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-Power is shifting
in the mob world.
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There's a cleanup
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that's being made
within the criminal community.
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[ Gunshots ]
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-An alleged
underground gambling ring
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whose revenue police say
exceeded $160 million.
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-Anytime there's
high levels of profit,
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there's going to be
competition for that profit.
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-It's a very scary time,
and life is cheap.
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-You think they're
scared of somebody that says,
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"I'm part of the Hells Angels"?
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-The modern-day
gangland culture
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is the Blood Family Mafia.
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I don't think the ending
is going to be very pretty.
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♪♪
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-♪ Gonna call down thunder ♪
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♪ And shake the ground ♪
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♪ When they call my number ♪
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♪ I'll shut 'em down ♪
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♪ You can't stop me, no ♪
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♪ You can't stop me now ♪
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♪ You can bury me
way down under ♪
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♪ I'll rise above ♪
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♪ I'm gonna call down thunder ♪
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♪ Shake the ground ♪
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♪ You can't stop me now ♪
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♪♪
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-The bad guys and the police
and everybody,
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we have a personal life,
and we have a professional life.
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My job is
to catch this guy.
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Their job is try
to avoid me catching them.
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During their professional hours,
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they will do
their criminal business.
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During their personal hours,
it's their personal time.
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They have families.
They have kids.
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Never mix.
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♪♪
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-Gregory Woolley was the
leader of a Haitian street gang
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in Montreal
who fostered strong ties with
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both the Hells Angels
and the Rizzuto crime family.
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-The Rizzutos relied heavily
on the Hells Angels for muscle,
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for resources.
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And then at some point,
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I would say in between 2019
and 2022, that all frayed.
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And by 2022,
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the Hells Angels were intent
on taking out the Rizzuto mob
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instead of helping
the Rizzuto mob.
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-Gregory Wooley played all
sides of the Montreal and Quebec
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turf wars, and this is
a very interesting part
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of Gregory Woolley
as an outsider.
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Why was Gregory Woolley
an outsider?
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He was Black.
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These gangs are notorious
for having
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white supremacist leanings,
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but Gregory Woolley
was special.
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-He was a go-to guy to
get dirty work done.
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And the Italians would
use him as well as
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the bikers would use him
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because he had access
to street gangs.
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-People called
Greg Woolley Picasso
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because he's made crime an art,
quote unquote,
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as somebody that could get
everybody to a negotiating table
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and sell something as
good for everybody.
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But by 2022,
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Woolley is starting to bump
heads with some pretty major,
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powerful Hells Angels.
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-Martin Robert
appears to have been one
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of the Hells Angels who did not
agree with siding with Rizzuto,
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so Greg had enemies
inside the Hells Angels.
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But he had chosen his side
in the war,
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and it was a dangerous war.
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There were bodies all over
the streets of Mafia leaders.
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[ Gunshots ]
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-These feuds are reaching
a boiling point
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in the summer of 2023.
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I don't know if Woolley had
a complete grasp
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of the dynamite
he was playing with.
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[ Camera shutter clicking ]
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-I'm not this kind of person
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who, like, didn't know what my
husband was or did in his past.
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But, I mean, that was
not the person he was to me.
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The media here are picturing him
like he's a bad person,
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but they didn't know
anything about his private life.
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He was a really good father
and a great husband.
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Greg didn't want any of his kids
to go through the same path.
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He wanted to put them
in environments
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that make them very far
from what he had to go through.
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What he chose, actually.
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♪♪
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-He's a bridge between
the Hells Angels and the Mafia.
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But that also means he's now got
twice the enemies, right?
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-He was a threat
to a lot of different people.
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Your life becomes
less complicated
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when you get a guy like that
out of the way.
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-Sometimes he was like,
"Let's move to another country.
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I'm tired."
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He was not into it anymore
since I got pregnant again.
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He was so happy when he knew
it was, like, a daughter.
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Something change
in his attitude.
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He wanted to have a girl so bad,
and he was so happy.
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So he started
to disconnect himself
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from this other part
of his life.
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I was kind of like,
"Okay, this kid is really
going to change him at the end."
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I wish Greg was more scared,
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because I remember I was like a
little like, "No, don't do this.
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Don't go there.
You should be careful."
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He's like, "Don't worry,
nothing's going to happen."
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He used to say that,
and he was ignoring the signs.
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Every war, every conflicts,
every time that you take a side,
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well, there's another side
who's not happy about it.
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-He was a big player
in a very dangerous game.
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He had sided with
the Rizzuto clan,
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the older leaders of the Mafia,
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and there were people
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who had wanted badly
to get rid of the Rizzutos.
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He had picked his side
in the Mafia war
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and the Hells Angels war.
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-So I never really
talked about that day
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because, I mean, I wasn't ready.
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I remember I gave birth,
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and we had that appointment
at the doctor to check the baby.
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He wanted to be there.
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And I remember when
we left the office, it was like,
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"I'm so happy I came."
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And we were walking
in the parking...
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♪♪
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He got into the passenger seat
and opened up the door for me,
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and I looked at him in the back.
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I looked at him and I look at my
daughter, and I was like, "Wow,
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I made something good in life to
have them in my life," you know?
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And he didn't have
the car seat clipped right yet,
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so I turned my head.
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I looked straight,
and I hear the gunshot.
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I turned like this,
and all the bullets were flying.
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I looked at my husband.
He gets fast on clipping her.
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He did this.
I saw him receive the bullets.
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And he fell on the floor.
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And I took him into my arms,
and I look at the baby,
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if the baby was okay.
I saw she was okay.
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I closed the door. I hold him
until the ambulance come.
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But it was too late.
He lost too much blood.
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-He was very powerful
and very well-connected.
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And today, Gregory Woolley
was gunned down in a parking lot
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in broad daylight.
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-When I saw the way
that Gregory Woolley was shot,
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to me, it's just, you know,
it's just the way it had to go.
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It had to come.
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There's a cleanup
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that's being made, uh,
within the criminal community.
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-Gregory Woolley,
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a longtime street gang leader
and biker gang member,
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was shot dead in a parking lot
in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
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-Imagine you're
Gregory Woolley.
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You pull up
in your beautiful car
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with your beautiful wife
and your child.
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You aren't really thinking
at that point of -- of danger.
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And he should have.
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-Woolley was
incredibly skilled
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at playing both sides
of the fence,
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but in this case,
it proved fatal.
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-The death, they say, may
be linked to organized crime.
