Overview

An investigative account of Johnny "Pops" Papalia, charting his decades-long role in organised crime across Canada and beyond. The narrative pieces together police files, interviews and archival material to map a life of gambling, extortion, drug trafficking and alleged violence.

Reporter Adrian Humphreys follows Papalia's network from Hamilton and Toronto to Montreal, New York and Buffalo, introducing key mob figures and the law-enforcement inquiries that pursued them. The book offers new perspectives on who might have been responsible for Papalia's 1997 killing.

Clear prose and meticulous research make this a detailed portrait of a notorious figure and the criminal ecosystems he inhabited.

• In-depth reporting and archival police records
• Cross-border organised crime history
• Profiles of major mob figures
• Fresh theories on Papalia's murder

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