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least to 1980. As early as 1986, Desjardins was already being referred to in police intelligence reports as âthe supplierâ of drugs for Montrealâs Mafia.
Desjardins would get one of the stiffest sentences to come out of Project Jaggy, 15 years, but he used the time to either solidify his contacts or make new ones. While he served his sentence he was the subject of at least two major investigations by corrections officials for crimes including an attempted murder, a failed hit he allegedly ordered from prison. By the time of his statutory release date on June 2, 2004, having served two-thirds of his sentence, Desjardins was still considered an influential man despite spending more than a decade behind bars. While serving his sentence, he associated with both mob figures and Hells Angels. A February 2004 parole board report alleged that he frequently broke penitentiary rules.
âYou have acquired over the years an important status at the head of structured, criminal organizations and maintained those associations inside the penitentiary,â the parole board wrote in a report. Nonetheless, they were required by law to release him. All the parole board could do was warn Desjardins that if he maintained those links while serving what remained of his sentence outside, he would be sent right back to a penitentiary. He was also required to supply a summary of his revenues and spending on a monthly basis.
But Correctional Service Canada was likely glad to see Desjardins go. During his time behind bars he had allegedly ordered two inmates to kill another, named William Fisher, in April 1995. According to a final report of a CSC investigation of the incident, the conflict was over Desjardins not wanting drugs to enter the wing of the penitentiary where he was staying. Hewas also suspected of trying to poison another inmate while at the Leclerc Institution, and was thought to have been the mastermind behind several violent incidents that occurred while he was serving his sentence.
In 2001, in an unsuccessful bid to get out on parole, he claimed to have left the organized crime world, saying, âAt the level I am at I donât need authorization (to leave).â But while out on a day pass on September 25, 2002, Desjardins was spotted meeting with Francesco Cotroni, the son of Frank Cotroni, an influential underboss in the same Mafia organization that bore his family name. (Frank Cotroni died of brain cancer during the summer of 2004.) Both Desjardins and Cotroniâs son claimed the meeting was of little significance, an unplanned crossing of paths, between an inmate out on a day pass and another out on parole. But it landed both men in hot water with the parole board.
Maurice (Mom) Boucher and the
Fortune Endeavor
Back in 1993, Desjardins had risen to such prominence in the underworld that some police began referring to a Rizzuto-Desjardins organization. Desjardins drove around in an expensive Mercedes-Benz, spent his leisure time on a 40-foot pleasure boat and had amassed an impressive collection of rare and antique cars. Besides accompanying Desjardins for the meeting in May 1993 with Imbeault â his fellow Hells Angel from Quebec City â Boucher was seen meeting with Rizzutoâs right-hand man a second time, weeks later in Longueuil.
During the summer of 1993, Boucher was also overheard on wiretaps making a series of calls to Desjardins and the latterâs business partner Julio Cesari. It was around this time that Imbeault had told an RCMP informant that Desjardins was financing the
Fortune Endeavor
smuggling operation. The police also noticed that Desjardins and Rizzuto were talking to each other on a regular basis. A particularly interesting day in ProjectJaggy was August 17, 1993. A surveillance team watched as Boucher walked out of Desjardinsâ company, Amusements Deluxe, and into a car. The Hells Angel was obviously concerned about being monitored by the police because he had
Desjardins would get one of the stiffest sentences to come out of Project Jaggy, 15 years, but he used the time to either solidify his contacts or make new ones. While he served his sentence he was the subject of at least two major investigations by corrections officials for crimes including an attempted murder, a failed hit he allegedly ordered from prison. By the time of his statutory release date on June 2, 2004, having served two-thirds of his sentence, Desjardins was still considered an influential man despite spending more than a decade behind bars. While serving his sentence, he associated with both mob figures and Hells Angels. A February 2004 parole board report alleged that he frequently broke penitentiary rules.
âYou have acquired over the years an important status at the head of structured, criminal organizations and maintained those associations inside the penitentiary,â the parole board wrote in a report. Nonetheless, they were required by law to release him. All the parole board could do was warn Desjardins that if he maintained those links while serving what remained of his sentence outside, he would be sent right back to a penitentiary. He was also required to supply a summary of his revenues and spending on a monthly basis.
But Correctional Service Canada was likely glad to see Desjardins go. During his time behind bars he had allegedly ordered two inmates to kill another, named William Fisher, in April 1995. According to a final report of a CSC investigation of the incident, the conflict was over Desjardins not wanting drugs to enter the wing of the penitentiary where he was staying. Hewas also suspected of trying to poison another inmate while at the Leclerc Institution, and was thought to have been the mastermind behind several violent incidents that occurred while he was serving his sentence.
In 2001, in an unsuccessful bid to get out on parole, he claimed to have left the organized crime world, saying, âAt the level I am at I donât need authorization (to leave).â But while out on a day pass on September 25, 2002, Desjardins was spotted meeting with Francesco Cotroni, the son of Frank Cotroni, an influential underboss in the same Mafia organization that bore his family name. (Frank Cotroni died of brain cancer during the summer of 2004.) Both Desjardins and Cotroniâs son claimed the meeting was of little significance, an unplanned crossing of paths, between an inmate out on a day pass and another out on parole. But it landed both men in hot water with the parole board.
Maurice (Mom) Boucher and the
Fortune Endeavor
Back in 1993, Desjardins had risen to such prominence in the underworld that some police began referring to a Rizzuto-Desjardins organization. Desjardins drove around in an expensive Mercedes-Benz, spent his leisure time on a 40-foot pleasure boat and had amassed an impressive collection of rare and antique cars. Besides accompanying Desjardins for the meeting in May 1993 with Imbeault â his fellow Hells Angel from Quebec City â Boucher was seen meeting with Rizzutoâs right-hand man a second time, weeks later in Longueuil.
During the summer of 1993, Boucher was also overheard on wiretaps making a series of calls to Desjardins and the latterâs business partner Julio Cesari. It was around this time that Imbeault had told an RCMP informant that Desjardins was financing the
Fortune Endeavor
smuggling operation. The police also noticed that Desjardins and Rizzuto were talking to each other on a regular basis. A particularly interesting day in ProjectJaggy was August 17, 1993. A surveillance team watched as Boucher walked out of Desjardinsâ company, Amusements Deluxe, and into a car. The Hells Angel was obviously concerned about being monitored by the police because he had
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