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-The fact that the people
that put this contract
on Woolley's head
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decided to do it
in such a brazen manner
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and in such a disrespectful
manner was a message.
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It was a message that
if you follow in his footsteps,
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we're going to do
the same thing to you.
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[ Man speaking
foreign language ]
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-There's always a settling
of accounts.
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That always has been
the excuse given by police
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when they can't solve a crime.
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But, you know, in effect,
why it's done.
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Settling of accounts.
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-Observers are calling this
a major event
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in Montreal's crime world,
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and there are fears of
more violence to come.
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-Looking back at it,
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I told him so many times
to get out of this.
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I don't say this
what kills Greg,
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but, I mean, some of the things
he did at the end
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to help people
didn't help him out.
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-Police are still
looking for a shooter,
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who they say fled
in a black SUV.
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Shortly after the shooting,
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a burned-out vehicle
was found in Montreal.
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-There were a bunch
of machinations
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that were going on behind
the scenes with the Rizzutos,
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the Hells Angels,
and other street gang leaders.
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-The Hells Angels are moving in
on their gambling turf
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rather than working with them
like they have in the past.
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-And Marty
and the Hells Angels,
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he went from looking at it
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as, "We're happy
to have a piece of this,"
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to, "We want the whole pie."
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-We're talking
about $160 million.
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That's how much flowed
through this sports website.
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-People lose their, you know,
livelihoods and money over it.
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Um, and then there's
the violence associated
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to the control
of the illegal gaming.
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-Power is shifting
in the mob world,
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and it's causing
tension and conflict.
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The police are doing everything
they seemingly can
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to try
and at least slow down
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motorcycle gangs,
organized crimes.
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They put all sorts of
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multidisciplinary task forces
on them.
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-This is a --
an example of a vest
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that's been seized
during a police investigation.
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It's like their official
uniform. Um, they wear --
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they wear this patch
to project power.
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They try and use this to scare
rivals, show their affiliation.
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And they do have specific rules
surrounding the -- the vests.
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Organized crime groups
are motivated by profit
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and making money.
So if we can reduce that profit,
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it will reduce their ability
to commit further crimes.
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The mission
of the Biker Enforcement Unit
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is to conduct investigations
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on any organized crime
outlaw motorcycle gang,
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but the Hells Angels currently
remain at the top of that list.
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They're like any
criminal organization.
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They're going to learn
from court disclosure.
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They're going to learn
from mistakes they've made.
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-The Hells Angels have
had trouble in the last decades
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because there's been,
as we all know, more heat --
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more police involvement,
more prosecutions.
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-A massive operation
by multiple police forces
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to dismantle an alleged
underground gambling ring
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whose revenue, police say,
exceeded $160 million.
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-With the corporatization
of organized crime,
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what you're seeing is
different methods.
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They're being more effective
and more efficient
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but also, uh, more in-your-face.
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-Anytime there's high levels
of profit, illegal profit,
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there's going to be
competition for that profit.
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-Project Hobart,
which was really the biggest,
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most notorious outlaw biker
gang prosecution in Ontario,
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was really about all
of the things that have changed
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in Hells Angels, outlaw
biker gangs' modes of operation.
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-According to court documents,
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the biker gang
allegedly poured millions
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gained from an underground
gambling ring into cash, bikes,
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and even waterfront land.
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-Project Hobart was initiated
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because of the violence
associated
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with the illegal gaming market,
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so the Biker Enforcement Unit
and the OPP
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obtained intelligence
and information
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regarding an escalation
of violence.
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It included shootings,
attempted murders, arsons.
249
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This presented a clear danger
to the public,
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and police had to act on it.
251
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-Court documents say millions
flowed to the Hells Angels
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at the top of a pyramid
of bookies,
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each with their own code name.
254
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-The police put a number
of resources onto this project.
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They charged a number of people,
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including the heads,
the higher-ups here.
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We're not just talking
the underlings.
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The top of the food chain
for Project Hobart
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was Robert Barletta.
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-Rob Barletta was a key figure
in the investigation
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and was identified as a leader
in the organized crime group
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responsible
for the illegal gaming network.
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-Robert Barletta is thought
to be one
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of the highest-ranking people
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in the Hells Angels,
almost untouchable.
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-You could say Barletta is like
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the, um, Warren Buffett
of the bad guys.
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He knows where to go,
and he knows what to invest,
269
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and he knows how to read people,
and he doesn't waste time
in stupid meetings.
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-Teflon Rob is sort of a --
a-a stealing of the terms
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that we use for other people
that we know are untouchable.
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You'll remember the name
Teflon Don.
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Now, Teflon Rob is
the more polite version of it,
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because this is a guy
that basically
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has never had a speeding ticket.
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He is somebody
that is really in the crosshairs
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of a number of people,
from law enforcement to people
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who are most assuredly
not in law enforcement.
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-Teflon Rob got
his nickname for his ability
280
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to dodge law enforcement,
dodge prison,
281
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and then, frankly,
you know, dodge bullets.
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-In 2020, he survives
an assassination attempt
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by people
who are obviously angry at him.
284
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-This assassination attempt
was caught on
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surveillance footage.
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First, we see
Rob Barletta passing by.
287
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And a few seconds later,
two men appear.
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He's being followed.
289
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-My sources said that
it was a murder-for-hire plot,
290
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and likely, these were
members of street gangs
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carrying out
this assassination attempt.
292
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And sometimes
when you hire street gangs,
293
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you get what you pay for.
294
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You get incompetent hit men.
295
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You can watch the video, and you
see they waited way too long.
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[ Gunshots ]
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Barletta had passed the car,
and he was just about
in his house
298
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when they finally got out
and started shooting.
299
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They opened fire, firing wildly.
300
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One of the guys
was running backwards
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and shooting, even though
he wasn't coming under fire.
302
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-Barletta survived
the attempt on his life
303
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but would find himself
the target of Project Hobart.
304
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-The police bring almost on
a silver platter to prosecutors
305
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evidence, wiretaps,
surveillance video.
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Despite mountains of evidence,
thousands of pages of evidence,
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00:15:54,579 --> 00:15:57,707
we're talking
over 20 people charged,
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and the prosecution turned into
a complete and total bust.
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And it made the public wonder,
"Well, what was this all for?"
310
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-"There was no plan."
311
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Those are the words
a Crown lawyer used to explain
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how the prosecution
of a gambling ring supplying
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millions of dollars to Ontario
Hells Angels is in tatters.
