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A prodigious and storied Quebec drug trafficker and money launderer — once kidnapped by a Colombian drug cartel and hustled to their jungle hideaway — has been banned from setting foot in Montreal’s Little Italy.

The unusual parole condition — along with a prohibition against entering any “Italian-style coffee shops” — was imposed on Sabatino (Sammy) Nicolucci over fears he was slipping back to his underworld lifestyle.

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“Your presence in that area represents a risk situation to meet individuals from organized crime,” the Parole Board of Canada said in its recent decision.

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Nicolucci, 70, had a reputation as one of the Montreal Mafia’s most trusted drug and money laundering contractors, although he denies links to the mob.

He was released on parole in 2012, but prison officials remained concerned over his rehabilitation.

A considerable portion of Nicolucci’s adult life has been spent in captivity, as a fugitive or on parole. His first criminal conviction in Canada came in 1973 for drug possession, followed in 1978 for possessing $2 million of counterfeit money.