another arson tied to London Hells Angels
https://www.gangsterismout.com/2020/08/3rd-arson-in-3-years-at-barletta-beef.html

Video of attempted hit on London HA

https://www.gangsterismout.com/2020/09/ha-robert-bartletta-hitman-target.html

Here's the accompanying article relating to the botched hit attempt

TARGETED: Who is trying to kill alleged London biker Robert Barletta? - London Free Press

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...ill-alleged-london-biker-robert-barletta

Additional charges for Barletta

Alleged London biker facing charges in privacy breach probe
London Free Press

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...006d599d9/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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High-ranking Hells Angel charged with breach of trust for allegedly accessing Ontario Ministry of Transportation computers

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...inistry-of-transportation-computers.html

Why was Barletta trying to access those computers in the first place? for that purpose?

“Aside from Barletta, the other full-patch Hells Angels who were charged were Craig (Truck) McIlquham, 50, of Oakville; and Eugenio (Gino) Reda, 56, of King City.

McIlquham’s dozen charges include possession of a restricted weapon, bookmaking and commission of an offence for a criminal organization.“

I believe that Mcllquham, may be or was the National President HA in Canada 🇨🇦. I’m only speculating as I was told by a guy who had a meeting with President HA Ontario (Joe Ertel from Kitchener) and the National President HA, and his handle was ‘Truck’.

He threatened to rat this other guy out to the cops, which seemed strange.

In the original takedown there was a police services employee charged for breach of trust and wrongfully accessing the database ... I believe these charges are in connection from that .. it was Barletta that benefited from that information and I'm making an informed guess it was to provide his operation with addresses from license plates .... re: debt collection etc. as well as the database on open organized crime cases, to keep them one step ahead.

Londoner charged in alleged gambling ring files $3M house-fire lawsuit.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...g-launches-3-3m-lawsuit-over-burned-home

Razed mansion linked to alleged Hells Angels bust, suspected money launderers

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...spected-money-launderers-postmedia-finds

Police probe Beef Baron fire, fourth suspicious blaze linked to Barletta clan

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/police-probe-overnight-blaze-at-beef-baron-strip-club

Notification - Tax evasion - Three residents of Ontario's Golden Horseshoe sentenced for tax evasion

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releas...sentenced-for-tax-evasion-835557704.html

Multi-million dollar Ontario Hells Angels court case could collapse because of delays

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/multi-mi...uld-collapse-because-of-delays-1.5887205

Although they're still scruffy as fuck, the Hells Angels chapters operating up in Canada are a completely different entity than the brethren in the United States. Almost unrecognizable in both mindset and operation. You would NEVER find HA's in the USA running any type of sophisticated gambling and bookmaking rackets like this article shows Canandian HA's doing. $16 million bookmaking volume? Lol. The angels in the USA don't even know how to operate a gambling business, much less run one of that capacity.

They basically only into drug dealing down here, and certainly not in the nose-bleed hemisphere of volume anywhere near Canada.

Canada is a different beast indeed. Up there HA is truly into major "organized crime" whereas everywhere else I'd say HA was more into "dis-organized crime." Lol

'There was no prosecution plan': Emails lay bare how Ontario Hells Angels case imploded

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/there-wa...rio-hells-angels-case-imploded-1.5889268

Massive gambling case against GTA Hells Angels falls apart over trial delay
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...angels-falls-apart-over-trial-delay.html

So what happens to all the assets they confiscated?
They just give them back??

Although the federal RCMP was involved, as were non-policing federal agencies, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ultimately seized the assets — the law-enforcement agencies for several Ontario cities were especially instrumental in the investigation.

However, the return of seized assets is covered by the Criminal Code of Canada, which is federal law. And, yes, all assets have to be returned. I’ll try to find out whether the HA colours were also returned.

Lucky they aren't in the US, that stuff would have been sold already. Then the accused has to pony up a bunch of cash for lawyers to sue. Then they win and the citizens get to pay.