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-One of the things in Canada
315
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that continues to be a struggle
of the criminal justice system
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is not necessarily
the police work
317
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that goes into these projects.
318
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Things fall apart
at the prosecutorial level.
319
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-But documents show the Crown
Attorney's office in Brampton,
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where the case would
be prosecuted,
321
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was not prepared for the volume.
322
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-They will have 65
police officers doing a project
323
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or a task force, but they will
have one or two attorneys --
one or two.
324
00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:56,682
Now, there's only so much
human bandwidth in a day.
325
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-The evidence generated
by the efforts
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of 14 law enforcement agencies
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00:17:00,978 --> 00:17:05,233
added up to more than 200,000
pages of documents.
328
00:17:05,233 --> 00:17:08,653
-The prosecution gets bankers'
boxes filled with documents.
329
00:17:08,653 --> 00:17:11,030
You could basically stack them
up to the size
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of the Empire State Building.
I mean that literally.
331
00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:17,203
-Not a single jail sentence
came out of Hobart.
332
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-People are walking away
with no record.
333
00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:21,874
And a paper -- paper trail
obtained by CTV News shows
334
00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:24,043
the provincial government knew
the case was in trouble
335
00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,837
but did not do enough
to save it.
336
00:17:26,837 --> 00:17:29,882
-Cases against all
of the alleged ringleaders,
337
00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:33,177
Robert Barletta
never went to trial.
338
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Really made them look
incompetent and ineffective.
339
00:17:37,974 --> 00:17:40,726
-And I can only imagine
the response in the task force
340
00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:42,895
and the police department
offices that say,
341
00:17:42,895 --> 00:17:45,564
"We brought you a case
on a silver platter.
342
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You can't prosecute it
correctly?
343
00:17:47,358 --> 00:17:48,985
What in the world is going on?"
344
00:17:48,985 --> 00:17:52,113
-Now, let me see.
I'm going to...say it.
345
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Just, uh...
346
00:17:55,116 --> 00:17:57,493
So as we started
this investigation --
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So, I'm going to go back.
348
00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:04,542
Police c-conduct investigations,
gather evidence,
349
00:18:04,542 --> 00:18:06,460
and if there's
reasonable grounds
350
00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,587
to substantiate
criminal charges,
351
00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:10,548
we present that to the courts.
352
00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:13,217
Once it goes through the courts,
it's out of police hands.
353
00:18:13,217 --> 00:18:16,554
It's their job to take that,
those charges
354
00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:19,599
and that investigation,
through the court process.
355
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:21,809
-I think what we began to see
356
00:18:21,809 --> 00:18:25,229
is that mega trials
would lead to mega headaches.
357
00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:30,318
When you have something
like 160 defendants,
358
00:18:30,318 --> 00:18:35,323
it gets insane, and the justice
system just gets calcified.
359
00:18:35,323 --> 00:18:39,243
-The higher up you go in terms
of the people you target
360
00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:41,704
in transnational
organized crime,
361
00:18:41,704 --> 00:18:44,582
the more sophisticated
the investigations have to be.
362
00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:47,752
The techniques have to be,
you know, undercover officers,
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00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:51,547
wiretaps, you know, seizing
devices that are encrypted,
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that have to be decrypted.
365
00:18:53,924 --> 00:18:55,801
Uh, so these are very lengthy
366
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:59,430
and often very expensive
investigations.
367
00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:02,641
-I had someone talk to me and --
and say that they estimate
368
00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:05,436
that it takes about $1 million
an investigation
369
00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:08,189
in order to take down
one member of the Hells Angels.
370
00:19:08,189 --> 00:19:10,358
Obviously, this is
just an estimate,
371
00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:14,612
but that gives us a sense of the
scale of these investigations.
372
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-Despite the millions of hours
and the millions of dollars
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put in to Project Hobart,
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the charges are then withdrawn
against Mr. Barletta,
375
00:19:25,790 --> 00:19:30,294
giving him some real credence
now to the name Teflon Rob.
376
00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:32,129
-The Hells Angels prove that
377
00:19:32,129 --> 00:19:35,007
they're not only
just kings of the street,
378
00:19:35,007 --> 00:19:37,635
they can be the kings
in the courtroom.
379
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:41,263
-So Barletta walks
on all charges.
380
00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:43,641
He'll go back
to running the gambling rackets.
381
00:19:43,641 --> 00:19:46,602
Some say the whole thing
only increased his standing
382
00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:48,604
in the Hells Angels.
383
00:19:48,604 --> 00:19:51,690
-So people really begin
to question that,
384
00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:54,902
in the war against the
Hells Angels, who is winning?
385
00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:59,573
♪♪
386
00:19:59,573 --> 00:20:01,992
These people are
openly engaging in a war.
387
00:20:01,992 --> 00:20:04,537
The war happens
to take place in our streets.
388
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:08,290
If you're lucky enough,
you won't get hit by
a fly-by bullet.
389
00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:17,174
♪♪
390
00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:20,636
-Dirty Diaz was a member
of the Niagara chapter
of the Hells Angels.
391
00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:25,266
He was a collector in
their sports gambling business.
392
00:20:25,266 --> 00:20:28,602
♪♪
393
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:31,272
There were a lot of
high-ranking Hells Angels,
394
00:20:31,272 --> 00:20:34,817
guys that are very close
to Marty Robert,
395
00:20:34,817 --> 00:20:38,988
specifically Rob Barletta,
AKA Teflon Rob,
396
00:20:38,988 --> 00:20:43,868
that felt very close
to Dirty Diaz.
397
00:20:43,868 --> 00:20:46,745
-Dirty Diaz was a guy
who made things easier
398
00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:49,081
to move drugs
through the Toronto area.
399
00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:53,002
He wasn't a leader, but
he was a very important piece.
400
00:20:53,002 --> 00:20:55,880
-He was thought
to be the bagman, the muscle,
401
00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,008
the money-picker-upper
for the Hells Angels.
402
00:20:59,008 --> 00:21:01,218
-We were conducting
investigations,
403
00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:03,888
and he was a target
of the investigation.
404
00:21:03,888 --> 00:21:05,806
And during surveillance,
405
00:21:05,806 --> 00:21:07,516
we often observe
other crimes being committed
406
00:21:07,516 --> 00:21:09,727
by members of organized crime.
407
00:21:09,727 --> 00:21:12,563
-One day, there were
a couple officers sitting
408
00:21:12,563 --> 00:21:15,483
outside a gym watching this man.
