A look at why has Canada gone so long without a comprehensive Organized Crime Strategy. We have seen how organized crime infiltrates and damages the total fabric of society. This article assesses the best options for moving forward. [node:read-more:link]
Premier Andrew Fahie of the British Virgin Islands has been charged in Miami with drug smuggling and money laundering. Drug Enforcement Agency officers, who had posed as a Mexican drug traffickers, say the politician had agreed to a £560,000 payment to allow traffickers to use the Caribbean territory’s ports. A BVI port official and her son also have been charged. [node:read-more:link]
Responding to calls for change, made after every major gun violence event, the federal government is ready to introduce new gun legislation as a next step to the May 2020 ban on numerous assault weapons. [node:read-more:link]
The flight crew of a Toronto-based charter operation, Pivot Airlines, have been detained under poor conditions in the Dominican Republic after they reported finding 450 pounds of cocaine in the avionics bay of their Bombardier jet. Rather than thanking them, local authorities arrested them pending an investigation. [node:read-more:link]
A family of four from India who arrived in Toronto Jan. 12 and were found frozen to death in Manitoba near the U.S. border last week have been officially identified. Police are continuing their investigation into suspected a human smuggling ring. [node:read-more:link]
A Mexican prosecutor said Jan. 25 that the killing of two Canadians at a Caribbean coast resort last week was motivated by debts between gangs apparently involved in drug and weapons trafficking. The victims both had criminal records at home, one of them a known felon with a history of robbery, drug and weapons offences. A Canadian woman hospitalized after the attack has been unable to speak to investigators. [node:read-more:link]
Steve Shand, the Florida man charged in the human smuggling case that resulted in the deaths of four persons in Manitoba metres from the U.S. border last week is being released for custody, subject to strict conditions. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Hildy Bowbeer said she believes these conditions will assure his appearance in court. Investigators believe the victims were part of a larger group of Indian migrants. [node:read-more:link]
The exposure deaths of four persons on the edge of Manitoba’s border with the U.S. this week after a van linked to the victims was intercepted in North Dakota has led to human smuggling charges being laid against a Florida man. [node:read-more:link]
Two Toronto men face and array of criminal charges after being caught trying to use a drone to smuggle drugs into a federal penitentiary. The Correctional Service of Canada estimates the institutional value of the seized contraband at $75,000. [node:read-more:link]
The Canada Border Services Agency led a multi-agency cross-border investigation that has resulted in one arrest in Canada and six arrested by U.S. Homeland Security. A sophisticated operation has been disrupted from smuggling firearms, drugs and currency across the Canada-U.S. border in the Cornwall area. Officers seized 555 kg of marijuana; $467,480 in Canadian funds; $3,000 in U.S. currency; three loaded handguns and magazines; and five vehicles. [node:read-more:link]
Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a truck with 228.14 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $28.5 million, at the Alberta border. The truck was listed as hauling produce, deemed essential goods during COVID restrictions, but was referred for further inspection. The driver was arrested and the evidence turned over the Alberta RCMP. Charged with two counts pursuant to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Amarpreet Singh Sandhu, 38, of Calgary, is scheduled to appear in court on Feb 11 in Lethbridge. [node:read-more:link]
(2005) Marine shipments of hazardous chemical cargo may be attractive terrorist targets because of their large volume and inherent toxicity or flammability. The Maritime Transportation Security Act and the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code give the U.S. Coast Guard far-ranging authority over the security of hazardous marine shipping. The agency has developed port security plans addressing how to deploy federal, state, and local resources to prevent terrorist attacks. [node:read-more:link]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is buying a system to interfere with drones being used for smuggling across the Mexican border. The system evidently produces a three-kilometre “bubble” and drones entering the protected area can be taken over and landed. [node:read-more:link]
The United States will impose sanctions on whichever country buys oil from Iran’s oil or does business with its Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Sigal Mandelker, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, says there will be no exceptions. [node:read-more:link]
A Canadian trucker was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle $6 million worth of cocaine into Ontario from Michigan. U.S. federal border officers made the discovery after pulling Jatinderpal Singh over for a sniffer dog inspection as he tried to cross the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit into Windsor early Saturday morning. [node:read-more:link]
