Montreal, Canada, Le Devoir publishes a series of articles decrying lax policing and the spread of organized crime in the city. With Jean Drapeau, Plante takes part in the Caron Inquiry, which leads to the arrest of several police officers.
Several police officers are sent to prison. During the sessions, hundreds of documents are filed as evidence, including a large amount of photos of places and people related to vice. Below are photos of brothels, gambling dens and mugshots of people who ran them, often in cahoots with the cops β prostitutes, madams, pimps, racketeers and gamblers.
Anna Labelle, aka Ms. Arrested for the last time in , she went regularly to the courthouse in her Cadillac, wrapped in a mink, to free her managers. The story tells that she receives police officers every week from her rich home in Sherbrooke West. She kept several low-end houses on Clark Street, south of Ste-Catherine, near the Gayety cabaret, and on the streets of Bullion and Desmarais. Lucie Delicato Bizante, 6 mai She was an important witness of the Caron Commission.
Lina Tony β arrested on 1 December for running a brothel at Berger, and at on the same street, on 26 August Marguerite Smith, β arrested several times between and for having run a brothel at de Bullion and having worked as a prostitute. James Masters, alias Gaetano Mastracchio, β arrested in connection with an investigation related to the game.
Madeleine Gagnon, 7 August β arrested at Bullion on February 16, in connection with an investigation related to prostitution. Jeanine Lebrun, β arrested on April 11, for having run a house of prostitution. Jack Diamond, β arrested in connection with an investigation related to the game. Mary Shepperd, β arrested in connection with an investigation into prostitution. Blanche Martin, Blanche Martin, a maid arrested on May 8, for running a brothel.