409
00:21:16,817 --> 00:21:18,277
[ Gun cocks ]
410
00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,446
[ Gunshots ]
411
00:21:20,446 --> 00:21:21,947
-Shortly after 11:00 a.m.,
412
00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:24,533
gunfire erupted
in this parking lot.
413
00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:27,328
The shooting continued
into HUF's boxing gym.
414
00:21:29,955 --> 00:21:34,126
-Four men roll up in a car.
The hit takes place.
415
00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:37,922
He shot right inside the gym
and just outside the door.
416
00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:41,008
-Two gunmen came up and shot
him six times at close range.
417
00:21:41,008 --> 00:21:43,302
A lot of people
seem to die outside of gyms,
418
00:21:43,302 --> 00:21:44,720
I've noticed lately.
419
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,263
He, like,
tried to run back in the gym
420
00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:48,057
and was, like,
yelling "call" 911.
421
00:21:48,057 --> 00:21:50,434
And it's just -- it's
kind of, like, sad and ironic.
422
00:21:50,434 --> 00:21:53,270
Like, call 911? He's a biker.
They, like -- They hate police.
423
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:57,399
But, like, when you're about to
die, that's who you want around.
424
00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:03,447
-32-year-old
Michael Deabaitua-Schulde,
425
00:22:03,447 --> 00:22:05,491
known to his friends as Diaz,
426
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:08,661
was fatally shot in the parking
lot of this busy strip plaza.
427
00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:13,415
-Dirty Diaz was murdered
in early 2019.
428
00:22:13,415 --> 00:22:17,878
That hit team had
been dispatched from Montreal.
429
00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:20,214
The belief from
some Hells Angels
430
00:22:20,214 --> 00:22:23,300
is that the Rizzutos didn't
go through proper channels
431
00:22:23,300 --> 00:22:26,387
to get this problem resolved
and decided just to act
432
00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:29,598
and kill this guy
without any permission
433
00:22:29,598 --> 00:22:31,642
from the Hells Angels group,
434
00:22:31,642 --> 00:22:34,895
who the Rizzuto mob had been
in business with for decades.
435
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:38,315
-He was shot as tensions
went up between the Rizzutos
436
00:22:38,315 --> 00:22:41,193
and the Hells Angels --
gambling tensions.
437
00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,362
Um, and so, any time
there's restructuring,
438
00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:46,407
there's going to be --
going to be casualties.
439
00:22:46,407 --> 00:22:48,742
-Police say his murder
was a targeted killing,
440
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:51,120
but they won't discuss a motive.
441
00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:54,373
-We were there
to prevent further violence.
442
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,667
In this case,
we weren't able to.
443
00:22:56,667 --> 00:23:01,046
♪♪
444
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,840
-The car makes a getaway.
445
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,259
They think they're
going to get away with it --
446
00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:07,970
change cars, change clothes,
447
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:10,598
never be caught,
never be detected.
448
00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:13,183
Now, these four men don't know
449
00:23:13,183 --> 00:23:17,396
that the police force is on
the person that they just shot.
450
00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:20,232
[ Sirens wailing ]
451
00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:23,152
-As a result of surveillance,
during the investigation,
452
00:23:23,152 --> 00:23:25,446
Peel Regional Police
investigated
453
00:23:25,446 --> 00:23:27,323
and laid homicide charges.
454
00:23:27,323 --> 00:23:31,493
-It is very rare for a-a --
a mob hit to be solved,
455
00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:35,372
and the Peel Police have done
this i-in just over two days.
456
00:23:35,372 --> 00:23:38,542
This is -- It's a --
It's a record.
457
00:23:38,542 --> 00:23:43,130
-And only by that sheer
unfortunate confluence
458
00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,174
of events for these four men
459
00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:48,385
and the sheer luck
of the bagman being watched
460
00:23:48,385 --> 00:23:52,056
did all of this turn into a
first-degree murder prosecution
461
00:23:52,056 --> 00:23:53,849
where three of the four men
462
00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:57,144
were convicted
of first-degree murder.
463
00:23:57,144 --> 00:24:01,065
-He was targeted for a reason,
so we take that seriously.
464
00:24:01,065 --> 00:24:03,859
We take all organized crime
activity seriously.
465
00:24:03,859 --> 00:24:06,487
I can say he is, um,
a well-entrenched member
466
00:24:06,487 --> 00:24:08,614
of that motorcycle gang.
467
00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:11,909
-I defended one of the men
who were in that car,
468
00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:14,119
the getaway driver.
469
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,622
-Investigators also say
this blue Honda Civic,
470
00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:18,957
which was found on fire
a short distance away,
471
00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:21,085
was the getaway car.
472
00:24:21,085 --> 00:24:23,629
-I get asked everywhere I go
and whatever street I walk on,
473
00:24:23,629 --> 00:24:26,507
"How do you do what you do?
How do you sleep at night?
474
00:24:26,507 --> 00:24:28,926
How do you defend people
that you know are guilty?"
475
00:24:28,926 --> 00:24:31,595
These are all
really philosophical questions,
476
00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:34,515
but I sleep like a baby.
477
00:24:34,515 --> 00:24:39,061
-It's never been stated
for certain
478
00:24:39,061 --> 00:24:43,565
who put the contract out
on Dirty Diaz's head.
479
00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:45,693
I believe through my sourcing
480
00:24:45,693 --> 00:24:50,489
that this was really
the first salvo in the war
481
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:53,617
that would become the conflict
482
00:24:53,617 --> 00:24:57,329
pitting the Hells Angels
versus the Rizzuto mob.
483
00:24:57,329 --> 00:25:01,125
♪♪
484
00:25:01,125 --> 00:25:03,335
-I think the reason
he was killed
485
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:08,549
was to, um, cut in on the Hells
Angel influence in that area.
486
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:10,884
-One of the theories is that
487
00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:13,929
it's the Mafia hitting back
at the Hells Angels
488
00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:15,764
for encroaching
on their territory,
489
00:25:15,764 --> 00:25:17,474
which is illegal sports betting.
490
00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:20,602
That's a battle
that's still being waged today.
491
00:25:20,602 --> 00:25:23,105
-Since the murder
outside the gym,
492
00:25:23,105 --> 00:25:25,941
it's almost like
anything's up for grabs.
493
00:25:25,941 --> 00:25:28,777
It's almost like, um,
there is no real order.
494
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:30,821
And so,
just grab what you can.
