Project Sindacato News Today

The failed case against an alleged mob family, the police chief’s comments on the Umar Zameer verdict and the kaffiyeh ban at Queen’s Park

Defence lawyers argued the charges should be stayed due to police misconduct. For police, the decision to abandon the prosecution caused “heartache.”

Defence lawyers argued the charges should be stayed due to police misconduct. For police, the decision to abandon the prosecution caused “heartache.”

The wiretap evidence never made it to trial after lawyers for the accused argued police abused their powers and violated their clients’ rights.

The high-profile, monthslong police investigation aimed at snuffing out violence in the Greater Toronto Area's tow-truck industry has partially collapsed, leaving six people who were accused of more than 70 arson, drug and gun offences walking out of court with their charges stayed.

The three others arrested in the case had their charges stayed last year. Project Sindacato ended in July 2019 with nine members of an alleged crime family in Vaughan facing charges as part of a multi-million-dollar investigation into ties with the mob in Italy. “The issue we alleged was that investigators were improperly accessing communications, involving lawyers,” Lacy, who represented Figliomeni, told the Toronto Sun Wednesday. York Regional Police cut the locks on gambling machines...

Major organized crime case in Ontario falls apart after allegations of ‘unlawful’ wiretap © Global News Charges have been stayed in one of the largest organized crime investigations in Ontarios history after lawyers for the accused alleged York Regional Police (YRP) wiretapped phone calls that should have been protected by solicitor-client privilege. Charges stayed in Ontario organized crime bust after allegedly ‘unlawful’ wiretap operation Replay Video UP NEXT "The communications we...

Charges in a major Ontario organized crime investigation have been stayed by prosecutors after allegations that York Regional Police listened in on phone calls protected by solicitor-client privilege, according to a lawyer for one of the accused.