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Gangster, killer, escapee: How Robby Alkhalil broke out of a B.C. jail

There was plenty of evidence the gangster was a high risk of escape and should be held in close detention in jail.

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Gang murders down in 2022, but still a busy year for Lower Mainland homicide...

There were more than 80 murders in the region stretching from the Sunshine Coast and Whistler to Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley

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Crime group recruiting on the Lower Mainland for Edmonton drug trade: Police

Sources in B.C. said they have ties to the United Nations gang.

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Sister of late Vancouver police officer describes declining mental state to...

Nicole Chan had alleged improper conduct — including sexual harassment and assault — against three male colleagues, leading to both criminal and internal investigations.

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Owners of shuttered Vancouver pot shop deny allegations of criminal activity

The B.C. director of civil forfeiture is seeking to seize real estate owned by the people behind the closed shop

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Accused killer Conor D'Monte should be sent to Canada for trial: U.S. Attorney

After 11 years on the run, Conor D'Monte was arrested last February in a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a firearm in his possession.

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Killer gets 15-year sentence for 2020 shooting of Vancouver shop owner

‘Our daughter doesn’t deserve to grow up without her dad,’ says partner of victim Amin Shahin Shakur

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How did a B.C. gangster get a passport in a fake name? Ottawa won't say

RCMP won't even confirm if they are investigating the case of the real passport in a fake name

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B.C. Hells Angel charged in Ottawa firearms case

Damion Patrick Ryan, a full-patch member of the Hells Angels Attica chapter in Greece, has been charged with four firearms-related counts.

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Escaped killer Rabih Alkhalil stays on top of B.C.'s most wanted list

Gangster, twice convicted of murder, escaped from a jail in Port Coquitlam last summer

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Killer claimed self-defence in Instagram posts about Vancouver Dank Mart slaying

On Feb. 2, Justice Janet Winteringham sentenced Mohammad (Sai) Abu-Sharife to 15 years for the July 13, 2020, killing of Amin Shahin Shakur in the alley behind Dank Mart.

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How the 'grandparent scam' works, according to a B.C. government lawsuit

The B.C. government is going after a vehicle and cash seized from a Surrey man who allegedly scammed a grandmother out of thousands of dollars after claiming her grandson had been arrested.

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B.C.'s highest court orders forfeiture of three Hells Angels clubhouses

The Court of Appeal has overturned a ruling that allowed the notorious biker gang to keep its clubhouses in Nanaimo, East Vancouver and Kelowna.

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Trafficking ring broken up in Coquitlam, RCMP says

Police seized large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.

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Suspected money launderer won't be charged, special prosecutor rules

Lawyer says federal law may need to be changed for money-laundering charges to succeed in court

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Suspected dealer for overdose victims targeted in forfeiture case

The B.C. government wants to seize the Fraser Valley home and vehicle of Richard MacInnes — a suspected dealer — as alleged proceeds of crime.

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B.C. wrongful convictions part of new national registry

Kent Roach, a registry co-founder and law professor, said that similar databases exist in the U.K. and the U.S.

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Lengthy drug smuggling investigation leads to more forfeiture lawsuits

Mounties first arrested Joseph Thomas and Bradley Wise in September 2014 about 50 kilometres north of Tofino.

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Lengthy drug smuggling investigation leads to more forfeiture lawsuits

Mounties first arrested Joseph Thomas and Bradley Wise in September 2014 about 50 kilometres north of Tofino.

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Five men charged after Metro Vancouver firearms-trafficking investigation

Police have seized a number of firearms this week

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