495
00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,867
-You don't shoot and kill
a full-patched member
496
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:37,828
of the Hells Angels lightly.
You know the consequences.
497
00:25:37,828 --> 00:25:41,039
And in this case, there's
probably going to be
retaliation.
498
00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:51,008
♪♪
499
00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:54,678
-The Hells Angels
are always looking
500
00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:57,306
to infiltrate law enforcement,
501
00:25:57,306 --> 00:25:59,475
and they do it not in --
502
00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:02,853
in -- in an overt manner,
that I've seen.
503
00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:05,272
It's -- It's --
It's a soft approach.
504
00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:09,401
-Organized crime
can't flourish if there's --
505
00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:13,781
i-if there isn't corruption
in the police and in politics.
506
00:26:13,781 --> 00:26:17,951
It came out on wiretaps
in 2015.
507
00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:21,580
Leo Rizzuto on the wiretap says,
"What do we pay him for?
508
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,373
What do we pay them for?"
509
00:26:23,373 --> 00:26:24,750
It was clear-cut.
510
00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,668
I had him saying
511
00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:28,712
that there's certain individuals
on the payroll.
512
00:26:28,712 --> 00:26:32,341
So -- So did Vito Rizzuto.
He says there's dirty cops.
513
00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:35,469
But the department
doesn't want to hear.
514
00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:41,934
-When there's a dirty cop
in the mix, taking shortcuts,
515
00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,811
perhaps not following
the rules,
516
00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:45,354
that has become catnip
517
00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:49,441
to criminal defense lawyers
like me.
518
00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:52,027
-Bribery isn't part
of the landscape,
519
00:26:52,027 --> 00:26:55,155
more so in Quebec
than the rest of Canada.
520
00:26:55,155 --> 00:26:57,699
One of the things that gets me
about this whole world
521
00:26:57,699 --> 00:27:00,244
is that people just accept
that it happens.
522
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:02,746
It's illegal, it's wrong,
and, you know,
523
00:27:02,746 --> 00:27:04,706
you certainly don't tell
your tourist board about it,
524
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:07,334
but everybody knows it's true.
525
00:27:08,877 --> 00:27:11,296
There is a famous story
526
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:15,425
of Mom Boucher walking
with a young, uh, biker,
527
00:27:15,425 --> 00:27:18,762
a would-be biker,
and pointing at a car
528
00:27:18,762 --> 00:27:21,014
and said, "That's my pick."
529
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:23,058
That's what they were
calling police at the time.
530
00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:25,269
And he bragged about the fact
531
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:28,272
that he had so many police
in his pocket,
532
00:27:28,272 --> 00:27:30,649
that he had paid off
so many of them
533
00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:33,986
that they were almost immune
to any kind of prosecution.
534
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:38,073
But in Quebec, especially
with the provincial police,
535
00:27:38,073 --> 00:27:40,951
a lot of them
would look the other way.
536
00:27:40,951 --> 00:27:42,953
-When you can find
a high-powered
537
00:27:42,953 --> 00:27:46,331
and high-profile sergeant who,
for lack of a better term,
538
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,584
goes to the dark side,
539
00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:51,253
that is something that the dark
side is willing to pay
540
00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:54,047
a very,
very significant premium for.
541
00:27:56,091 --> 00:27:58,260
-For police officers,
it's a fine line
542
00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:00,679
between trust and temptation.
543
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:03,932
Tonight, you'll meet some
who resisted that temptation
544
00:28:03,932 --> 00:28:05,893
and others who were accused,
545
00:28:05,893 --> 00:28:08,896
convicted, and jailed
for crossing the line.
546
00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:12,941
-How can organized crime
exist without corruption?
547
00:28:13,859 --> 00:28:16,695
-Someone giving you intel
on the inside
548
00:28:16,695 --> 00:28:19,823
gives you a major edge
over your enemy.
549
00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:25,329
-You can see it in --
in the, uh, convictions
550
00:28:25,329 --> 00:28:31,001
of senior police detectives
like -- like Benoit Roberge.
551
00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:34,087
Benoit Roberge was a senior
Montreal police detective
552
00:28:34,087 --> 00:28:37,215
who'd been investigating
the bikers for a long time.
553
00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:41,595
He was a source for a lot of us,
uh, boat bikers.
554
00:28:41,595 --> 00:28:44,306
-He had access to all
of the events,
555
00:28:44,306 --> 00:28:46,016
the thoughts, the prosecutions,
556
00:28:46,016 --> 00:28:48,268
the investigations
of Hells Angels
557
00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:49,978
and other outlaw biker gangs.
558
00:28:49,978 --> 00:28:53,273
-One of the important
police officers, Benoit Roberge,
559
00:28:53,273 --> 00:28:55,943
who had led the biker
investigations
560
00:28:55,943 --> 00:28:57,986
against Maurice "Mom" Boucher,
561
00:28:57,986 --> 00:29:01,323
it will later turn out,
several years later,
562
00:29:01,323 --> 00:29:04,910
that he will fall into
the pay of the Hells Angels.
563
00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:09,373
-Benoit Roberge is accused
of selling sensitive information
564
00:29:09,373 --> 00:29:12,626
to the very people
he once investigated.
565
00:29:12,626 --> 00:29:16,713
-He got arrested because he was
about to sell police information
566
00:29:16,713 --> 00:29:20,676
to organized crime, and he
got caught, which was bad.
567
00:29:20,676 --> 00:29:23,387
-Well, he wasn't working alone.
That's impossible.
568
00:29:23,387 --> 00:29:25,722
He must have had
other individuals with him.
569
00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:28,600
-The news shocked
the province.
570
00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,354
How could a star cop of all
people turn to the dark side?
571
00:29:32,354 --> 00:29:35,983
-Benoit Roberge
was the good guy.
572
00:29:35,983 --> 00:29:38,694
-Instead of buying information
from the Hells hit man,
573
00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:41,321
Roberge was selling him
information.
574
00:29:41,321 --> 00:29:43,365
Their roles had been reversed.
575
00:29:43,365 --> 00:29:46,201
It was Roberge
who was the snitch.
576
00:29:46,201 --> 00:29:47,744
-It's all about the money,
right?
577
00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,330
So if you have
the right price...
578
00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:53,250
-If the Hells Angels
could corrupt somebody
579
00:29:53,250 --> 00:29:56,962
like Benoit Roberge, it just
shows the power that they have,
580
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:58,922
the power of organized crime.
