![]() ![]() The writer is Alan Phillips, whose previous articles, books and filmscripts on law enforcement and crime constitute the most important body of journalism on this subject in Canada. This first article deals mainly with the growth of the Mafia in Montreal since 1952 later articles will describe cross - Canada operations. The series which begins on the next page - the first comprehensive report on this subject - describes this network in detail, names its leaders, and tells how it is spreading quickly through Canada. Reached the stage of infiltrating legitimate business and politics. It is deeply and overwhelmingly involved in theft, extortion, narcotics, prostitution, and most other forms of crime, and its Canadian system now operates like a branch plant of the parent American firm. ![]() Some politicians and policemen like to deny it, but the international crime cartel known as the Mafia has now' taken a firm grip on major criminal activity in Canada. To the old, ugly sign of the Black Hand, the Mafia has added a modern symbol: the dozen roses that inform a recipient he is marked for murder. ![]()
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