Montreal organized crime - The new normal

Leonardo Rizzuto exits the Bellerose cafe, coffee in hand.

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

Montreal organized crime - The new normal

Leonardo Rizzuto exits the Bellerose cafe, coffee in hand.

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

Montreal organized crime - The new normal

Leonardo Rizzuto exits the Bellerose cafe, coffee in hand.

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

Montreal organized crime - The new normal

Leonardo Rizzuto exits the Bellerose cafe, coffee in hand.

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

Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia dead

Carabbia served 25 years and was released in 2002.

The former head of the Youngstown faction of the Cleveland organized crime family, Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia, has died at 92.

'Ronnie the Crab' is more notorious for being imprisoned in the late 1970s as an accomplice to the 1978 Cleveland car bombing murder of gangster Danny Greene. Star witness and confessed bomber Raymond Ferritto switched his story to later blame Ronald Carabbia for ordering the hit on Greene.

See ----->Danny Greene - The Irishman
See ----->Kevin McTaggart - Danny Greene's former top lieutenant

Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia dead

Carabbia served 25 years and was released in 2002.

The former head of the Youngstown faction of the Cleveland organized crime family, Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia, has died at 92.

'Ronnie the Crab' is more notorious for being imprisoned in the late 1970s as an accomplice to the 1978 Cleveland car bombing murder of gangster Danny Greene. Star witness and confessed bomber Raymond Ferritto switched his story to later blame Ronald Carabbia for ordering the hit on Greene.

See ----->Danny Greene - The Irishman
See ----->Kevin McTaggart - Danny Greene's former top lieutenant

Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia dead

Carabbia served 25 years and was released in 2002.

The former head of the Youngstown faction of the Cleveland organized crime family, Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia, has died at 92.

'Ronnie the Crab' is more notorious for being imprisoned in the late 1970s as an accomplice to the 1978 Cleveland car bombing murder of gangster Danny Greene. Star witness and confessed bomber Raymond Ferritto switched his story to later blame Ronald Carabbia for ordering the hit on Greene.

See ----->Danny Greene - The Irishman
See ----->Kevin McTaggart - Danny Greene's former top lieutenant

Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia dead

Carabbia served 25 years and was released in 2002.

The former head of the Youngstown faction of the Cleveland organized crime family, Ronald 'Ronnie the Crab' Carabbia, has died at 92.

'Ronnie the Crab' is more notorious for being imprisoned in the late 1970s as an accomplice to the 1978 Cleveland car bombing murder of gangster Danny Greene. Star witness and confessed bomber Raymond Ferritto switched his story to later blame Ronald Carabbia for ordering the hit on Greene.

See ----->Danny Greene - The Irishman
See ----->Kevin McTaggart - Danny Greene's former top lieutenant

Guatemala Narco Jets

A jet filled with cocaine landed on a rough strip in Guatemala on Jan 27, 2020. The Guatemalan military recovered 1,700 kg of cocaine in Laguna del Tigre National Park. More than 40 narco aircraft have been intercepted in Guatemala this year. Dozens more landed and took off again. This plane made news when it was flown out by a Guatalmalan Air Force pilot. The narco jet was a Hawker Siddeley HS 125/Hawker 800, an aircraft known for its hardy airframe and landing gear.

“We are talking about an industry that has enough money to abandon million-dollar planes in the jungle,” Guatemalan Army Col. Juan de la Paz said.

Air routes have proven difficult to block. Enforcement in Guatemala’s remote corners is almost nonexistent.

“Their resources are infinite, and we are just trying to keep up.” 90% of the cocaine consumed in the US transits through Guatemala. Airstrips are being cut into Laguna Del Tire National Park to land jets of cocaine. Jets can carry more than $100m worth of cocaine. Submarines and go fast boats through the Pacific have been under pressure from U.S. Coast Guard vessels. Cocaine-filled jets once flew to Mexico and Honduras, until those countries developed aerial interdiction teams. Guatemala's National Park has no such dangers.

See ----->Mexican military opens fire on cartel plane carrying drugs
See ----->Narco plane lands on Mexican highway in Quintana Roo

Guatemala Narco Jets

A jet filled with cocaine landed on a rough strip in Guatemala on Jan 27, 2020. The Guatemalan military recovered 1,700 kg of cocaine in Laguna del Tigre National Park. More than 40 narco aircraft have been intercepted in Guatemala this year. Dozens more landed and took off again. This plane made news when it was flown out by a Guatalmalan Air Force pilot. The narco jet was a Hawker Siddeley HS 125/Hawker 800, an aircraft known for its hardy airframe and landing gear.

“We are talking about an industry that has enough money to abandon million-dollar planes in the jungle,” Guatemalan Army Col. Juan de la Paz said.

Air routes have proven difficult to block. Enforcement in Guatemala’s remote corners is almost nonexistent.

“Their resources are infinite, and we are just trying to keep up.” 90% of the cocaine consumed in the US transits through Guatemala. Airstrips are being cut into Laguna Del Tire National Park to land jets of cocaine. Jets can carry more than $100m worth of cocaine. Submarines and go fast boats through the Pacific have been under pressure from U.S. Coast Guard vessels. Cocaine-filled jets once flew to Mexico and Honduras, until those countries developed aerial interdiction teams. Guatemala's National Park has no such dangers.

See ----->Mexican military opens fire on cartel plane carrying drugs
See ----->Narco plane lands on Mexican highway in Quintana Roo

Guatemala Narco Jets

A jet filled with cocaine landed on a rough strip in Guatemala on Jan 27, 2020. The Guatemalan military recovered 1,700 kg of cocaine in Laguna del Tigre National Park. More than 40 narco aircraft have been intercepted in Guatemala this year. Dozens more landed and took off again. This plane made news when it was flown out by a Guatalmalan Air Force pilot. The narco jet was a Hawker Siddeley HS 125/Hawker 800, an aircraft known for its hardy airframe and landing gear.

“We are talking about an industry that has enough money to abandon million-dollar planes in the jungle,” Guatemalan Army Col. Juan de la Paz said.

Air routes have proven difficult to block. Enforcement in Guatemala’s remote corners is almost nonexistent.

“Their resources are infinite, and we are just trying to keep up.” 90% of the cocaine consumed in the US transits through Guatemala. Airstrips are being cut into Laguna Del Tire National Park to land jets of cocaine. Jets can carry more than $100m worth of cocaine. Submarines and go fast boats through the Pacific have been under pressure from U.S. Coast Guard vessels. Cocaine-filled jets once flew to Mexico and Honduras, until those countries developed aerial interdiction teams. Guatemala's National Park has no such dangers.

See ----->Mexican military opens fire on cartel plane carrying drugs
See ----->Narco plane lands on Mexican highway in Quintana Roo