Organized Crime and Montreal Italian Mafia

Montreal Italian Mafia: They said the alleged fraud amounted to $30 million, according to CTV. Quebec provincial police Sgt. Joyce Kemp said Montreal Italian Mafia teamed up with aboriginal organized crime to illegally import the bulk tobacco and - Police arrested 28 people Wednesday in a crackdown on tobacco trafficking that operated on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border and allegedly involved Montreal Italian Mafia and aboriginal organized crime. Authorities seized 40,000 kilograms of tobacco and confiscated $450,000 in cash. They also claim the investigation, which began in September 2012, was the largest ever involving contraband tobacco in North America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.