snitch
Sollecito, Rizzuto and Woolley are in deep problem

Le tueur à gages Frédérick Silva se place sous la protection de la police
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...lace-sous-la-protection-de-la-police.php

^^^^
Hitman tied to organized crime removed by helicopter from a federal penitentiary
https://montrealgazette.com/news/lo...y-helicopter-from-a-federal-penitentiary

Quelle mouche a piqué Frédérick Silva ?
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...uelle-mouche-a-pique-frederick-silva.php

to the above about frederick silva cooperating do we even know who he was working for on all these hits.
the attempt on salvatore scoppa looks to be a spur of the moment shooting not an organized hit similar to some of his others.
and the others he has been charged with are a hodge podge of murders from HA associates to alleged innocent businessmen.

none of his hits were taken out against anyone loyal to the rizzuto/sollecito faction so make of that what u will.
i guess only time will tell....stay tuned.

and on the scoppa book after finishing the tiny barely 250 pg. book i was pissed.
i thought for sure it would be full of revelations about a long timeline in crime by a high level mafia operator.
it wasn't exactly that.
parts were articles long discussed on this forum and pulled directly from the archives of the authors or there quebec press colleagues.
many on here have read posted and dissected them ad nauseam...i guess for the unacquainted on the subject they may have been useful but for a longtime researcher and mafia buff absolutely pointless. another pointless subject the bowel afflictions of mr.scoppa who cares.

however it did shed some light on the cutthroat world that is the mafia in MTL.
if we are to believe scoppas confessions about a laundry list of murders committed in the melieu many did not happen because of long seething vendettas or a media driven narrative about the sicilian vs. calabrian nonsense. the majority of these murders were simply over money and territory.

for those who have not or will not read the book feel free to ask some questions. there can be many on a wide range of topics.
i went back over and pulled some notes as frustratingly there was no index.
ask on spoiler alert......the scoppa bros didnt make it.

I hear you on the books format. But you gotta listen to what the authors said about Scoppa. He had ill intentions of using these guys like a weapon, like almost like his own personal propaganda machine. He was a lot like Greg Scarpa to me. They published what could be independently verified by MULTIPLE SOURCES. Then published the sources. Honestly, it reminded me of the boards, where no one takes what you say seriously unless you provide a Law Enforcement file and 2 or 3 articles. They had to do it like this I think, if they publish everything Scoppa wanted, he would have probably been pinning murders on people and who knows what. He woulda got them sued for sure.

And like you, I was also surprised how much beef was over money and territory. Just street shit. And I was VERY shocked at how many Italians actually directly ran street distribution.
I couldnt believe they formed a " Co- Op" with the Hells Angels. And there WERE surprises. Valiquette being one of the biggest.


I was surprised at Vito owing money. Mostly because I assumed Vito controlled the sports gambling. I was NOT surprised when Scoppa insinuated that Alfonso Caruana pulled Vitos strings, or at least, greatly influenced him. And that HE was really the rich one. Arcadi started the War, then fled at the 1st sign of danger. The Rizzutos inertia after 1st the Renda, then Nick Jr. hits was startling. The Renda hit is the REAL mystery to me..... I was shocked at how scared they were of Ducarme Joseph, how dependent on Whooley Sollecito was, and on how VICIOUS Sollecito was.


One of the most interesting revelations was that Montreal has, and if I'm incorrect, feel free to let me know, but Montreal has ONE SPORTSBOOK, with " Investors". And Montreal no longer controls the Platinum book.

I'm trying to understand when that happened, and how?