Montreal's Irish Mafia: The True: Story Of The I...

: The "King of Coke" who transformed the gang into a multi-billion dollar enterprise before his 1984 assassination in a seedy motel.

By taking control of the , the West End Gang became a vital gateway for narcotics. They formed a "Consortium" with the Montreal Mafia and the Hells Angels to fix drug prices, establishing ties with the Cali Cartel in Colombia and brokers across Europe and Mexico. Key figures in this era included:

: Ryan's successor, known for ruthless revenge killings and expanding the gang’s reach into the "Golden Triangle" and "Golden Crescent" before his 1992 life sentence. Montreal's Irish Mafia: The True Story of the I...

: A former union leader at the port who was treated as an equal by the city's most powerful mob bosses until his 2001 arrest. The Legacy Continues

The gang’s most legendary feat occurred on March 30, 1976. Armed with a , they intercepted a Brinks armored car, making off with approximately $2.3 million in cash and gold coins—the largest bank robbery in Canadian history at the time. : The "King of Coke" who transformed the

The West End Gang: Unmasking Montreal’s "Irish Mafia" While the headlines often buzz with the exploits of the Rizzuto family or the Hells Angels, Montreal hides another storied criminal legacy in its shadows: the . Often dubbed Montreal’s "Irish Mafia," this homegrown organization rose from the poverty-stricken streets of the southwest to become a global titan of drug trafficking. Roots in "The Point"

Their story is one of survival and cold-blooded ambition—a uniquely Montreal product that, as journalist Julian Sher puts it, could only have been born in the marginalized English-speaking enclaves of a French city. Key figures in this era included: : Ryan's

The gang’s story begins in the mid-20th century in neighborhoods like ("The Point"), Griffintown, and Goose Village. Emerging in the 1950s as a loose network of Irish-Canadian thieves, they were initially known simply as the "Irish Gang".