The Canadian connection

by Jean-Pierre Charbonneau

Its hard enough to fight in the dark, but its almost impossible to fight enemies you don't know exist. In America, in Canada, in Quebec, the phenomenon of organized crime is accepted by the public as a necessary evil. People resign themselves to it, as to a plague that cannot be contained. But we all suffer the ravages of these men who build fabulous fortunes for themselves through exploitation, not only of wealthy, but of those small means as well. Special police teams have been formed to counter the activities of the underworld. In spite of this work the hoped-for results have not always been achieved. The enemy sometimes seems untouchable as it spreads invisible but murderous tentacles over all its surroundings. The ingenuity and determination of certain police forces are often rewarded however, and drug traffickers put out of harm's way, as Jean Pierre Charbonneau's book reveals. But it has now become necessary for the ordinary citizen, the man in the street, to come to the aid of