Maurice Boucher was a Canadian gangster,convicted murderer,reputed drug trafficker,and outlaw biker—once president of the Hells Angels' Quebec Nomads chapter. Boucher led Montreal's Hells Angels against the rival Rock Machine biker gang during the Quebec Biker War of 1994 through 2002 in Quebec,Canada. In 2002,Boucher was convicted of ordering the murders of two Quebec prison officers in an effort to destabilize the Quebec Justice system.
The Quebec Biker War was a turf war in Montreal,Quebec,Canada,lasting from 1994 to 2002,between the Quebec branch of the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine. The war left 162 people dead,including civilians. There were also 84 bombings,and 130 cases of arson. In March 2002,American journalist Julian Rubinstein wrote about the biker war:"Considering how little attention the story has attracted outside Canada,the toll is staggering:162 dead,scores wounded. The victims include an 11-year-old boy killed by shrapnel from one of the more than 80 bombs bikers planted around the province. Even the New York Mafia in its heyday never produced such carnage,or so terrorized civilians."
The Lennoxville massacre,or Lennoxville purge,was a mass murder which took place at the Hells Angels clubhouse in Sherbrooke,Quebec,Canada,on March 24,1985. Five members of the Hells Angels North Chapter,founded by Laurent "L'Anglais" Viau and Yves "Apache" Trudeau,were shot dead. This event divided rival outlaw motorcycle gangs in Quebec,leading to the formation of the Rock Machine club in 1986,a rival to the Angels in the 1990s. The name "Lennoxville massacre" is a misnomer since the killings took place in Sherbrooke. The misconception that the killings took place in Lennoxville arose from the fact the victims had stayed and partied at a motel in Lennoxville before they went to the Sherbrooke clubhouse.
Gérald Gallant is a Canadian contract killer who admitted to committing 28 murders and 12 attempted murders between 1978 and 2003. Gallant typically killed in public by gunshots to the head,neck or chest,which became his trademark. His victims were mostly members of Quebec-based criminal gangs. Gallant was reportedly one of Canada's most prolific known killers.
Operation Axe was a joint task force conducted on February 12,2009,where 500 Montreal police and 200 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers took part in a sting operation. It began its investigation in January 2006,aimed at raiding The Syndicate;a major street gang of Haitian immigrants headed by Gregory "Pissaro" Wooley that is loyal to the Hells Angels. Wooley had once served as the bodyguard to the Hells Angel Quebec president Maurice "Mom" Boucher,and is a member of the Rockers,the Angels' puppet club in Montreal. As a black man,Wooley can never hope to graduate up from the Rockers to join the Angels,whom only accept white men,but he has been described as very loyal to the Angels. The raids took place in Montreal,Laval and Longueuil in Quebec,and Ottawa and Kingston in Ontario.
Dany "Dany Boy" Kane (1969 –7 August 2000) was a Canadian criminal who was a compliant police informant at the same time. Kane worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as an informant inside the Hells Angels for many years,and provided information to the police on the Hells Angels. Kane was found dead of an apparent suicide in the garage of his suburban Montreal home in the summer of 2000.
Wolodumir "Walter" Stadnick,also known as "Nurget",is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who was the third national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. Stadnick is generally credited with turning the Hells Angels into the dominant outlaw biker club in Canada. The journalists Michel Auger and Peter Edwards wrote that much about Stadnick is mysterious,ranging from what is the meaning of his sobriquet "Nurget",to how a unilingual Anglo Canadian from Hamilton became the leader of the then largely French-Canadian Hells Angels. In 2004,the journalist Tu Thanh Ha wrote that Stadnick is "a secretive man little known to the public",but "he is one of Canada's most pivotal organized-crime figures."
André "Dédé" Desjardins was a Canadian union official noted for his involvement with organized crime. Desjardins served as the president of the Conseil des métiers de la construction and vice-president of the Fédération des travailleurs du Québec union between 1970 and 1974,becoming known as Le roi de la construction. During this time,Desjardins was involved in the scandal that led to the Cliche commission of 1974–75 headed by Judge Robert Cliche to examine corruption in Quebec construction unions. Afterwards,Desjardins enjoyed much success as one of the leading loan sharks in Montreal until his murder. Despite sharing the same surname,Desjardins is not related to Raynald Desjardins,a notorious mobster related to the Rizzuto crime family.
Salvatore Cazzetta is a Canadian outlaw biker and the Founder of the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club,convicted of narcotics-trafficking. He also has a long association with the Rizzuto crime family,in Quebec.
Gregory Woolley is a Canadian criminal associated with the Hells Angels motorcycle club. Woolley was the protege and bodyguard of Maurice Boucher,a controversial senior Hell Angels leader,who led his chapter in a long and extremely violent gang war against the Rock Machine,in Quebec,from 1994-2002.
Gerald Matticks is a Canadian gangster and the long-time leader of the West End Gang of Montreal.
Michel "Sky" Langlois is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who served as the second national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. A founding member of the Popeye Moto Club,which amalgamated with the Hells Angels in 1977,Langlois was convicted as an accessory to murder in the club's internal Lennoxville massacre of 1985,and later of conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the 1994–2002 Quebec Biker War.
Frédéric Faucher is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who served as national president of the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club during the Quebec Biker War (1994-2002). He played a significant role in the conflict and was responsible for facilitating the merger between the Rock Machine and the Bandidos Motorcycle Club,which took place on December 1,2001.
Paul Porter is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster. A founding member of the Rock Machine Motorcycle Club,Porter played a major role in the Quebec Biker War (1994–2002). During this period,he expanded the club into Ontario,becoming the president of the Rock Machine's Kingston chapter. Disillusioned with the Rock Machine's decision to merge with the Bandidos,Porter led a mass defection to the Hells Angels in late 2000.
AndréBouchard is a retired police officer with the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal,best known for his role in the Quebec Biker War.
David MacDonald Carroll,better known as "Wolf",is a Canadian outlaw biker and reputed gangster who was a member of the elite Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Quebec. He disappeared in March 2001 after being indicted on 13 counts of first-degree murder.
Louis Roy,better known as "Mélou",was a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster,said to have been the richest Hells Angel in Quebec.
Normand Hamel,better known as "Biff",was a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster. A senior member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Montreal,Hamel was the right-hand man of Hells Angels leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher and became one of Quebec's top drug traffickers before he was shot dead in 2000. A member of the rival Rock Machine gang,Tony Duguay,was convicted of Hamel's murder in 2006 but was acquitted of the killing in 2016 after a witness in the case admitted that he lied while on the witness stand.
Gilles Mathieu,better known as "Trooper",is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who served as the secretary to the elite Nomad chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Quebec from 1995 to his arrest in 2001.
Donald Stockford is a Canadian outlaw biker,gangster and stuntman.