581
00:29:58,922 --> 00:30:02,551
-The public is left wondering,
"How far does this go?"
582
00:30:02,551 --> 00:30:05,887
And what I mean by that is, are
there other people doing this
583
00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:07,931
that simply haven't been caught?
584
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:10,809
-Corruption plays
an invaluable role
585
00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:13,562
in the overall success
of the Hells Angels.
586
00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:15,856
And Marty Robert,
587
00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:18,316
you can't operate
a local criminal organization
588
00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:23,697
without connections, ties,
links into law enforcement,
589
00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:25,907
into the judiciary.
590
00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:28,326
It would be impossible.
591
00:30:29,995 --> 00:30:31,830
They have moles.
592
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:35,709
They have dirty cops
that are on the take.
593
00:30:35,709 --> 00:30:37,919
They've got tipsters.
594
00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:40,130
And I think it runs
the gamut from, you know,
595
00:30:40,130 --> 00:30:43,133
local corruption
to bigger national corruption.
596
00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:47,387
♪♪
597
00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:56,563
-Martin Robert --
very smart man. Very smart.
598
00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:59,232
Totally different
from Mom Boucher.
599
00:30:59,232 --> 00:31:01,568
Definitely a businessman.
600
00:31:01,568 --> 00:31:04,071
And this is the way
the new wave of the Hells Angels
601
00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:06,907
is going now.
602
00:31:06,907 --> 00:31:09,367
-Since they entered
Canada in the '70s,
603
00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:12,120
the Hells Angels
have always played second fiddle
604
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:13,830
to the Rizzutos,
605
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:19,461
and they've always been
beholden to someone above them.
606
00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:21,713
Marty Robert has the vision
607
00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:23,882
that the Hells Angels
should be the ones
608
00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,842
that are pulling
all the strings,
609
00:31:25,842 --> 00:31:30,222
um, the ones that have
final say on everything
610
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:36,978
and that, logistically,
he thought he could pull it off.
611
00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,773
But Marty
couldn't do this alone.
612
00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:44,111
So he needs help. And he goes
and brings in Rob Barletta.
613
00:31:45,570 --> 00:31:48,824
-Essentially, Robert Barletta,
he's been brought in to
the big leagues.
614
00:31:48,824 --> 00:31:52,077
He started in London,
worked his way up to Niagara,
615
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:55,622
and now he's in the Montreal
chapter of the Hells Angels.
616
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:58,333
-Marty trusts
Rob Barletta more than
617
00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:02,295
most, uh,
in his Hells Angel kingdom.
618
00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:04,506
He's somebody that
619
00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:08,426
Marty identified as
an MVP-type person,
620
00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:11,471
that he needed to be
by his side.
621
00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:15,934
The move that the
Hells Angels brass decided on,
622
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:19,813
to -- to transfer Rob Barletta
to Montreal,
623
00:32:19,813 --> 00:32:22,524
was a -- a major development.
624
00:32:22,524 --> 00:32:25,360
He's fearless, and he's
ferocious, and he's intelligent,
625
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:30,657
and that's a
pretty intoxicating mix.
626
00:32:30,657 --> 00:32:36,079
Meanwhile, Leonardo Rizzuto
is living on borrowed time.
627
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:41,042
He's in an incredibly
precarious position.
628
00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:43,003
-Rizzuto was reportedly
shot at
629
00:32:43,003 --> 00:32:45,589
around six times
from someone in a moving vehicle
630
00:32:45,589 --> 00:32:47,674
as he drove on highway 440.
631
00:32:47,674 --> 00:32:50,760
He managed to continue driving
for about two kilometers.
632
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:53,221
-You're Leonardo Rizzuto.
633
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:56,892
One of your brothers is killed.
Your grandfather is killed.
634
00:32:56,892 --> 00:33:01,730
Your dad serves time in jail
and then comes back and dies.
635
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:04,774
You've got assassins'
bullets coming through
636
00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:07,402
your high-end car.
637
00:33:07,402 --> 00:33:08,862
[ Gunshots ]
638
00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:10,530
[ Tires screech ]
639
00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:13,074
-The gunshots were
following him.
640
00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:16,620
He eventually came
to a stop in a funeral home,
641
00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:20,290
uh, parking lot,
which is kind of eerie.
642
00:33:20,290 --> 00:33:22,167
Uh, and he had been shot
in the foot
643
00:33:22,167 --> 00:33:24,961
but had survived the attempt
on his life.
644
00:33:24,961 --> 00:33:29,090
-2023 was marked with multiple
daytime mob-related shootings
645
00:33:29,090 --> 00:33:33,011
in Montreal, targeting prominent
figures in organized crime.
646
00:33:33,011 --> 00:33:38,350
-And the law enforcement went
like 0 to 1,000.
647
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:41,770
And then at some point in 2023,
648
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:44,147
law enforcement showed up
at Marty Robert's house
649
00:33:44,147 --> 00:33:45,523
to execute a search warrant.
650
00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:47,859
And he wasn't there.
651
00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:53,240
And my sources are telling me
Marty was so kind of carefree
652
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,700
that he decided
to go to Disney World...
653
00:33:55,700 --> 00:34:01,039
-♪ The magic is calling
for you and me ♪
654
00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:02,999
...that, you know,
he took his family
655
00:34:02,999 --> 00:34:05,669
and went to Disney World
and Epcot Center in Orlando
656
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:08,546
and that he possibly
took meetings
657
00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:10,840
with American Hells Angels,
658
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,969
um, at this vacation.
659
00:34:13,969 --> 00:34:18,348
There was a lot of worry
amongst American Hells Angels
660
00:34:18,348 --> 00:34:20,433
in the last couple years
661
00:34:20,433 --> 00:34:23,770
that the Hells Angels
becoming adversarial
662
00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:27,440
with the Rizzuto mob
was going to blow back
663
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:30,360
on the American Hells Angels
chapters
664
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,489
that are doing current business
with Italian Mafia families.
665
00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:37,617
Now, what my sources
are saying is that
666
00:34:37,617 --> 00:34:39,911
Marty Robert
and Walter Stadnick,
667
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,663
they don't care what
the United States
668
00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:43,957
Hells Angels bosses
are saying.
669
00:34:43,957 --> 00:34:51,214
♪♪
670
00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:53,174
-I think the Hells Angels
671
00:34:53,174 --> 00:34:56,344
are at their peak
of power right now.
672
00:35:00,015 --> 00:35:04,102
The Hells Angels have expanded
worldwide.
