On Monday, November 14, 1983, the body of Paul Volpe was found in the trunk of his car in the parking lot at Toronto International Airport. He had been shot several times in the head at close range with a small-calibre weapon. The life and crimes of one of the most prominent mob bosses in Canada had come to an end.Paul Volpe’s rise to power in the Canadian Mafia, from his youthful career as a delivery boy for his family’s bootlegging business to his golden days in the mid 1970s as ...

The result of more than ten years of research by one of Canada’s top investigative journalists, Dragons of Crime is the first book-length expose of the Chinese and Vietnamese gangs in North America. For the first time, all the mysterious elements of Asian crime are uncovered, from the history and growth of the triads, tongs and gangs to the present-day structures and activities, including:an investigative account of how the Kung Lok triad got started...

A gritty tale of Toronto's underworld during Prohibition. Originally published in New York in 1928, this book announced the coming of the urban novel in Canada through the story of Harry Trotter—a man who descends into a life of crime in the immigrant "Ward" of 1920s Toronto.Superficial and self-centered, Trotter establishes himself as a major bootlegger in a city dominated by foreign gangs. As he navigates a world of speakeasies, violence, and promiscuity, he stru...