Organized Crime and Montreal Italian Mafia

Montreal Italian Mafia: They said the alleged fraud amounted to $30 million, according to Times Colonist. 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.