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More Montreal business owners facing extortion, police say - Montreal | Globalnews.ca

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Eight men and two women between the ages of 28 and 44 are said to be involved in two independent crime organizations.

The extortion targeted the owners of two restaurants in the downtown Ville -Marie borough stemming back to last fall .

Montreal police say extortion is nothing new but there has been an uptick in this type of crime since the pandemic.

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English

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