UNDERWORLD Mob: Drugs, guns, murder and revenge served cold
Hundreds of mourners attended the 1978 funeral for murdered Montreal mob boss Paolo Violi. His death has consequences for a new generation of gangsters.
The bitter seeds of the current bloodshed rattling the underworld were planted in a garden packed with caskets.
Specifically, Montreal in the 1970s and 1980s.
Two families at war and with memories that transcend decades.
Now, the bloody harvest has manifested itself in a gangland tit-for-tat that shows no signs of ebbing.
It is a battle that stretches from the Greater Toronto Area to Montreal and as far south as Mexico.
One longtime observer of the criminal milieu said the underworld landscape — specifically traditional organized crime — is in “total chaos.”
For nearly 50 years, James Dubro has chronicled the hits, homicides and mind-boggling tentacles of corruption that have woven their way through the criminal mosaic and into our everyday lives.
It is a quilt woven together by greed, lust for power and revenge.
The bitter seeds of the current bloodshed rattling the underworld were planted in a garden packed with caskets.
Specifically, Montreal in the 1970s and 1980s.
Two families at war and with memories that transcend decades.
Now, the bloody harvest has manifested itself in a gangland tit-for-tat that shows no signs of ebbing.
It is a battle that stretches from the Greater Toronto Area to Montreal and as far south as Mexico.
One longtime observer of the criminal milieu said the underworld landscape — specifically traditional organized crime — is in “total chaos.”
For nearly 50 years, James Dubro has chronicled the hits, homicides and mind-boggling tentacles of corruption that have woven their way through the criminal mosaic and into our everyday lives.
It is a quilt woven together by greed, lust for power and revenge.
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