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After this period, Jacques Imbert seemed to lead a quiet life between these different properties: Caribbean, Italy and France. In 1980s, he was also a PR for a discotheque "Bus Palladium", in [[Paris]], owned by his friend [[Richard Erman]]. |
After this period, Jacques Imbert seemed to lead a quiet life between these different properties: Caribbean, Italy and France. In 1980s, he was also a PR for a discotheque "Bus Palladium", in [[Paris]], owned by his friend [[Richard Erman]]. |
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He was a close friend of Francis "the Belgian" Vanverberghe, mob boss too. He was killed on september 2000. |
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In 1993, in a interview with [[Le Nouvel Observateur]] magazine, Imbert said: |
In 1993, in a interview with [[Le Nouvel Observateur]] magazine, Imbert said: |
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Revision as of 16:36, 30 June 2008
Jacques "Mad Jacky" Imbert is born in 1929, in Toulouse. In the 1960s, he was one of the most famous French gang leaders. He is considered like "The last Godfather". He is localized in the south of France, in Marseille. His French nickname is "Jacky Le Mat".
The first report by police was in 1963. He was a suspect in the attemp of killing mobster Jean-Baptiste Andréani. In 1967, he was again the main suspect in the drive-by-killing of Marseille mob boss Antoine Guérini. After this murder, "Mad Jacky" and Tany Zampa share the underworld business of Marseille and its subburbs. These main activities were prostitution, drug and protection racket. But his partnership with Zampa did not long. They had a dispute over protection rights.
In 1977, Mad Jacky survived on attempt of Murder by Tany Zampa crew. He shot seven times and doctors removed 23 bullets from his body and his right arms stayed paralysed. About that, the french newspaper Le Monde wrote : "He learnt to shoot with the left".
After this period, Jacques Imbert seemed to lead a quiet life between these different properties: Caribbean, Italy and France. In 1980s, he was also a PR for a discotheque "Bus Palladium", in Paris, owned by his friend Richard Erman.
He was a close friend of Francis "the Belgian" Vanverberghe, mob boss too. He was killed on september 2000.
In 1993, in a interview with Le Nouvel Observateur magazine, Imbert said: "The cop always come to ask me about the job I didn't do. For the ones I did do, I never saw anyone".
In 2005, he was cleared of taking part in a Russian mafia scam to manufacture contraband cigaretts. The link between Russian Mafia and Imbert was Richard Erman.[1][2]
The 16th june 2006, Mad Jacky was sentenced to four years for exorting money from Paris businessmen in the early 1990s. The recent conviction is the first blemish on a clean criminal record. Imbert's counsel intends to appeal the verdict. [3]
The 2nd january 2008, in appeal, Imbert's is sentenced to two years for "only" exorting money from a discotheque owner, in Paris.