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In 1990, the DEA discovered that a very large exchange office, the National Foreign Exchange Office, established in the heart of downtown Montreal, was used to launder large quantities of money from drug trafficking. As this money feeds drug networks in the United States, the American ambassador in Ottawa complains to the Canadian government. It was enough for the Canadian government, concerned ab...

The Provençals form one of the most illustrious organized crime families in Quebec. Of the ten Provençal children, nine have criminal records, just like their father.  The eldest, Roger Provençal is considered in his time as "the biggest kingpin of the French-speaking underworld in Montreal". He is the head of gang activities involved in extortion, drug trafficking, robberies and hijacki...

His nickname is “Casey's pilot” and his story begins in 1948 in Quebec. In the 1970s, he carries out surveillance missions during the Vietnam War, and after the war, he quickly gets involved in drug trafficking. As his reputation grows, he is hired by the CIA to fly armed raids for them in Nicaragua, and later by the Italian Mafia to fly drugs from Colombia to Canada. Follow the dangerous and...

The West End Gang reached its peak in the 1980s, under the leadership of Peter Frank "Dunie" Ryan, a former robber turned "King of Cocaine".   He transformed the organization into a well-oiled machine for importing and distributing drugs until he was assassinated in 1984 by Paul April. His murder left a huge hole in the West End Gang, who were not about to let this crime go unpunished, e...

Richard Blass is an infamous gangster and multiple murderer. Born in Montreal, he is nicknamed Le Chat, French for The Cat, because of his luck in escaping death after surviving at least three assassination attempts from the Italian mafia, a police shootout, and escaping from police custody three separate times. For the period Between 1965 and 1975, Blass is a prime suspect in 21 murder cases. Ric...

Paolo Violi was one of the most well-known Calabrese Mafiosi. On the evening of January 22, 1978, Violi was gunned down in the purest Mafia tradition; during a card game at the Reggio Bar. His bloody end would mark the beginning of a shift of power and of the rise of the Sicilian clan, led by Nicolo Rizzuto and his son Vito. As the experts in organized crime strongly believe Nicolo Rizzuto ordered...

Crimetrip is not your typical True Crime podcast series.  The "nouveau genre" series is based on very clever and ambitious crimes: Paolo Violi's Murder: Classic Mafiosi Takeover. The Cat: Crazy bandit fighting for criminal rights. Heist of the century: Armored truck theft without a drop of blood. Casey Case: the most ambitious cocaine smuggling in North America. Contract project: Clever feds...