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Legalizing marijuana didn’t boot organized crime out of the pot business. It just shuffled things around. Was this enough to explain the murder of “Tony Large” Sergi?

Was Freddy Patriarca caught up in wars between Toronto mobsters and Wolfpack Alliance? Is that why he was shot dead at his Greater Toronto home?

A massive police operation called Project Divergent has wrapped up with 22 arrests, including three against alleged members of the Wolfpack Alliance. The operation targeted gun and drug transactions.

Had a nice chat with Andrew Applebaum for Toronto Legends podcast.

A Brantford man has been charged in a $200-M cocaine importation scheme, that saw the drug come up from Central America and into the Maritimes.

I’m pleased with this review in a respected academic journal by retired professor James H. Creechan for The Wolfpack, which Luis Najera and I wrote. Creechan taught in Mexico and knows the lay of the land.

Charles Gagne says he’s not the same person that killed Eddie Melo and his friend Jaoa (Johnny) Pavao for money and underworld prestige two decades ago. The parole board isn’t so sure.

Paolo Caputo wasn’t a big-time criminal. So why was he targeted for murder? A strong theory is that he was connected to someone who owed big money to the Sinaloa cartel. If cartel members couldn’t collect the money, they’d make an example of him about settling your debts.

The Mexican Riviera was a popular and dangerous spot for Canadian mobsters long before the killings of Robert James Dinh and Thomas Cherukara.

The Wolfpack, my new book with Luis H. Nájera, is attracting strong interest in Mexico, home of the major cocaine cartels.