: 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 "King of Coke" who transformed the gang into a multi-billion dollar enterprise before his 1984 assassination in a seedy motel. Montreal's Irish Mafia: The True Story of the I...
The West End Gang never truly vanished. Police estimate they still maintain 125 to 150 members and associates. Recent figures like have kept the gang in the news, linked to massive weapons caches and the elusive "Wolfpack Alliance". : A former union leader at the port
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: Police estimate they still maintain 125 to 150
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.