Pacifique Plante, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian lawyer
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Pacifique Plante
- Pacifique Plante (1907 – August 9, 1976 in Guadalajara, Mexico) was a crime fighting Montreal lawyer from the 1940s to the 1950s.
- He was also known as Pax Plante. Between 1940 and 1950, he waged war against organized crime, vice and corruption in Montreal.
- In 1948, Plante denounced corruption inside the police force.
- With the assistance of the journalist Gérard Filion, he published a series of articles in Le Devoir (from November 1949 to February 1950) where he affirmed that police "protection" encouraged the activities of the underworld.
- With Jean Drapeau, he took part in the Caron Inquiry, which led to the arrest of several police officers.
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