Sabatino Nicolucci

Sabatino "Sammy" Nicolucci (Italian:

mobster linked to the Sicilian Rizzuto crime family based in Montreal

Links with the Rizzutos and sentencing

Nicolucci's first criminal conviction in Canada came in 1973 for drug possession, followed by possessing $2 million of counterfeit money in 1978.

wiretaps, and even followed them by plane to Caracas, Venezuela where they received help from the United States Embassy in Venezuela, and bugged the mobsters hotel rooms.^[2] In 1985, the RCMP amassed enough evidence on Nicolucci and Papier, and the two were convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison in Montreal Superior Court in relation to the Vancouver haul; they appealed, but the verdict was upheld.^[2]

Release, kidnapping and another sentencing

In 1991, serving less than half his sentence, Nicolucci was released on

extradited back to Canada and brought back to Montreal on May 30, 1996.^[2] Nicolucci was found guilty of 437 charges for drug trafficking and money laundering, and sentenced to 19 years in prison.^[1]^[2]

Later years

Nicolucci was paroled on Statutory Release in 2012.[1] In September 2017, the Parole Board of Canada forbid Nicolucci from Montreal's Little Italy, as well as "Italian-style" coffee shops or establishments that are recognized by the police as being a meeting point for members of Italian organized crime."^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mobster banned from entering Montreal's Little Italy to stop him bumping into Mafia buddies". nationalpost.com. 6 September 2017.
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[np-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mobster banned from entering Montreal's Little Italy to stop him bumping into Mafia buddies". nationalpost.com. 6 September 2017.

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