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Great at manufacturing threats and creating criminals who aren't criminals all so they can secure a career. Not so good at actually solving legitimate and serious crime.
I've witnessed first hand future cops, who as teens were openly racist and in some cases violent against not just black people, but also Italian and Jewish Canadians. I would put my hand on the bible and swear to God to these facts.
Be very careful who you trust and believe America, they may just be protecting their own criminals...
www.thestar.com
The development was the final blow to “Project Brisa,” the cross-border investigation that police said brought down an international drug importation and distribution network. Investigators said they’d uncovered a sophisticated system that allowed mass quantities of drugs from Mexico to be smuggled into Canada through a hidden compartment inside transport trucks; Spanish for “breeze” the probe’s name was a nod to investigators’ first seizure, found in a truckload of hair dryers.
In spite of the evidence laid out for display at a June 2021 press conference — mountains of cocaine, crystal meth and marijuana — not one of the 182 charges laid against 20 people stuck, the Star has confirmed.
“No convictions were entered for any accused in Project Brisa,” a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada said.
That includes Jason Hall, the Surrey, B.C. man dubbed the “Trap Maker” who was facing charges including conspiracy to commit an indictable offence for allegedly installing the hidden compartments inside tractor-trailers. Court records show Hall’s charges were stayed in August.
Two men also wanted in Project Brisa, meanwhile, were not arrested and are no longer wanted on those charges, Toronto police said Friday.
What, exactly, caused the collapse of the largest drug investigation in Toronto police history was not detailed by Crown lawyers in court on Monday, according to a transcript of the proceedings. Prosecutors are not required to say why they pull the plug on cases and legal experts say there are multiple reasons they often can’t, ranging from preserving other ongoing probes to protecting criminal informants.
“The Crown has an ongoing obligation in every case to assess reasonable prospect of a conviction and the public interest. In this case, the Crown determined that a stay of proceedings was required,” a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), said in a statement. "The PPSC has nothing further to provide.”
But the lack of explanation has prompted questions about how such a large and widely publicized investigation — announced with fanfare in 2021 by Toronto police at a press conference and YouTube videos — can quietly end with no rationale.
“It’s essential that the public get some clear message delivered from Crown prosecutors as to why they’re staying proceedings and not going forward with criminal prosecution,” Michael Kempa, an associate professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, said in an interview.
I've witnessed first hand future cops, who as teens were openly racist and in some cases violent against not just black people, but also Italian and Jewish Canadians. I would put my hand on the bible and swear to God to these facts.
Be very careful who you trust and believe America, they may just be protecting their own criminals...
Toronto police’s ‘largest international drug takedown’ secured zero convictions, prosecutors confirm
Announced with fanfare in 2021, Project Brisa spanned the continent, leading to 20 arrests, 182 charges, and not one conviction.
www.thestar.com
The development was the final blow to “Project Brisa,” the cross-border investigation that police said brought down an international drug importation and distribution network. Investigators said they’d uncovered a sophisticated system that allowed mass quantities of drugs from Mexico to be smuggled into Canada through a hidden compartment inside transport trucks; Spanish for “breeze” the probe’s name was a nod to investigators’ first seizure, found in a truckload of hair dryers.
In spite of the evidence laid out for display at a June 2021 press conference — mountains of cocaine, crystal meth and marijuana — not one of the 182 charges laid against 20 people stuck, the Star has confirmed.
“No convictions were entered for any accused in Project Brisa,” a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada said.
That includes Jason Hall, the Surrey, B.C. man dubbed the “Trap Maker” who was facing charges including conspiracy to commit an indictable offence for allegedly installing the hidden compartments inside tractor-trailers. Court records show Hall’s charges were stayed in August.
Two men also wanted in Project Brisa, meanwhile, were not arrested and are no longer wanted on those charges, Toronto police said Friday.
What, exactly, caused the collapse of the largest drug investigation in Toronto police history was not detailed by Crown lawyers in court on Monday, according to a transcript of the proceedings. Prosecutors are not required to say why they pull the plug on cases and legal experts say there are multiple reasons they often can’t, ranging from preserving other ongoing probes to protecting criminal informants.
“The Crown has an ongoing obligation in every case to assess reasonable prospect of a conviction and the public interest. In this case, the Crown determined that a stay of proceedings was required,” a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), said in a statement. "The PPSC has nothing further to provide.”
But the lack of explanation has prompted questions about how such a large and widely publicized investigation — announced with fanfare in 2021 by Toronto police at a press conference and YouTube videos — can quietly end with no rationale.
“It’s essential that the public get some clear message delivered from Crown prosecutors as to why they’re staying proceedings and not going forward with criminal prosecution,” Michael Kempa, an associate professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, said in an interview.
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