Alessandro Sucapane, who was granted parole in 2018, recently had his parole revoked by commissioners for being observed around people linked to the mafia and thus violating his conditions.
Published at 1:15 am. Updated at 5:00 am.
Sucapane, 58, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2015 for gangsterism, drug trafficking and cannabis production. He was arrested as part of a major Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigation called Clemenza, which targeted the mafia clans that sought to take the place of the Sicilians after they weakened following the historic Colosseum operation in November 2006 had been.
Alessandro Sucapane was the associate of Giuseppe De Vito, who police say was part of an alliance that attempted a coup against the Sicilian clan in 2010 and 2011.
De Vito, whose clan controlled part of northeast Montreal, died in Donnacona prison in 2013 from poisoning from cyanide that was slipped into his smoothie.
Bad society
At the end of 2018, Sucapane was released on parole with significant conditions. Among other things, he was not allowed to associate with people who had connections to criminal organizations.
But in April 2023, according to police, a man connected to organized crime approached him about buying a restaurant.
The following October, he was seen with the same person in a bar frequented by influential members of the Montreal Mafia.
Sucapane's dismissal representative also accuses him of having been in contact with other criminals throughout 2023 without mentioning these relationships.
Sucapane's parole was therefore suspended in early November and the Parole Board of Canada had to decide whether his freedom should be restored or revoked.
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In 2018, authorities received an RCMP report that found Sucapane had broken away from organized crime and was no longer an issue for police.
But the commission believes that all of this would be a thing of the past.
“On November 3, 2023, your dismissal officer received information from Security Services indicating that you had regained your position in the world of crime, or perhaps had begun to regain it for some time. Concerns have been raised regarding your numerous casual meetings with key players as well as your presence in locations known to be frequented by persons of interest,” a parole commissioner wrote in a nine-page decision dated Dec. 27.
Because Sucapane's release would pose too great a risk to society, the commissioner revoked his probation. However, since he will be released again in 2024 with two thirds of the remaining sentence, the commissioner is already imposing conditions on him with a view to this future release.
Sucapane must not associate with a person involved in a crime or associated with a criminal organization, must not have more than one cell phone, must provide his release agent with the logs of his incoming and outgoing calls as well as access to his device and must disclose all of its financial transactions, including… those that concern the repayment of a significant debt that an entrepreneur has contracted with him and that will not be able to attend licensed establishments.
Accidentally killed in an old headquarters
A month ago, police carried out searches at the homes of several influential members of organized crime as part of a major investigation into the revelations of former hitman Frédérick Silva.
The latter, which made a U-turn in the summer of 2022, could enable the police to solve around thirty murders and as many attempted murders within organized crime since at least the beginning of the 2010s.
On December 7, police announced they were investigating three murders in which the victims were accidentally killed.
One of these assassinations was that of Domenico Facchini, who was shot dead on December 21, 2012 in a café on Boulevard Provencher in Domenica-In, in the Saint-Léonard district.
Sucapane frequented this establishment at that time.
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