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On
March 28, 2001, nearly 2,000 officers carried out
simultaneous raids in 77 municipalities in Québec
against the Hells Angels. Read more about Operation
Springtime 2001.
The
Police Commander: André Bouchard
 Commander
André Bouchard has been on the Montreal
police force for 31 years and fighting organized
crime since 1976. He's worked on the morality squad,
in narcotics and two years ago, he moved to homicide.
Over the years he has investigated biker gangs,
the Mafia and other organized crime organizations.
For 11 years
he was in charge of a surveillance team that was
called in on numerous cases, and he was also a member
of the Wolverine Squad. Since March of 1997, Commander
Bouchard has been chief of the Major Crimes Unit
for the Montreal police.
The
Intelligence Expert: Guy Ouellette
 Guy
Ouellette was the head of biker intelligence for
the Quebec provincial police, the Súrete
du Quebec. He was in law enforcement for 32
years. As one of the top experts when it comes to
bikers, Ouellette traveled across Canada to assist
other police forces with biker intelligence gathering
and investigations.
Ouellette retired from the police
force and now he's giving tips and offering expertise
to a new group of officers: students at the Nicollette
police academy in Quebec. He also teaches a course
on organized crime.
Ouellette was a technical advisor
for the CBC Television series on Quebec bikers called
The Last Chapter.
The Prosecutor: René
Domingue
 René
Domingue has more than 25 years experience as a
crown prosecutor. He worked on some of the most
high profile cases including prosecuting the Hells
Angels for the Lennoxville massacre, where several
bikers were killed in a north Montreal clubhouse.
After the death of 12 year old Daniel
Desrochers by a biker bomb he was asked to be part
of a six man prosecution team that would advise
the Wolverine police squad. He says he quit after
he realized the job came without any budget or resources.
Now he processes plea bargains and is an outspoken
critic of the Quebec legal system.
The Crime Reporter: Michel
Auger
 Michel
Auger is a veteran crime/investigative journalist.
His career spans 37 years. he worked at the fifth
estate from 1979 to 84 and then went over to Le
Journal de Montréal and has been there ever
since, covering crime and the biker gangs in Quebec.
A year after being shot six times,
Auger has written a book about the bikers. He says
he wrote the book as a form of therapy.
In Attempt,
Auger writes that the Hells Angels had plans to
kill other prominent people in Quebec, including
the former chief of Montreal police and a television
journalist. The Hells Angels decided not to go ahead
with the plans after people took to the streets
following the attack on him. Auger's book also says
Montreal police have long known the identity of
his shooter, but that they lack enough proof to
arrest him and the others involved in the attempt
on his life.
Auger has written extensively about
the bloody turf war between Quebec's biker gangs.
He wrote an expose on the violent activities of
biker gangs and the Mafia the day before he was
shot.
If you have
tips for the police: You can call the Criminal
Intelligence Service Outlaw Biker Hotline at 1-877-660-4321.
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