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- The RCMP arrested 16 individuals linked to the Montreal Mafia’s cocaine trafficking network.
- Charges include cocaine trafficking, money laundering and tax offences, according to police.
- Franco Lopez, 61, and his brother Pasquale, 53, were among those detained.
- Investigators say drug proceeds funded clan-linked building renovations and an illegal gaming house.
- Project Chrome, launched in 2022 by CFSEU, MLIT and CRA, follows the 2015 Project Magot-Mastiff case that ended Oct 10 2019.