Former Surrey Six Mountie stuck with massive legal bill
The head of the RCMP has told a former Mountie who had an affair with a potential witness in the Surrey Six murder case that the force will not pay his massive legal bill. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Ex-Surrey Six cop gets denied legal aid
Derek Brassington was one of three former IHIT investigators who pleaded guilty earlier this year for misconduct while working on the Surrey Six murder case. I managed to get a copy of a letter sent to...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Police renew reward in hunt for fugitive UN gangster
B.C.'s anti-gang police believe they are closing in on United Nations gang fugitive Conor D'Monte, who was charged with murder in 2011. Read More
View ArticleDowntown Eastside gangsters arrested in murder plot
Three Metro Vancouver men linked to the Downtown Eastside drug trade have been charged with conspiracy to murder a rival, Vancouver Police announced Wednesday. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: VPD makes arrests in gang murder plot
Vancouver Police have made three arrests they say are linked to the Redd Alert and Independent Soldiers gang in a murder conspiracy case. Read More
View ArticleE-Pirate money-laundering investigation: Leadership problems, missteps proved...
Months after charges were stayed in Canada’s largest money-laundering case, neither the RCMP nor the Public Prosecution Service of Canada has provided any public explanation of what went wrong. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Why did Canada's largest money laundering case fail?
Police working for two years on the E-Pirate money laundering case believe they collected enough evidence for a successful prosecution. But the case against Silver International never made it to court....
View ArticleMan arrested after alleged Nanaimo assault was carrying $25,000, lawsuit says
A man arrested after an altercation at the Nanaimo ferry terminal in July was carrying a bag containing almost $25,0000, a lawsuit filed by the Director of Civil Forfeiture says. Read More
View ArticleGang associate sues jail over protective custody designation
A B.C. man linked to the United Nations gang has filed a lawsuit against the North Fraser Pretrial Centre because jail staff there said he should be placed in protective custody for his own safety....
View ArticleFormer Hells Angels associate loses bid to stay in Canada
A B.C. man convicted of trafficking cocaine after an investigation into the East End Hells Angels has lost his bid to set aside a deportation order and remain in Canada. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: IHIT investigating near-fatal shooting in Chilliwack
Anyone with information about either case is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4448 or ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Trafficker linked to HA loses appeal of deportation order
Former Hells Angels associate David Revell is one step closer to being sent back to England, a country he left as a 10-year-old in 1974. The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed his attempt to overturn a...
View ArticleParole Board of Canada: Convicted killer allowed to leave prison to visit...
A man convicted in a brutal 1992 murder in Creston has been granted unescorted temporary absences from prison to visit his siblings. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Court orders minister to review Sheck's extradition
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that former Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould should have paid more attention to Glenn Sheck's indigenous heritage before ordering him to be sent to the U.S. to...
View ArticleAnother Metro Vancouver man indicted in California drug smuggling case
Until this month, he was known to U.S. investigators as FNU LNU (first name unknown, last name unknown), or by his aliases Joe and Canada Friend. Read More
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: New indictment in US drug smuggling case
A new indictment was sworn this month in a California drug smuggling case where most of those accused are Canadians. Read More
View ArticleGovernment wants $200,000 found by B.C.'s anti-gang cops forfeited
When B.C.’s anti-gang police stopped Kevin Phan in Vancouver in 2017, they found a cellphone that “had dozens of text messages consistent with drug trafficking.” So they seized his vehicle and later...
View ArticleTrump's rhetoric not grounds to stop extradition, court rules
U.S. President Donald Trump’s negative comments about Central American refugees are not grounds to reverse a decision to send a Salvadoran-Canadian to Washington State to face drug smuggling charges,...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Seized cash should be forfeited, suit says
An alleged drug trafficker who's not facing any charges has had a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed against him to seize more than $209,000 found in his Coal Harbour apartment more than two years ago....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Appeal court rules against accused drug smuggler
Some U.S. extradition cases seem to take years to work their way through B.C. courts. Two weeks ago, the B.C. Court of Appeal ordered the Justice Minister to reconsider a decision by former minister...
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