Crime

Canada’s illegal tobacco trade is not just a domestic issue but a substantial financial boon to organized crime and terrorist organizations worldwide, including terrorist groups like Hamas.

Ignoring Canada’s growing illegal tobacco trade also results in provinces losing billions in tax revenue while enriching organized criminal networks both domestically and internationally.

As of 2023, the RCMP estimates that 175 criminal organizations are involved in illicit tobacco. They are taking advantage of high cigarette taxes and lax enforcement of the Indian Act’s on-reserve tax exemption intended only for First Nations people.

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Defence lawyers painted the death of a Toronto police officer who was crushed by a vehicle as a tragic accident caused by panic and confusion Wednesday as prosecutors argued it was the result of a series of choices made in a matter of moments.

Two drastically different narratives of the events that led to the death of Const. Jeffrey Northrup were laid out in a packed Toronto courtroom as the Crown and defence made their opening statements in the murder trial of Umar Zameer.

Zameer has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.

Wahdan Yahia Ismaeil kissed his girlfriend and hugged friends and family before being taken straight back to jail.

Following his goodbyes to those who turned up for his sentencing at Saskatoon provincial court on Monday, Ismaeil was taken away to serve his sentence for two counts of assault causing bodily harm and other charges. In February, Ismaeil pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm for stabbing two people during a brawl at Divas Nightclub in downtown Saskatoon in the early hours of Dec. 4, 2021.

h/t JB

The Left hides the fact that our crime problem originates in Democrat-run cities.

The Left is pushing a narrative that violent crime is not increasing. Of course, this contradicts what we see happening on the nightly news with our own eyes. So, who are we to believe? In the words of Chico Marx, “Who you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?”

Jury selection is expected to begin today in the trial of a man accused of killing a Toronto police officer nearly three years ago.

Umar Zameer is charged with first-degree murder in the the death of Const. Jeffrey Northrup.

Much is unknown.

They’re illegal, deadly, and off the grid.

Windsor police seized seven 3D printed guns in the last year — a sign that the latest evolution in illegal firepower is not only here but proliferating.

A 32-year-old man who shot a fellow passenger in the head on a New York subway train will not be charged because he was acting in self-defence, prosecutors said.

Terrified New York City commuters were left trapped in a carriage as gunfire rang out when a fight got out of control on Thursday during rush hour.

The shooting occurred around 4.45pm, when a 32-year-old man was confronted by an “aggressive” 36-year-old named by local outlets as Dajuan Robinson.

A B.C. man says his constitutional rights will be violated by the province’s use of a new law to demand he detail the source of $1 million to buy a house on Salt Spring Island.

Skye Lee was named by the province in the first so-called unexplained wealth order action filed in B.C. Supreme Court last year as part of a case to have the home forfeited as proceeds of crime.

One of the three suspects brought into custody for the “targeted” double shooting in Bowmanville last year appears to have been charged in other violent incidents across jurisdictions shortly after.

Illia Ayo, 22, is facing two counts of first-degree murder charges in connection with the Feb. 4, 2023 shooting that left Rafad Alzubaidy, a 26-year-old pregnant woman, and her 28-year-old husband, Aram Kamel, dead.

The three men accused in the suspected murder-for-hire killings of a Bowmanville couple possess blood-stained criminal CVs, the Toronto Sun has learned.