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.
