A major operation was launched Thursday in the Montreal area by three local police agencies which targeted major players in the drug trade and organized crime called Project Magot and Mastiff. More than 200 officers took part in the raids across the Montreal area making more then 40 arrests.
According to reports high ranking members of the Rizzuto crime family were among those arrested, including Leonardo Rizzuto the son of former boss Vito Rizzuto, Loris Cavaliere a Rizzuto family lawyer, and Stefano Sollecito the alleged boss of the Montreal mafia and son of influential Rizzuto family mobster Rocco Sollecito. Also reported to have been arrested in the operation were Gregory Woolley a known gang leader and suspected middle man between the mafia, street gangs, and bikers along with Salvatore Cazzetta an alleged leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in Quebec.
The mafia in Montreal is considered to be a major player in the drug trade and allegedly has control of various sources of supply and distribution throughout the city and surrounding areas. The operation which included officers from the Montreal police, Sûreté du Québec, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is still ongoing and more details are to come as they become available. A press conference has been scheduled at SQ headquarters for later today where more information will be released. This operation could be a major blow as the new leaders of the Montreal mob try to take hold of an unstable underworld. After the bloody Montreal mafia war and the death of long time boss Vito Rizzuto a new Montreal mafia leadership table was formed made up of members who remained loyal to the Rizzuto family. Among those believed to be a part of this leadership group were Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito.
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During the press conference Leonardo Rizzuto was fingered along with Stefano Sollecito as current leaders of the Montreal Mafia. Those arrested have been charged with gangsterism, conspiracy to commit murder, and drug trafficking. According to the SQ they even discovered a plot to kill Raynald Desjardins who is currently in prison awaiting trial for the murder for mobster Salvatore Montagna. Among those charged in the plot against Desjardins was former Hells Angels leader Maurice (Mom) Boucher who is currently behind bars and his daughter. The plot according to authorities had Boucher relaying messages through his daughter to Woolley also currently behind bars to arrange to have Desjardins killed.
Seems like the operation targeted members of the new Montreal mafia leadership table. This would definitely be a big blow to the new leadership which was seemingly already having multiple problems trying to reorganize.
This means that it all likelihood had Vito not passed away he would’ve been ensnared in this case too. He had evaded law enforcement north of the border almost entirely. There’s still plenty of people left, but the consortium isn’t what it once was I guess.
I would imagine your right as to Vito likely being taken down in this case or a form of it had he still been alive and in charge. The Rizzuto family has def lost a lot of its overall grip and now after this hit could be the beginning of the end for their era.
Seems like they swept in before the violence could get bad. Montreal is not a good place for business right now.
Yea seems like for once authorities in Canada were perhaps ahead of the game and made a move before things blew up again. Although this move could end up causing another power vacuum in the city and room for Rizzuto family enemies to make a move against them again maybe this time ending their reign once and for all. So more fireworks may be on the way even still.
Evangelo?? Lol.
Doesn’t surprise me they were going to try to get at desjarden on the inside. Most surprising part to me was that mom Boucher was even allowed to participate because as far as I know he was stripped, and Greg Woolley is one of the most respected guys in Montreal. I guess he remained loyal.
This has definitely disrupted the new management and it’s not far fetched that Toronto or New York will try to capitalize.
I think the Calabrians in Toronto etc have to definitely be looking at this as an opening to finish what they started with the previous attacks on the Rizzuto Family and perhaps be able to take control of things in Montreal ending once for for all the Rizzuto family reign.
I don’t know much about Montreal I know a lot about toronto and like I said ethnic drug gangs run gta not the calabrian clans their too weak as in numbers. Just not enough guys. There are guys don’t get me wrong and they make good money but any cosa nostra influence in the gta area isn’t as strong. Lol and by this chart it looks like the blacks are the ones who sell their drug product only way you would be affiliated with drug gangs.
yearh but i think the mob run the drugs in supplying it in montreal and canada though i could be wrong i think thats the reason they are so big in power in canada
The Ndrangheta may not be a force overall numbers wise but their influence and strength has definitely grown as they have become a big force in drug world in Canada and quite a few other places. They def are not to be underestimated and could be planning to make another move into Montreal again.
i think the Ndrangheta are a long way ahead of the siclians ever were in that the Ndrangheta have clans in so many countries they dominate the drug trade in italy and europe no drugs get into europe without there permission and cut then they have groups in australia aswell which shows how far there reach is and the Ndrangheta are smaller than the cammora and cosa nostra
but in canada the siggs are more powerful but the Ndrangheta should never be underestimated
Not true anymore.
That has been the case under he Rizzuto reign of the previous couple decades but the calabrians hold much more sway now than the Sicilians. The Camorra doesn’t even have a presence in Canada to my knowledge.
yearh the camorra dont run anything outside of italy to be honest even there they are very different to cosa nostra and Ndgrhanta
The ‘ndrangheta and Asian OC are without question the most powerful groups in tha Gta if not the province and actually the entire country. The only cosa nostra presence in Toronto within the last decade were Rizzuto guys, to my knowledge. Since Mike racco took the calabrese from a bunch of street level guys to global forces, the ‘ndrangheta has steadily risen to be the most powerful organization in the country. Just like in Europe, they’ve eclipsed cosa nostra.
It would be foolish to speculate that actual ‘ndrangheta membership is low, I personally believe their manpower to now be comparable to that of the Rizzutos in their prime.
No other organization besides the Asians and calabrese ‘run’ anything.
Agreed they are definitely a major force in Italy and also Canada and they continue to branch out across the globe as their drug empire increases. With the state of the Rizzuto family now they may very well make a new play to take control in Montreal as well.