673
00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:07,439
They are in most
every continent.
674
00:35:07,439 --> 00:35:11,443
And they are in dozens and
dozens and dozens of countries.
675
00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:13,445
-If Mom Boucher
was alive today
676
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:15,405
and he saw the state
of the Hells Angels,
677
00:35:15,405 --> 00:35:17,324
I'd say he -- he would
look at himself,
678
00:35:17,324 --> 00:35:19,617
he'd cross his arms
like he always did, and say,
679
00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:21,995
"I did a pretty good job."
680
00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:26,583
-The Hells Angels, in my view,
continue to, um, be resilient,
681
00:35:26,583 --> 00:35:28,585
and they're growing worldwide.
682
00:35:31,921 --> 00:35:33,965
-When you're talking
about biker clubs
683
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:35,925
in the United States,
684
00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:39,471
particularly the Hells Angels
and the outlaws,
685
00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:42,390
when RICO was first
really being utilized
686
00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:44,517
by the federal government,
687
00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:47,520
it was almost a natural pivot
for them to look North,
688
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,441
realizing that the RICO statute
didn't exist across the border.
689
00:35:51,441 --> 00:35:56,112
♪♪
690
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:59,366
So guys like Sonny Barger
and the Hells Angels
691
00:35:59,366 --> 00:36:03,953
could stake a claim
for territory in Canada,
692
00:36:03,953 --> 00:36:06,748
push their business forward
by being in Canada,
693
00:36:06,748 --> 00:36:10,710
and not have to deal with the
ramifications of the RICO Act.
694
00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:13,088
It was a win-win
for everybody.
695
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,507
Now, 40 years later,
look where we are.
696
00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:18,343
The proof is in the pudding.
697
00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:22,639
-The Hells Angels are a pure
American creation and product,
698
00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:26,601
and the Hells Angels are
the only organized crime group
699
00:36:26,601 --> 00:36:28,937
that America gave to the world.
700
00:36:28,937 --> 00:36:31,981
And they've expanded --
5 continents,
701
00:36:31,981 --> 00:36:36,319
62 countries, 475 chapters.
702
00:36:36,319 --> 00:36:39,739
You know, this is the McDonald's
of organized crime.
703
00:36:39,739 --> 00:36:42,117
-Certainly, their organization
is benefiting from the money
704
00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:43,910
that's being made
in the drug trade,
705
00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,870
the -- from, you know,
706
00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:47,497
importing and exporting
the drugs that are not only
707
00:36:47,497 --> 00:36:49,541
wreaking havoc here,
708
00:36:49,541 --> 00:36:52,544
but also now in other places
like Australia and New Zealand
709
00:36:52,544 --> 00:36:54,546
and, you know,
the South Pacific.
710
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:58,133
-Right from the time
they started 50 or so years ago,
711
00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:01,177
the goal was to run
the trade in North America.
712
00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:03,263
But now you go further.
713
00:37:03,263 --> 00:37:05,765
There are
Iranian-sponsored hits,
714
00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:08,935
where Canadian and U.S. hit men
are being hired
715
00:37:08,935 --> 00:37:11,938
by Iranian people
who run the drug trade.
716
00:37:11,938 --> 00:37:13,857
-Earlier this year,
there was a case.
717
00:37:13,857 --> 00:37:16,443
a member of the Hells Angels
and an associate
718
00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:18,445
were charged in
a murder-for-hire plot
719
00:37:18,445 --> 00:37:21,906
in which a U.S. indictment said
they were hired
720
00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:25,368
to kill Iranian dissidents
living in the United States.
721
00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:28,913
-U.S. officials allege Zindashti
recruited Damion Patrick Ryan,
722
00:37:28,913 --> 00:37:31,416
a member of the Hells Angels
in B.C.,
723
00:37:31,416 --> 00:37:34,252
and that Ryan recruited
Adam Richard Pearson,
724
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:37,255
another Hells Angels member,
to carry out the attack.
725
00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:39,215
-We're talking
very scary stuff.
726
00:37:39,215 --> 00:37:41,384
Just look at the indictment
from the U.S. government
727
00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:43,470
that alleges
that the hit involved
728
00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:45,930
separating this man's head
from his torso.
729
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:49,392
That's not just a hit.
That's essentially decapitation.
730
00:37:49,392 --> 00:37:52,353
-So what this case shows is
that the Hells Angels
731
00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:56,191
have become kind of the go-to
brand for global crime, right?
732
00:37:56,191 --> 00:37:58,485
When you have
an Islamic theocracy looking
733
00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:00,487
to get a job done
in North America,
734
00:38:00,487 --> 00:38:02,113
they're going to
the Hells Angels
735
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,115
because of that global
brand awareness.
736
00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:09,996
-I think we live
in a different world.
737
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:12,332
I think the violence
will increase.
738
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,461
There will be
further carnage.
739
00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:26,387
-One of the big obstacles
for Marty Robert
740
00:38:26,387 --> 00:38:30,225
and his desire to continue
to grow the Hells Angels
741
00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:36,356
are these independent groups,
younger kids that maybe
742
00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:40,109
don't really understand what
they're getting themselves into.
743
00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:43,488
They don't understand history.
They don't understand context.
744
00:38:43,488 --> 00:38:47,033
So I don't think the ending's
going to be very pretty.
745
00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:50,245
[ Man screaming ]
746
00:38:50,245 --> 00:38:53,998
-Somebody who was born in the
year 2000 and is 24 years old
today
747
00:38:53,998 --> 00:38:57,126
has no idea
who the Hells Angels were.
748
00:38:57,126 --> 00:38:59,587
And a lot of these
newly-arrived immigrants,
749
00:38:59,587 --> 00:39:02,382
they grew up in either South
America or the Middle East.
750
00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:05,134
They grew up with a machine gun
at the age of 8.
751
00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:07,762
You think they're scared
of somebody that says,
752
00:39:07,762 --> 00:39:09,514
"I'm part
of the Hells Angels"?
753
00:39:09,514 --> 00:39:10,890
No.
754
00:39:12,725 --> 00:39:15,436
-Because of
the massive immigration waves
755
00:39:15,436 --> 00:39:17,397
that happen
over the past decades,
756
00:39:17,397 --> 00:39:19,649
you have different types
of ethnicities
757
00:39:19,649 --> 00:39:23,903
who all want their little piece
of a pie, whatever that may be.
