Underworld in Exile: The Siege of the Rizzuto Clan and the Fracturing of the Quebec Gang War
As 2025 closes, Quebec’s criminal landscape is in violent transformation. The Mafia governs from behind bars, the Blood Family Mafia is devouring itself, and a fugitive Olympian runs a billion-dollar pipeline from cartel safe houses. This is the state of the war.
All Boivin captured. Since this report was filed, fugitive All Boivin — accused leader of the North Savage Gang (NSG), the breakaway faction that splintered from the BFM after Dave Turmel’s arrest — was captured in Marbella, Spain on June 26, 2026, ending a three-year international manhunt. He had topped Canada’s most-wanted list and faces charges of gangsterism, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and drug and weapons trafficking tied to the eastern-Quebec drug war. Read the full briefing →
As of late December 2025, the traditional power structures of the Montreal Mafia and the Hells Angels are being challenged not only by international manhunts but by a savage civil war within the province’s most notorious street gangs. From the high-security wings of Bordeaux jail to the safe houses of the Sinaloa Cartel, authorities are fighting a multi-front war to prevent the “cartelization” of the province.
The BFM Civil War: Purges & Fractures
The Blood Family Mafia, once a unified front against the Hells Angels, has fractured into warring factions following the March 2025 arrest of its leader, Dave “Pic” Turmel, in Rome.
On December 13, 2025, the violence reached a gruesome peak at the Quebec City detention centre (Orsainville). An inmate in his 20s, identified as an associate of the rival North Savage Gang (NSG), was found brain dead following a “barbaric” assault. Investigators believe BFM loyalists are conducting a systematic purge of defectors to send a message of absolute loyalty to Turmel.
In a major legal blow to the BFM, Roobens Denis — Turmel’s primary lieutenant — was sentenced on December 18, 2025 to 42 months in prison. Denis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine, effectively decapitating the gang’s operational leadership on the ground.
Desperate for new “soldiers,” the BFM has pivoted to targeting vulnerable populations. Recent reports detail the recruitment of Indigenous mothers and young women from low-income communities to manage stash houses and act as drug runners — often under threat of extreme violence.
The Global Hunt for the $15M Olympian
While the BFM tears itself apart, the FBI’s hunt for former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding remains the highest-priority international case.
The arrest of Montreal-based enforcer Atna “2-Pac” Ohna has exposed Wedding’s reach. Ohna is accused of supervising the January 2025 assassination of a federal witness in Colombia. He currently faces an extradition hearing in February 2026.
Intelligence confirms Wedding remains under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel, managing a billion-dollar cocaine pipeline. Despite a $15 million bounty, he has evaded capture, using a network of Canadian “sicarios” to silence opposition.
Project Alliance: The Rizzuto Siege
The Rizzuto crime family is facing an existential crisis. No longer the untouchable kings of Montreal, the family is currently “governing from behind bars” while under literal fire.
Following a bold AR-15 shooting at the R.D.P. detention centre in late November, Leonardo Rizzuto and his inner circle were transferred to Bordeaux jail for their own safety. The hit — which included photographs of the Rizzuto clan left at the scene — signals that their rivals no longer fear the Mafia’s name.
The Project Alliance murder trials are officially set for November 2026. With Rizzuto’s law licence suspended and his physical safety in question, the family’s hold on the city is at its weakest point in decades.
Fortress Quebec: The Security Response
In response to the “Mexico-style” escalation of violence, the Ministry of Public Security has initiated a $38-million security overhaul.
The Sûreté du Québec has implemented “hard lockdown” protocols in provincial jails, installing anti-drone netting and electronic jammers to block the cellphones used by gang leaders to direct hits from their cells.
The government is fast-tracking legislation to ban gang insignia and increase penalties for the recruitment of vulnerable persons — a direct response to the BFM’s latest tactics.
Leadership Status Overview
Dave “Pic” Turmel — BFM, Leader | Arrested in Rome (March 2025)
Roobens Denis — BFM, Primary Lieutenant | 42 months prison
Ryan Wedding — International, Cocaine Pipeline | Fugitive ($15M bounty)
Leonardo Rizzuto — Rizzuto Family, Leader | Protected in Bordeaux jail
Atna “2-Pac” Ohna — Wedding Network, Enforcer | Extradition hearing Feb 2026
A Winter of Instability
As 2025 concludes, the decapitation of the BFM leadership and the exile of Ryan Wedding have created a dangerous power vacuum. With the traditional Mafia and the bikers on the defensive, the impulsive and ultra-violent street-gang factions are reshaping the underworld in their own brutal image — and the coming year will determine whether Quebec’s old criminal order survives the assault.
- CBC News — “Right-hand man of presumed Quebec gang leader sentenced” (Dec 18, 2025)
- CTV News Montreal — “Inmate critically injured at Quebec City detention centre” (Dec 14, 2025)
- Montreal Gazette — “Suspected organized crime figure arrested on request from FBI” (Dec 2025)
- Noovo Info — “Young Indigenous mother breaks silence about BFM recruitment” (Dec 3, 2025)
- BOLO Program — Most Wanted Registry (Ryan Wedding)