Part of the reason a club in my area switched over to hells angels was to have power to fight back over getting screwed over by asset treatment while the government had their stuff. Bikes sat impounded getting ruined and iirc the club beat the case.

Then the city attacked their crappy clubhouse illegally, got sued, lost, and the settlement bought them a nice new clubhouse.

Can't believe they haven't found a way to outlaw bike clubs altogether in Canada.

Illegal gambling crackdown fizzles out as charges withdrawn

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...ges-against-two-alleged-bikers-withdrawn

This Mississauga man was one of dozens charged in 2019, the more notable names including full-patch Hells Angels Rob Barletta and Gino Reda.

$200K in cash found under Ontario man's bed seized by authorities
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/200k-in-...an-s-bed-seized-by-authorities-1.6414548

Millions in Hells Angels cash poured into southern Ontario real estate, court documents show
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/millions...al-estate-court-documents-show-1.6624647

Alleged London biker ensnared in dueling lawsuits over luxury Grey County development
https://owensoundsuntimes.com/news/...uits-over-luxury-grey-county-development

Cross-posting from the Hells Angels MC topic.
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Halton Regional Police Service release from yesterday has been updated just earlier to name the murder victim: Craig McIlquham, a Hells Angel from the Niagara chapter.

https://www.haltonpolice.ca/en/news/homicide-investigation-in-burlington.aspx

^^^^
Alleged Hells Angels biker swept up in gambling bust shot dead
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/alleged-hells-angels-biker-swept-up-in-gambling-bust-shot-dead

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A legitimate paywall-free version of Peter Edwards’s article on the murder of Hells Angel Craig McIlquham is available at the link below.

Long­time Hells Angel gunned down out­side Bur­l­ing­ton res­taur­ant

https://pressreader.com/article/281599541374732

^^^^
Excerpts below from an older article are relevant in this discussion. NB: OPP=Ontario Provincial Police.

Thursday, December 19, 2019
By Louie Rosella | InsideHalton.com
Hells Angels member from Oakville among 7 Halton residents charged in illegal gaming operation tied to ‘an escalation in violence across Ontario’
OPP focus was on an illegal gaming organization controlled by members of the Hell’s Angels
https://www.insidehalton.com/news/c...742ed8c-a63c-594d-afdd-dab08a6000af.html

Nearly 30 people are facing more than 200 criminal charges in connection with a multi-million dollar illegal gaming operation tied to a series of attempted murders, arsons, extortion threats, shootings and assaults.

One of those charged, 49-year-old Oakville resident Craig McIlquham, is a member of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle gang, the OPP said in a release.

OPP launched Project Hobart as a result of “an escalation of violence across Ontario and Quebec” between August 2017 and May 2018 which included attempted murders, arsons, extortion threats, shootings and assaults.

[snip]

Their focus was on an illegal gaming organization controlled by members of the Hell’s Angels outlaw motorcycle gang.

[snip]

The investigation suggests the sportsbooks have been in operation for more than five years and have brought in gross revenues of more that [sic] $131 million, police said.

Police linked the operators of this illegal gaming organization to the Figliomeni crime family.

Hells Angel shot dead outside Mandarin receives online tributes from abroad
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/he...ef21ffc-46b9-4925-a55f-068f95db3110.html

^^^^
Peter Edwards has written another article about the topic of Craig McIlquham's murder. This article repeats the collaboration between the 'ndrangheta and the Hells in online gambling, such as in Project Hobart. Edwards quotes Anna Sergi's emaily reply to him.

Toronto Star's paywall-free version:

https://pressreader.com/article/281625311194961

That’s got a be a terrible Mother’s Day for his wife, just like the Gallo last year. That’s two Mother’s Days in a row something major happens. Add them to the widow list with Musitanos, Luppino, Rizzuto and whoever is next!

So sad!