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‘If you don’t pay up, you will have your truck burned or shot.” Life – and sometimes death – in the GTA towing industry

By Peter Edwards | December 7, 2024 | 0

Tow truck drivers have a grim tax from extortionists to ply their trade. If the balk, their trucks – or themselves – could be shot up.

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Why show of strength at borders won’t stop fentanyl flow

By Peter Edwards | December 5, 2024 | 0

Organized crime experts say acting tough at the border won’t stop drug flow. Also ask why guns allowed to pour into Mexico to support cartels.

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Here are Canada’s most stolen vehicles. Don’t bother looking for electric vehicles

By Peter Edwards | November 19, 2024 | 0

Organized car thieves continue to turn up their noses at electric vehicles, and favour SUVs and trucks.

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Jimmy DeMaria deportation case hears of ‘foreign interference’

By Peter Edwards | November 15, 2024 | 0

Lawyers argue wiretaps can’t be used in bid to deport GTA alleged mobster Jimmy DeMaria. Lawyers argue police were pressured by Italian authorities to break Canadian wiretap laws.

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Hit man who killed boxer Eddie Melo has parole yanked

By Peter Edwards | November 8, 2024 | 0

Hitman Charles Gagne, who murdered Toronto boxer Eddie Melo for money back in 2001, was sent back to prison for ‘protection of the public.’ Exactly what that means will be explained at a future date, when a hearing is set.

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Star witness in Jimmy DeMaria deportation case paid $2.4 million, booted from witness protection

By Peter Edwards | November 7, 2024 | 0

The star witness in the deportation case against Jimmy DeMaria, a Toronto baker and convicted killer, has a checkered past that includes being booted from the witness protection program.

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Reward raised for fugitive killer from Wolfpack Alliance

By Peter Edwards | October 29, 2024 | 0

The reward has been raised for fugitive killer Rahbih (Robby) Alkhalil, who has been on the lam since escaping custody in B.C. during a first degree murder trial two years ago. He has two first degree murder convictions and most likely is living under an assumed name in a country far away.

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SiriusXM interview about how politics enters into fight against auto theft

By Peter Edwards | October 29, 2024 | 0

Fun interview with Matt Gurney of SiriusXM about fight against auto theft, and how it collides with political egos.

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GTA ‘Ndrangheta boss denied parole

By Peter Edwards | October 8, 2024 | 1

Giuseppe (Pino) Ursino denied parole in cocaine smuggling case, as trial heard he was at top level of Toronto area ‘Ndrangheta Mafia strain

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Mystery attack at billionaire garbage king’s home

By Peter Edwards | October 4, 2024 | 0

Who fired shots at posh mansion in Toronto’s Rosedale area belonging to Patrick Dovigi, former hockey goalie and CEO of garbage collection giant GFL Environmental? Everyone except shooter seems baffled.

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