Toronto area ties to Rizzuto Mafia family
Rizzuto crime family hit with murder arrests for almost a dozen members and associates. The family has longstanding and deep GTA tie.
Read More‘Brazen’ killing outside restaurant shines light on Hells Angels’ ties to mob and online gambling
Murdered Hells Angel Craig (Truck) McIlquham learned there’s money to be made if you’re skilled on the computer – and feared.
Read MoreHells Angel shot dead outside Mandarin Restaurant had ties across GTA, Quebec and Caribbean
Longtime Hells Angel Craig (Truck) McIlquham made money – and enemies – in many places. Police face a challenge to sort out which enemy cared enough to murder him after he ate at the Mandarin in Burlington with his family.
Read MoreBradford grandfather denied parole as he denies he’s mob boss
Giuseppe Ursino continues to deny he’s a leader of the GTA ‘Ndrangheta – or Calabrian Mafia – and prison officials continue to deny him parole after cocaine smuggling conviction.
Read MoreCanada’s biggest gold heist plays out like dark comedy
Canada’s biggest gold heist – which took place at Pearson Airport two years ago – plays out like dark comedy. Deal cut in U.S. for one suspect amps up the story.
Read MoreMexican cartels in Canada: talk with Rob Fai of CKNW, Vancouver
I had an interesting chat with Rob Fai of 730 CKNW Vancouver about the scope of Mexican cartels in Canada. That will be dealt with in my upcoming book, A Ganger’s Life: War and Addiction in the New Underworld, coming out later this spring.
Read MoreMother of slain tow truck driver offers warning
She watched her son Tyler gunned down in the driveway of her family home. That was six years ago. Tyler’s murder remains unsolved and the tow wars continue.
Read MoreHas Trump triggered golden age for drug trafficking?
Firing experts, turbo-charging dark web, making guns easy for cartels to access. Donald Trump ushers in gold age for drug traffickers.
Read MoreAmerican guns give power to fentanyl cartels
As Donald Trump takes aim at his neighbours, Made-in-America guns give power to deadly cartels.
Read MoreCanadian fentanyl isn’t flooding U.S., stats say
Statistics from the RCMP and CBSA suggest Canada isn’t flooding the U.S. with homegrown fentanyl, despite words of President elect Trump.
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