Wikileaks: Montreal Is "Bangkok of the West"

The disclosure of  State Department cables by WikiLeaks over the week reveals the U.S. understanding that organized crime is running amok in Montreal, QC Canada as reported by Andrew McIntosh for QMI Agency:  "Written after interviews with RCMP officers and Montreal police detectives, the U.S. diplomats described a major Canadian city grappling with extensive underworld criminality."  Among the rackets "is the extensive use of - and trafficking in - underage girls in Montreal strip clubs and prostitution operations" which led the diplomats to characterize the city as "Bangkok of the West."  Other pervasive rackets include telemarketing fraud and movie piracy.  The Hells Angels motorcycle club allegedly has a hand in many of these illicit operations.