758
00:39:23,903 --> 00:39:27,865
-According to sources,
the Hells used back channels
to tell police
759
00:39:27,865 --> 00:39:30,326
they should take action
against the BFM gang
760
00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:33,162
or things could get
even uglier.
761
00:39:33,162 --> 00:39:36,499
-So the Blood Family Mafia
and its leader,
762
00:39:36,499 --> 00:39:39,794
David "Ice Pick" Turmel,
are actually probably
763
00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:43,256
Marty Robert and the
Hells Angels' biggest obstacle,
764
00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:46,342
biggest barrier
to achieve their ultimate goal.
765
00:39:46,342 --> 00:39:48,803
-So Mel and his gang
are trying to scare people
766
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:50,471
from fighting against them
767
00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:53,141
and to scare people away
from working with the Hells.
768
00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:55,852
-Someone like
an Ice Pick Turmel,
769
00:39:55,852 --> 00:40:00,523
who was only 27 years old
and was in diapers
770
00:40:00,523 --> 00:40:05,028
when the great Quebec biker war
was -- was popping off,
771
00:40:05,028 --> 00:40:07,780
dad the wherewithal
and the -- the charisma
772
00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:10,074
and, frankly, the balls
to go around
773
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:13,369
to every single
street gang in Quebec City,
774
00:40:13,369 --> 00:40:15,580
most of these guys
being older than him,
775
00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:18,583
most of these guys being
of different ethnicities, races,
776
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,585
some of them
not speaking his own language,
777
00:40:20,585 --> 00:40:22,420
and he was able to rally
the troops,
778
00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:24,297
circle the wagons,
779
00:40:24,297 --> 00:40:27,050
and consolidate the
entire street gang underworld
780
00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:31,262
of Quebec City against the Hells
Angels in less than a year.
781
00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:33,348
You need to tell that story
to get to the point of
782
00:40:33,348 --> 00:40:35,850
why people are cutting
off fingers.
783
00:40:35,850 --> 00:40:38,061
-A 28-year-old man
from Saguenay,
784
00:40:38,061 --> 00:40:40,521
200 kilometers North
of Quebec City,
785
00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:43,274
was found right here
in Montreal's Rosemont
786
00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:46,110
overnight with his finger
and toe cut off
787
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:49,405
after a possible kidnapping
linked to drug trafficking.
788
00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:51,949
-So, I think you
have a situation
789
00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:56,788
where the Blood Family Mafia
represents the 2020s underworld.
790
00:40:56,788 --> 00:41:00,249
The -- The -- The modern-day
gangland culture
791
00:41:00,249 --> 00:41:02,919
is the Blood Family Mafia.
792
00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:07,340
-According to sources, the BFM
gang is led by Dave Turmel.
793
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:09,342
He's gone after the Hells
after refusing
794
00:41:09,342 --> 00:41:12,428
to pay a 10% tax on drug sales
795
00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:15,264
in Hells-controlled territory.
796
00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:18,226
-The main point of contention
797
00:41:18,226 --> 00:41:22,397
in the Blood Family Mafia's
war with the Hells Angels
798
00:41:22,397 --> 00:41:26,984
was a rebuffing
of the traditional 10% tax
799
00:41:26,984 --> 00:41:29,320
that the Hells Angels
in Quebec City
800
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:34,659
had always placed on the
street gangs and the drug crews.
801
00:41:34,659 --> 00:41:37,912
Ice Pick Turmel
and the Blood Family Mafia felt
802
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:41,541
that they were somehow absolved
803
00:41:41,541 --> 00:41:45,294
or not eligible
to have to pay the tax,
804
00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:48,548
and when it was told to them
that, "No,
805
00:41:48,548 --> 00:41:51,509
you owe 10% of your take,"
806
00:41:51,509 --> 00:41:55,513
that's what sparked
this conflict.
807
00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:58,808
-Normally gangs don't torture
like this, severing body parts.
808
00:41:58,808 --> 00:42:00,977
It's not very frequent
in Quebec.
809
00:42:00,977 --> 00:42:03,354
But we see with some of
the street gangs in Quebec City,
810
00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,606
that's what they do.
They also film it.
811
00:42:05,606 --> 00:42:10,528
[ Man screaming ]
812
00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:13,823
[ Men speaking
foreign language ]
813
00:42:16,784 --> 00:42:20,663
-The top Quebec City
rappers were all affiliated
814
00:42:20,663 --> 00:42:24,500
with Blood Family Mafia
these last couple years.
815
00:42:24,500 --> 00:42:28,629
And if you watch the videos
of these rap artists,
816
00:42:28,629 --> 00:42:30,757
you can see Ice Pick Turmel,
817
00:42:30,757 --> 00:42:34,427
and you can see other members
of his crew.
818
00:42:34,427 --> 00:42:37,597
[ Man rapping
in foreign language ]
819
00:42:37,597 --> 00:42:46,981
♪♪
820
00:42:46,981 --> 00:42:50,193
The Blood Family Mafia was
using some of these music videos
821
00:42:50,193 --> 00:42:52,028
to shit-talk the Hells Angels
822
00:42:52,028 --> 00:42:54,405
and let everybody know
in Quebec City
823
00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:58,284
the Blood Family Mafia,
even though they're a bunch
of 20-something millennials,
824
00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:00,286
they don't fear the big,
bad Hells Angels.
825
00:43:00,286 --> 00:43:02,789
In fact, they're
going to go in front of a camera
826
00:43:02,789 --> 00:43:05,750
and flash gang signs
and tell everybody that,
827
00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:09,253
you know, "We're going to war
with them, and we're gonna win."
828
00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:12,590
I don't believe
that the Blood Family Mafia,
829
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:16,219
when they decided to go to war
830
00:43:16,219 --> 00:43:18,596
with the Quebec City
Hells Angels,
831
00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:21,265
completely understood
who Marty Robert was
832
00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:25,061
and that just
because you were declaring war
833
00:43:25,061 --> 00:43:28,940
on the Quebec City Hells Angels,
I don't know if they realized
834
00:43:28,940 --> 00:43:30,817
that that meant they
were declaring war
835
00:43:30,817 --> 00:43:34,153
on the Hells Angels empire
period.
836
00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:37,281
[ Man screaming ]
837
00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:39,867
-Organized crime
will look like altar boys
838
00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:42,620
compared to these new groups
coming up.
839
00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:45,373
Trust me.
It's going to be mayhem.
840
00:43:45,373 --> 00:43:52,547
♪♪
841
00:43:52,547 --> 00:43:59,720
♪♪
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