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The past decade has not been easy for organized crime groups in Montreal.

There has been deadly instability in the Montreal Mafia, the Hells Angels were arrested en masse and a provincial inquiry showed how organized crime had infiltrated Quebec’s construction industry.

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Here’s a brief timeline of the biggest news events since 2010 that involved organized crime in Montreal.

2010

Paolo Renda, brother-in-law of former Montreal Mob boss Vito Rizzuto, is kidnapped. He has not been seen since.

Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., Vito Rizzuto’s father, is shot and killed by a sniper hiding in the woods behind his Cartierville mansion. The murder remains unsolved.

A rash of firebombings of Montreal businesses is tied to an ongoing Mafia war over drug-trafficking, police said.

Photo by MARCOS TOWNSEND / Montreal Gazette file photo

2011

Trial begins for 51 Hells Angels accused of conspiracy for murders committed during the 1998-2002 biker war between the Hells and rival drug gangs in Montreal. They were among 111 full-patch Hells Angels arrested in 2009 in a police investigation called Operation SharQc.