REAL SCOOP: Fatal shooting in Kitsilano
Vancouver Police are investigating a fatal shooting at Kitsilano Tuesday night that left a man dead. Police received calls about shots fired about 8:30 p.m. near West 4th Avenue and Burrard Street. The...
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Police identify shooting victim in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood
Vancouver police are looking for witnesses after a Vancouver man was gunned down in his vehicle in Kitsilano on Tuesday night. Manoj Kumar, 30, died near West Fourth and Burrard around 8:30 p.m. after...
View ArticleStar witness at Bacon trial says he has clear memory of murder plot meeting
A key Crown witness at the Jamie Bacon trial testified Thursday that he clearly remembers a December 2008 meeting at Bacon’s Abbotsford home after which he was told he would have to kill Dennis...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: CD says he has clear memory of Bacon meeting
On Thursday at the Jamie Bacon trial, his lawyer Kimberly Eldred continued to question CD about his various statements to police over the years. NOTE: I am closing comments for the long weekend Here’s...
View ArticleDavid Eby says government still weighing public inquiry on money laundering
The B.C. government will make a decision on a public inquiry into money laundering after carefully considering two reports that it recently received on the issue, Attorney General David Eby said...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD looking for information about car linked to murder
Vancouver Police investigating the slaying last week of local resident Manoj Kumar are hoping someone has dash-cam video of a vehicle linked to the shooting. Kumar, 30, was shot to death near West 4th...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Another murder in Surrey Tuesday
Homicide detectives are now investigating after a man was found in critical condition on a Surrey street Tuesday. Surrey RCMP said in a news release that police were called by Emergency Health Services...
View ArticleUN gang founder Clay Roueche gets U.S. sentence cut
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche has been granted a reduction in his 30-year sentence after telling a Seattle judge last month that he is a changed man. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Rouche wins appeal for lower sentence
United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche wrote his own legal arguments last month trying to take advantage of new sentencing guidelines in the U.S. implemented long after he was handed a 30-year term...
View ArticleU.S. seeks to seize assets of Richmond criminal who aided international...
Richmond’s Vincent Ramos admits he made $80 million in the past decade helping international organized crime groups like the Sinaloa cartel by selling them encrypted untraceable electronic devices. Now...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: CEO of criminal encryption company hid $80 million
Richmond resident Vincent Ramos’s underworld nicknames were “CEO” and “Business.” He was so successful in providing encrypted BlackBerries and other electronic devices to organized criminals that he...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Karbovanec shooter says he didn't prepare well for hit
CD ended his third week on the stand at the trial of Jamie Bacon Friday. He is expected to continue his cross-examination next week. He was very calm and reflective as he faced intense questioning...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating second Surrey murder this week
Homicide investigators haven't yet released the identity of a man in his 20s who was shot to death in Surrey Friday. Read More
View ArticleWould-be killer says he thought Bacon prepared the gun he used
The star Crown witness at the Jamie Bacon trial admitted Friday that there were some gaps in his preparations the night he set out to kill Bacon associate Dennis Karbovanec. Read More
View ArticlePolice investigate Surrey street battle with possible gang links
Police in Surrey are investigating a chaotic street battle involving car and foot chases and an assault in Newton on Saturday night. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Mounties investigate Surrey street fight
Video surveillance from several Surrey houses near 135A St. and 88 Ave. were posted on several social media sites Sunday, showing a disturbing street conflict in a normally quiet residential...
View ArticleFarnworth concerned about Surrey street brawl, brazen gang violence
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says he was “absolutely shocked” at the brazen violence of a group of young men involved in a car and foot chase and assault in Newton on Saturday night. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Minister condemns street fight, gang violence
I got some political reaction from the Public Safety Minister, as well as from Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum about the escalating violence. And IHIT provided more information about the recent slaying of...
View ArticleInternational criminal set up companies in B.C. to launder funds
A Richmond man who pleaded guilty in the U.S. to aiding the Sinaloa cartel and other international organized crime groups hid his illicit cash in bank accounts of shell companies he registered with the...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Criminals set up companies with ease in BC
I was working on this story this week after returning from a conference in Winnipeg. I found it a little surprising that Richmond resident Vincent Ramos was so easily able to set up a number of...
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