Organized Crime
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Where Damion Ryan Stands: 24½ Years in Manitoba, a First-Degree Murder Charge in Ontario, and a Murder-for-Hire Indictment in Minnesota (August 17, 2026)
A status file, not a news bulletin. Hells Angel Damion Ryan is seven weeks into a Manitoba drug sentence that is routinely misreported as 23 years — the correct total is 24 years and six months, comprising 23 years for drug conspiracy plus 18 months consecutive for instructing offences on behalf of a criminal organization.…
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Cash on the Table Within Two Business Days: Ontario’s Bail Deposit Regime Starts Monday, and Two Legal Organizations Are Already Heading to Court (August 16, 2026)
Ontario’s new bail security rules take effect Monday, August 17. Where a release order carries a pledged amount, the accused must now deposit that full amount in cash within two business days of release, rather than merely promising to pay it. Sureties must provide current identification, collection powers expand to garnishment, liens and seizure of…
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One Rented Camera, Already Taken Down: SPVM Confirms It Ran a Cloudrunner Plate Reader on a Targeted File and Will Not Say Which One (August 16, 2026)
Montreal police confirmed Sunday that they deployed a Cloudrunner automated licence-plate recognition camera as part of targeted investigative work, then removed it to protect investigative strategies. Spokesperson Marc-Antoine Belanger would not identify the file, the location, or the target, and said more units could be deployed as needed. The camera was obtained under a rental…
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The Pawn Shop at Queen and Church: Project Compass Ends With 2,500 Recovered Items, 150 Charges and a Public Registry of the Loot (August 13, 2026)
Toronto Police released the results of Project Compass on Thursday morning: three people arrested, 150 charges laid, and more than 2,500 pieces of jewellery, gold, coins and currency recovered from a pawn shop near Queen and Church streets. Investigators put the haul at between $1 million and $1.5 million and have published photographs of every…
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The Last Road Into Kanesatake: Missing Hells Angels Full-Patch Stéphane Plouffe Traced to Mohawk Territory After a Saint-Eustache Meeting (August 13, 2026)
Police sources now place the last confirmed sighting of missing Hells Angels full-patch Stephane Plouffe, 57, on the Mohawk territory of Kanesatake, hours after a August 3 meeting in Saint-Eustache with a second Montreal-chapter biker and a senior figure of the Lebanese underworld. His car turned up 20 kilometres away, and his Saint-Joseph-du-Lac home was…
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Project Compass Goes Public: Toronto Police Call Media to HQ to Unveil a Citywide Residential Break-In Investigation (August 13, 2026)
Toronto Police issued a 5 a.m. media advisory Thursday calling reporters to headquarters for an 11 a.m. announcement of results in Project Compass, a large-scale investigation into residential break-and-enters across the city, led by 14 Division.
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Ontario Vehicle Theft Falls 8.4 Per Cent While Toronto Climbs — and Investigators Say Syndicates Are Still Sending Teenagers (August 12, 2026)
Équité Association reports an 8.4 per cent drop in Ontario vehicle thefts for the first half of 2026, but Toronto is up 8.8 per cent — and investigators say organized crime groups are still using teenagers and cheap radio hacking devices to take the cars.
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Projet Daurade Takedown: Laval Police Dismantle Multi-Million Dollar Organized Drug & Money Laundering Network
Laval Police Service (SPL) concludes an 18-month major investigation dubbed Projet Daurade, seizing $2.8M in real estate, cash, firearms, and massive drug stockpiles linked to a restaurant convergence hub.