George Jung was the basis for the character played by Johnny Depp in the movie “Blow.” Jung used Toronto to meet with a cartel kingpin in the 1970s to restructure world cocaine trade.

Alberto Agueci dared to stand up to Buffalo mob boss Stefano Magaddino during French Connection heroin smuggling case. It ended horrifically.

Paolo Violi was skinny and unknown back in May 1955, when he was charged with shooting Natale Brigante to death. A little over two decades later, Violi was widely regarded as Canada’s top mobster. Then a killer came for him too.

Domenico Violi gave to charity and ran a successful business. He’s also in prison for drug trafficking in a case that saw an undercover agent initiated into the mob. Now, he’s denied parole as the board warns his life may be in danger if he returns to Hamilton.

There are plenty of suspects in the murder of GTA hitman Sam Calautti. That makes sense, as he was the suspected killer in a string of killings on Ontario and Quebec.

There are few nicer, or braver, journalists than my old colleague, Tony Wong. Who else would end up as a pallbearer after gang leader Asau Tran was gunned down and his friends went into hiding?

Coke trafficker Jarrod Bacon, 37, has been released from prison. He’s with the Red Scopions, who are key in the Wolfpack Alliance.

Convicted ‘Ndrangheta boss Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino refused a COVID-19 vaccination, despite the arguments of medical personnel. Then he argued that he should get parole because of COVID-19 dangers.

Enjoyed being interviewed on this Canadaland.com podcast on politics and violence in the tow truck industry.

He was stabbed and slashed to death in a landmark building on the University of Toronto campus, when it was full of students and staff. Why did no one notice the murder of popular art professor David Buller?