The “sponsor-to-be” released from prison

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Vittorio Mirarchi (right) at his wedding in the Bahamas in the company of her maid of honor Raynald Desjardins, in 2009.

Éric Thibault

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 01:00

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Seen as the next godfather of the mafia in montreal in the police community, a protege of the gangster Raynald Desjardins has regained his freedom yesterday after six years in the shade.

The Journal has learned that Vittorio Mirarchi has left the prison of Saint-Jérôme, where he was jailed for plotting the murder of the aspiring godfather Salvatore Montagna, who was murdered to avenge a murder attempt on Desjardins while they were trying to take control of the mafia.

Mirarchi had been arrested on 20 December 2011 by the SQ at the same time as Desjardins, as he affectionately nicknamed her ” Old “. Their text messages were being spied on by the police while they were preparing the crime.

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A portion of the $ 300,000 in various currencies, police officers found the condo Mirarchi in 2011.

The influential mafioso of 40 years has been punished with a sentence of nine years, five less than his ” main partner “.

“This is the next godfather “, we have advanced several police sources about this guy from Quebec to the origins and calabrian.

“Coke,” and submarines

The one that Desjardins was called “Pizz” would, according to them, the potential and the means to take the helm of an Italian mafia in disarray and without a true leader for a few years.

Mirarchi was suspected by the RCMP of being a prolific importer of cocaine in 2011, although he has never been accused of such a crime.

According to court documents, the survey project Clemenza, “the organization of Mirarchi” would have imported more than a ton of cocaine to blows of a million dollars this year.

According to the evidence, the network had contacts to transport the drugs from Colombia to Mexico in submarines, in the manner of the deceased kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Truckers, quebec would have been sent in the Los Angeles area look for twenty cargoes.

Mirarchi was already held for murder when the RCMP has arrested 58 alleged traffickers – including mafiosi are well known, such as Liborio Cuntrera and Marco Pizzi – in this investigation.

Not less than 49 of them have, however, been freed of the charges earlier this year, thanks in large part to a victory in the courts lawyers paid by Mirarchi.

For the preparation of his defense when he was accused of murder, Mirarchi has wanted to force the Crown to disclose how the RCMP had spied on its 16 BlackBerry. The Court gave him reason.

Rather than “burn” this investigative technique, the Crown has preferred to negotiate pleas of guilty on a reduced charge with Mirarchi and his accomplices, while most of the accused in Clemenza have obtained a stay of proceedings.

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The SQ had discovered two safes buried in the ground outside of the residence Mirarchi, in Ste-Adèle.

“It depends… “

The police, however, have not the certainty that Mirarchi is interested in the throne of the deceased sponsors Vic Cotroni and Vito Rizzuto.

“If yes, it will depend on its ability to be accepted by the Sicilians and deal with the Rizzuto organization, not to mention the Hells Angels, who control the territory of sale of drugs “, according to our sources.

— With the collaboration of Félix Séguin, of the Bureau of investigation

♦ Vittorio Mirarchi found its freedom while the eldest brother of his mentor, Jacques Desjardins, mysteriously disappeared since the end of October. The police cannot rule out the thesis that it was an act of retaliation towards his clan.

Who is Vittorio Mirarchi

♦ Suspected by the RCMP of being a prolific importer of cocaine, he was employed as a sales representative in a company roofing system from 2006 to 2011

♦ Arrested on 20 December 2011 for the murder of mafioso Salvatore Montagna

♦ He and his family have unsuccessfully offered $ 3.6 million to court to get his bail in 2012

♦ He was found guilty of conspiracy to murder in the spring of 2016

♦ He has not had his sentence of nine years in September 2017 and had already served the equivalent of 103 months in prison, since the canadian courts consider that each day spent in remand is worth one and a half.