Nigeria’s Black Axe, an organized crime group on the rise

Whenever Stephan Fuchs starts talking about Black Axe, his desk quickly gets cluttered with dozens of notes, arrows, and diagrams. The co-director of Victras, a Swiss non-governmental organization fighting human trafficking, says these complex inner machinations are precisely what makes the group so successful. “Authorities can recognize Nigerian networks,” he explains, “but for a long time, nobody understood the group dynamics and mechanics behind them.”

For years, Fuchs has been advising law enforcement agencies on groups such as Black Axe and explaining how they spread. In Europe, the wider public is barely aware of such groups, even though criminal organizations like these have been on the rise in past years.


When it comes to disastrous immigration policy Trudeau’s government is always ahead of the curve …

An “Ultra Violent Cult” Is Stealing Cars & Using Canadian Real Estate To Launder: FINTRAC

Canadian real estate, an “ultra violent cult,” money laundering, and Toronto’s stolen cars. Sounds like a spy thriller, but that’s reality in Canada, according to FINTRAC. In 2017, the financial intelligence agency assessed the money laundering threat of an organized crime group called Black Axe. The group infiltrated the government, conducts mass fraud, and runs a Toronto-based car theft ring. FINTRAC found nearly 1 in 5 suspicious transaction reports linked to Black Axe, involved real estate.

Gee what a surprise …

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spoke at venue known as criminal hangout

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen provided a briefing to members of the African-Canadian community at a Toronto barbecue establishment but the department hadn’t advised him that court documents have identified it as a known hangout for members of the notorious Black Axe criminal syndicate.

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Canadian Government Spending Now 80% of GDP Growth

Canadian Per-Capita GDP Is Negative For A 5th Consecutive Quarter

Canada’s economy is expanding, but the details are worth reviewing before getting too excited. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows real gross domestic product (GDP) grew more than expected in Q2 2024. A dive into the details shows productivity further eroded on a per capita basis, while household spending weakened. Most growth is now government spending, accounting for a whopping 80% of the quarter. Canada increasingly resembles an economy in recession, despite not quite meeting the country’s preferred definition of one.

It’s all smoke and mirrors folks. Lies actually.

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Steelworker meets clueless Trudeau during tax payer funded stealth campaign

Trudeau, steel plant worker have tense exchange during Sault Ste. Marie visit

After meeting with transit workers(opens in a new tab) and local Mayor Matthew Shoemaker on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued his visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Friday.

Trudeau took a canoe trip down the Saint Marys River with Brad Robinson, the co-owner and CEO of Indigenous-led Thrive Tours.(opens in a new tab)

The prime minister was accompanied downriver by the Sault MP Terry Sheehan, the other co-owner of the tour company that provided the canoes, Amanda Cora, Batchewana First Nation Chief Mark McCoy(opens in a new tab) and former chief Dean Sayers.

Trudeau is running a stealth campaign on your tax dollars.

h/t Patti Jo

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CBC’s The National shows hours of political conventions in the US, but only minutes of Canadian gatherings

Multiple political conventions have happened across North America in the last one-and-a-half years, and journalists have been busy covering them.

But while The National, CBC’s flagship program during the nightly news devoted loads of coverage to US conventions while mere minutes to Canadian ones.


I don’t watch their coverage because of CBC’S TDS and its knee-jerk anti-Americanism.

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Is Justin Trudeau’s political future at stake in next month’s Montreal byelection?

The Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have a lot riding on next month’s byelection in Montreal, according to political watchers.

The Sept. 16 federal byelection in the LaSalle—Émard—Verdun will be a major test for the Liberals, who are looking to reclaim the riding they’ve held since its inception in 2015.

“If the Liberals lose, it will be a major blow for them and for the prime minister,” said Daniel Béland, the director of the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC).

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Budget Office warns Guilbeault’s EV math doesn’t add up

Steven Guilbeault Enjoys Kissing Xi Jinpings Ass

Electric vehicle prices would need to drop by nearly a third for Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault’s ambitious sales mandate to be feasible, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the mandate requires that 60% of new passenger vehicle sales be electric by 2030, but the Budget Office raised concerns about the economic viability of this target.

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Union alleges abuse of foreign workers, calls for program to be suspended

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades says employer abuse of foreign workers is running “rampant” in the construction sector and Ottawa should pause the temporary foreign workers program entirely until an independent audit is conducted to investigate the scale of fraud and misuse within the program.

The construction union said in a statement Thursday it discovered financial abuse of migrant workers at a British Columbia painting company. At least one of the workers has since been approved for a government program that converts closed work permits to open work visas if applicants can prove they suffered severe abuse and exploitation by their employer.

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ANDRUS: Trudeau more dangerous as his end approaches

The Trudeau government treads water, gasping for air. Their desperation has led to consistent, aggressive overreach into provincial jurisdiction, creating a constant looming threat to the constitutional balance of power in Canada.

Every year, the inner ring of Ottawa’s power players — cabinet — heads off to a quiet part of the country in order to devise the future direction of the country. At last years’ cabinet retreat, the federal government was plotting its recovery in the polls, trying to fend off a new political threat in the surging Conservatives and Pierre Poilievre.

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Low-wage foreign worker fiasco brings migration debate to B.C. election

You can now add immigration to the list of big issues in B.C.’s Oct. 19 election.

B.C. Conservative party Leader John Rustad raised the challenge publicly, even before his party was strengthened by the dramatic collapse on Wednesday of B.C. United.

Rustad threw down the gauntlet on social media after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admitted Monday that his government had welcomed too many low-wage foreign workers and it was time to “invest in Canadian workers and youth.”

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200 too many Gazans have arrived in Canada under special visa program: IRCC

OTTAWA — More than 200 Gazans have arrived in Canada under a special temporary residency program launched in January, according to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

“As of August 24, 2024, 209 people have arrived in Canada under the temporary public policy,” wrote IRCC spokesman Jeffrey MacDonald in an email to the National Post.

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Massive lineup of so called foreign students at Longo’s job fair

Massive lineup of employment seekers at Longo’s job fair

Hariharan Thirupal hopes the proverb is correct, and the early bird catches the worm.

Sudhi Govind Thekkeparambil Anil feels the same way.

The Conestoga College students arrived at the Doon Pioneer Park Community Centre at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, seven hours before a two-day in-person job fair to hire about 100 employees for Waterloo Region’s first Longo’s grocery store.


Trudeau is destroying your quality of life for future votes.

Foreign students keep coming to Conestoga College despite big visa rollback

h/t Patti Jo

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Canadian Immigration Policy Isn’t Helping Anyone: BMO

Canada’s attempt to use immigration as stimulus might be backfiring. That was the message from a new BMO report, looking at the unusually high unemployment rate for recent immigrants. The labor market for recent immigrants is eroding much faster than it is for the rest of Canada—at a rate rarely seen outside of recession. The problem is this isn’t a recession, the aggressive population growth just isn’t doing anyone any favors. 

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