Maxime Langlois, director of the Bolo program, speaks at a press conference to release the latest Top 25 list of Canada's Most Wanted fugitives in Montreal, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. An image of Dave (Pik) Turmel is at the right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Italian court orders new extradition hearing for Dave Turmel of Blood Family Mafia
May 12, 2026 | 11:39 AM
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MONTREAL — An Italian court has ordered a new extradition hearing for Dave Turmel, who had been Canada’s most-wanted fugitive until his 2025 arrest.
Turmel’s lawyer, Danièle Roy, says her client successfully appealed an extradition order to Canada.
Roy says Turmel will remain detained inside Rome’s Regina Coeli prison while extradition proceedings continue.
Turmel is accused of being a key figure in the Blood Family Mafia, a Quebec criminal network that led a violent drug trafficking turf war in Quebec City and eastern Quebec against the Hells Angels.
