Montreal mafia leader Raynald Desjardins plead guilty last year to conspiracy to commit murder and has now been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Desjardins has been detained for the last five years on charges related to the 2011 assassination of mobster Salvatore Montagna the one-time acting boss of the New York-based Bonanno crime family. Both Desjardins and Montagna were believed to be part of an internal consortium challenging the Rizzuto crime family for control of the Montreal-based organized crime group. The already shaky alliance between the two quickly deteriorated after their bid to wrestle control of the mafia away from the Rizzuto’s failed.
(Raynald Desjardins)
The rift between the two quickly escalated and Desjardins barely escaped an assassination attempt in September of 2011 that he believed had been engineered by Montagna. It wouldn’t take Desjardins long to strike back ordering the murder of Montagna in November of 2011. Authorities charged Desjardins along with five other defendants with the murder of Montagna and eventually were able to decrypt messages sent via Blackberry between him and other members of the mob faction that linked them to the hit. More details of both mobsters’ parts in the bloody Montreal mafia war and the Montagna assassination can be found in this previous article.
Agreeing to plea to a lesser charge of murder conspiracy allowed Raynald to avoid a lengthy trial and the possibility of a harsher outcome. He will be credited with time served and since each day he has already spent behind bars counts for a day and a half against his sentence he only has six and a half years remaining to serve.
Wow amazing this guy got just 14 years. I mean cops had all those messages locking him into the hit and add that to all of the violence and bloodshed of late up there would of thought they would make a example of him and really hit him hard even with a plea. I know 14 years is no cake walk but he could and prob should of been in for a life sentence.
he is actually only going to do 6 years due to time served. i followed this case closely seeing that i live in Mtl. the reason for the shorter sentence is he pleaded guilty to conspiracy. the reason was he able to do so was that the RCMP equivalent to the FBI in the states. did not want to divulge new techniques, able to break blackberry or PGP messages.
Yeah seems like a loss for them simply to hide techniques that everyone will know about way sooner then later anyway. Esp when the violence is still ongoing it could of been used as a way to send a message instead now not so much.
your right, information about the technique is out they have a device named a stingray that mimics cell phone towers and intercepts messages withinn a certain radius. before the messages. laws in Canada are a lot less strict then the ststes
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/raynald-desjardins-was-major-headache-for-correctional-service-canada-in-past
Will be interesting to see if he carries the same type of influence now.
Good question. Paying for prison track while in prison. That’s pretty old school mafia lol
Wow. That’s old school prison influence. Like American mafia through the 70’s.
So is this guy a captain or what? I’m ignorant to Canadian mafia
in montreAL there is many clans or families. the rizzutos where the dominant clan/family. Vito was the godfather boss of all bosses. raynald was the boss of his own family. when Vito went to prison and again when he died all the other clans are fighting for power
Interesting. I read he met with Vito a lot in 90’s, so clearly it was a amicable relationship. Then enter Montanga, figured being acting boss of a NYC family meant he could do as he pleased. But those Canadians don’t play. They’ll kill you faster than NYC families these days
he actually used to be vitos right hand man. he was the link between bikers and the mob in terms of drugs and costruction. there relationship soured when raynd did an 11 year sentence for trying to import 5000 keys of cocaone.also the rizzutos apparently had one of his best friends clipped while he was away. so when rizzutos was away in guess he took the importunity along with montagna some other clan leaders backed by the ndragga and started the war
very interesting time out here in mtl everyday there some related action. just last night another Italian cafe was firebombed!
Thanks for the info! I’m learning for sure
Canada has weak sentences for everyone it’s 10-25 depending on the type of murder. I also never heard of anyone in Canada being held longer then 25 years like even if you did a double murder you know? The laws are very weak also they don’t have tough laws like RICO to stop organized crime it’s really a great country for organized crime to prosper in.
we do have gansterism which is comparable to rico.however it’s only been used for the last 10 years or so
That charge is not comparable to RICO at all. RICO has put all the wiseguys away for years upon years. Receiving a year or two for being affiliated with organized crime is nothing like being charged by the RICO statue. I’m from New York but now live in the GTA so I know a lot about both laws of the land and Canada is very weak when it comes to punishment for any illegal crimes.
the law is comparable being a member of organised crime, whats not comparable is the sentences attached to it. yes of course Rico is a lot harsher in terms of sentences . i would argue maybe Canada is not very weak, but the States is very hard. you can get locked up and do time for having a personal amount of dope. and also if you like at the crime rates i live in Montreal there was “only“ around 30 murders that for a city of over 2.5 million. Chicago is comparable in size i think there around 600 murders. i would say theirs no need for draconian laws up here. just my rant lol
I’ve been to Montreal many times its a beautiful city but the population is around 5 million not 2.5 I’m not saying it is 5 but its closer to 5 million then 2.5. And you cannot compare Chicago to Montreal as you are able to access guns easier as there’s more and they are way cheaper in price here in Canada your paying $2000 at the minimal for a pistol. You’re right about the law being comparable just the sentencing is not the same at all. USA is tough on laws I agree with that but also Canada is weak it should be a little higher for things like you cannot receive a life time sentence in Canada unless you’re unstable like those serial killers then they keep them in there for longer then 25 years but I never heard of anybody doing more then 25 years. I knew a kid 2 years ago who committed a double homicide in Brampton with a shotgun and got sentenced to 25 years and he will be only doing 2/3rds of that time in kingston penitentiary and 1/3rd on parole.
right in the middle 3.8 million and your right Canada is living proff when u don’t have easy access two guns there’s not a lot of crime!
Like Persico, scarfo all those old guys doing a long bid wouldn’t be doing a long bid they would of all been out now.
Also he won’t be doing 14 years he will do 2/3rds of that and 1/3rd on parole so he can get “rehibililatied” into society again.