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Information about Surrey gunman at Trudeau dinner passed to Canadian...
Canada’s spy agency was provided information by a concerned citizen last week about the optics of convicted gunman Jaspal Atwal attending events with the prime minister in India, Postmedia has learned....
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Former Hells Angel loses appeal of his extortion sentence
A founding member of the Nanaimo Hells Angel has lost an appeal of the five-year sentence he was handed in 2015 after being convicted of extortion. Robert “Fred” Widdifield had argued to the B.C. Court...
View ArticleJaspal Atwal told court Sikh community was proud of him for political shooting
Convicted B.C. gunman Jaspal Atwal claimed in 2010 that the Sikh community was proud of his 1986 assassination attempt on a visiting Punjabi cabinet minister and paid his legal bills as a result....
View ArticleJarrod Bacon wins parole appeal with unique argument
Convicted cocaine trafficker Jarrod Bacon has won an appeal of his 2017 parole revocation by arguing that he never should have been released in the first place. The lawyer for the middle gangster...
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REAL SCOOP: Jarrod Bacon got parole by mistake
I have to say that the Jarrod Bacon parole appeal documents I got today were among the most unique I have encountered. He successfully argued that the parole board had no right to revoke his parole...
View ArticleB.C. gangster gets life sentence in Philippines for trafficking
A high-profile B.C gangster has been sentenced to life in prison in the Philippines for his involvement in an international drug-trafficking ring that set up in the Southeast Asian country. Independent...
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REAL SCOOP: James Riach gets life sentence in Philippines
There was pretty big news out of Manila overnight. James Riach was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug trafficking organization. At the time of his 2014 arrest there, police said the drug...
View ArticleSlovakian woman gets three years for smuggling opium through YVR
A chance encounter in an Istanbul café with a mysterious man named Mike has landed a Slovakian woman in a B.C. prison for three years. Iveta Scheuer, 50, has been convicted of smuggling 2.6 kilos of...
View ArticleBrothers lose appeal of extradition order in drug case
The B.C. Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by two B.C. brothers accused of drug smuggling in Washington state to halt their extradition to the U.S. Oscar Edgardo Mendoza and Rember Oswaldo...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Opium smuggler gets 3 years
I saw this interesting ruling on the B.C. Supreme Court website. It was just posted this week, though the sentencing hearing was just before Christmas. Hard to imagine anyone would agree to fly any...
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Hells Angels convictions should be part of forfeiture case, government says
The B.C. director of civil forfeiture wants criminal convictions against several Hells Angels admitted as evidence in an upcoming civil trial over the seizure of three biker clubhouses. Lawyer Brent...
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REAL SCOOP: Man gets 4 1/2 years in fatal shooting
A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the fatal shooting of a gang associate in Maple Ridge in 2016 has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail. Deane Sahanovitch appeared in B.C....
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Killers who shot wrong man in 2009 targeted hit in Vancouver lose appeal
Two gangland killers who mistakenly shot the wrong person in 2009 have lost their appeal of their first-degree murder convictions. Kevin Jones and Colin Stewart were convicted by a jury two years ago...
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REAL SCOOP: HA civil forfeiture case just weeks away
The long-awaited trial between the B.C. director of civil forfeiture and three Hells Angels chapters finally gets underway next month – 11.5 years after the case began. This week, the parties are in...
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REAL SCOOP: Soomel killers lose appeal of murder convictions
Two assassins who tried to shoot gang leader Randy Naicker but ending up killing his halfway house roommate have lost appeals of their convictions. Kevin Jones and Colin Stewart were convicted in 2016...
View ArticleOwner of Vancouver encryption company trafficked drugs, aided cartel, U.S. says
The owner of a Vancouver company that sells encrypted BlackBerrys popular with B.C. gangsters is facing charges in the U.S. of racketeering, conspiracy and drug trafficking. Vincent Ramos, who started...
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REAL SCOOP: Vancouver company trafficked, aided Sinaloa cartel, U.S. says
I was tipped to this interesting story late Wednesday and spent a day and a half tracking it down before finding the U.S. charging documents early Friday morning. Vancouver encryption company, Phantom...
View ArticleREAL SCOOP: Fatal shooting in Surrey Friday night – UPDATED
Homicide investigators have identified the man shot to death Friday night as 23-year-old Pardip Brar, of Delta. Brar was well-known to police as someone involved in the Lower Mainland gang conflict. He...
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Vancouver man laundered 'tens of millions' of crime cash, U.S. alleges
A Vancouver businessman alleged to have sold encrypted BlackBerry’s to international drug-trafficking organizations laundered “tens of millions” of dollars of his illicit profits, U.S. law enforcement...
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REAL SCOOP: Ramos laundered tens of millions, U.S. alleges
Here’s a follow story on the one I broke yesterday about Vancouver-based Phantom Secure Communications, which is alleged to have been created solely to aid international drug trafficking organizations...
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