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How hackers, fraudsters and other criminals are profiting from pandemic: Toronto Star podcast

By Peter Edwards | December 10, 2020 | 0

It was fun to do this Toronto Star podcast on crime and the pandemic with Robert Benzie of The Star’s Queen’s Park bureau and podcast guru Raju Mudhar.

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Watch out for criminals peddling fake COVID-19 vaccines, INTERPOL warns

By Peter Edwards | December 2, 2020 | 0

As governments plan how to roll out COVID-19 vaccines, criminals are planning how to sell fake ones, the international police agency INTERPOL warns.

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Paraplegic Wolfpack mobster granted full parole, says he’s done with organized crime

By Peter Edwards | November 17, 2020 | 0

Shane Maloney says he’s a changed man and wants nothing more to do with organized crime. Maloney was a big player in the Wolfpack Alliance. Now he says he wants to cut stress and enjoy his family more.

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Senior Hells Angel Rob Barletta charged with trying to tap into Ministry of Transportation computers

By Peter Edwards | November 16, 2020 | 0

Senior Hells Angel Rob Barletta has had a particularly rough 2020. He survived a murder attempt and now he’s facing more charges relating to a massive police operation against gambling. The new ones relate to accusations he tried to crack into government computers with help of someone who was civil servant at the time.

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Drugs were hoarded like toilet paper, then they got down to business: How organized crime is adjusting to pandemic

By Peter Edwards | November 15, 2020 | 0

The global pandemic is a sea change for organized crime groups globally. The smart ones are seizing opportunities while the weakest fall to the wayside. Socially distanced funerals after mob hits, improved delivery systems for drugs and an explosion of crime on the Internet are all part of the new reality.

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Man shot in Vaughan “person of interest” but not suspect in unsolved murder of B.C. mobster in witness protection

By Peter Edwards | November 14, 2020 | 0

The shooting of Michael Costa, 35, on Thursday evening has a complicated backstory, that includes a B.C. mobster in witness protection who was murdered, an affair with a mobster’s wife and a cop who was disciplined for lying.

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Full parole, no deportation, for Jimmy De Maria

By Peter Edwards | November 10, 2020 | 0

Jimmy De Maria argued that he shouldn’t be deported to his birthplace of Italy because of Covid-19 and it worked.

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Woodbridge mob boss Alfonso Caruana faces lengthy Italian prison term

By Peter Edwards | November 9, 2020 | 0

Alfonso Caruana – once called the Wayne Gretzky of the Canadian mafia – has lost an Italian court battle appealing an 18 year sentence. He claimed in Ontario he was a $400 a week car wash worker, despite driving a late model Cadillac and Mercedes.

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‘It was out of a James Bond movie’: police describe Markham casino raid

By Peter Edwards | October 2, 2020 | 0

There were armed guards with dogs outside the illegal casino and waiters in tuxedos and more guns inside. Police give details of organized crime casino bust in GTA.

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Murdered mobster’s brother pleads guilty in Canada-U.S. drug ring

By Peter Edwards | September 30, 2020 | 0

Mihale (Big Mike, Rookie) pleaded guilty this week in New York to playing a senior role in a Wolfpack-connected drug smuggling ring. His younger brother Anastasios was murdered in broad daylight in Toronto in January 2017.

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  • Senior Hells Angel Rob Barletta charged with trying to tap into Ministry of Transportation computers
  • Drugs were hoarded like toilet paper, then they got down to business: How organized crime is adjusting to pandemic

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