Organized Crime 
Restaurant Issue
As a newly opened restaurant owner, business is hard as it is, therefore competition is extremely important to focus on within the same geographical area. Knowing about the competitors financial state is what allows a business to see where it is at and how to proceed in the future. Although a restaurant could be doing very well one day, by tomorrow that could all change and conflicts could easily arise, such as this one. A restaurant owned by an individual involved in the Hells Angels gang has opened a restaurant next-door to a restaurant owned by an average citizen of Montreal. The restaurants are both located on St. Laurence Street, a very populated area of Montreal. Furthermore, the restaurant owned by the average citizen of Montreal reached a comfortable stability with their clientele, at the time when the second restaurant opened.
Firstly, it is important to understand why the criminals do what they do, they way they do it. Although, nobody will fully be ever to understand a criminal’s mind, unless they were a criminal “gone good”. It is understood that the activity of the Hells Angel’s restaurant owner is involved in illegal activities, therefore in order to counteract the bad with the good, why not open up a “legitimate” restaurant when their income surrounding their illegal activity is booming? The basic idea behind their need to open up a legitimate restaurant is to basically be able to have an answer if they are asked where their money is coming from (Danis, Module 1, Slide 13). The restaurant itself is used as means to an end. Meaning that in order to hide their funds, to process their cash and to even make their illegal cash, they will use this restaurant as a cover up. Of course, many Hells Angels groups were stopped and found, but because they are already involved in illegal matters, using this restaurant enables them a bit more of security for their risky business and their illegal money. There are many consequences that
As a newly opened restaurant owner, business is hard as it is, therefore competition is extremely important to focus on within the same geographical area. Knowing about the competitors financial state is what allows a business to see where it is at and how to proceed in the future. Although a restaurant could be doing very well one day, by tomorrow that could all change and conflicts could easily arise, such as this one. A restaurant owned by an individual involved in the Hells Angels gang has opened a restaurant next-door to a restaurant owned by an average citizen of Montreal. The restaurants are both located on St. Laurence Street, a very populated area of Montreal. Furthermore, the restaurant owned by the average citizen of Montreal reached a comfortable stability with their clientele, at the time when the second restaurant opened.
Firstly, it is important to understand why the criminals do what they do, they way they do it. Although, nobody will fully be ever to understand a criminal’s mind, unless they were a criminal “gone good”. It is understood that the activity of the Hells Angel’s restaurant owner is involved in illegal activities, therefore in order to counteract the bad with the good, why not open up a “legitimate” restaurant when their income surrounding their illegal activity is booming? The basic idea behind their need to open up a legitimate restaurant is to basically be able to have an answer if they are asked where their money is coming from (Danis, Module 1, Slide 13). The restaurant itself is used as means to an end. Meaning that in order to hide their funds, to process their cash and to even make their illegal cash, they will use this restaurant as a cover up. Of course, many Hells Angels groups were stopped and found, but because they are already involved in illegal matters, using this restaurant enables them a bit more of security for their risky business and their illegal money. There are many consequences that