Vancouver man found dead in Colombia linked to B.C. money laundering

The body of Richard Yen Fat Chiu, 47, was discovered burned in a village outside Cucuta, on the Venezuelan border on June 20. He had arrived in the country the day prior, identifying himself as a fruit importer. Cops in B.C. have linked him to Silver International, an underground bank accused of laundering of hundreds of millions through B.C. casinos.

During a search of a business associated with Silver International, a courier label for a money counter originally delivered to Chiu was found.

See ----->B.C. operation laundered massive amounts of cash

'Benzos' knocking em down in Vancouver

Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society says there were 16 overdoses in the city over two days last week. Director Sarah Blyth says she’s noticed a recent spike in overdoses ever since benzodiazepines, a type of psychoactive drug also known as “benzos,” rolled onto the Vancouver scene. Benzodiazepines are commonly prescribed by doctors as an anti-anxiety medication. Because benzodiazepines aren’t effected by Narcan, those brought back from an overdose are still drugged, and can lose their memories for days.

Benzodiazepines work to calm or sedate a person by raising the level of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in the brain.

Benzos are usually cut with other drugs.

Ex-RCMP Burnett sentenced to 10 years for theft, cocaine trafficking

A judge has sentenced former high-ranking RCMP Craig Robert Burnett to a decade in prison for stealing and selling $300k worth of cocaine, saying the egregious breach of trust compromised the national police force and resulted in a "remarkable fall from grace." Burnett, former commander of an RCMP National Port Enforcement Team, stole the drugs from RCMP headquarters in Halifax in 2011 and sold it through others. The judge said the 51-year-old retired staff sergeant 's corruption led him to exploit "the very law he was sworn to uphold."

Burnett spent 24 years the RCMP before being suspended with pay in July 2016 and then retiring on a full pension.
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Jack "Legs" Diamond - clay pigeon of the underworld

Jack "Legs" Diamond (born Jack Nolan; July 10, 1897 – December 18, 1931) was an Irish-American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. Diamond became a thug and later personal bodyguard for bootlegger Arnold Rothstein in 1919. Diamond survived so many attempts on his life between 1916 and 1931 that he was known as the "clay pigeon of the underworld". In 1930 Diamond's nemesis Dutch Schultz remarked to his gang, "Ain't there nobody that can shoot this guy so he don't bounce back?"

In the late 1920s with prohibition in force, Diamond obtained liquor which was dumped overboard in partially full barrels, which floated onto Long Island as ships entered New York. He paid the children a nickel for every barrel they brought to his trucks. Diamond went to work overseeing bootleg alcohol sales in downtown Manhattan. That brought him into conflict with Dutch Schultz, who wanted to move beyond his base in Harlem. He also ran into trouble with other gangs in the city. Diamond was a prolific womanizer; his best known mistress was showgirl and dancer Marion "Kiki" Roberts.

Kiki Roberts circa 1930s.

Diamond leaves court a free man on Dec. 17, 1931. He would be dead hours later.

The public loved Diamond; he became New York's biggest celebrity. In 1930, Diamond was charged for the kidnapping and torture of a truck driver, but he was acquitted. In early 1931, Schultz's gunmen fired on Diamond with machine guns, killing two bystanders in the process. Diamond once again escaped unscathed.

On December 18, 1931, Diamond's enemies finally caught up with him. Diamond had been staying in a rooming house in Albany, New York. At 1:00 a.m., Diamond went to visit Marion "Kiki" Roberts. At 4:30 a.m., Diamond went back to the rooming house and passed out on his bed. Two gunmen entered his room an hour later. One man held down Diamond while the other shot him three times in the back of the head.

Drake is no Hells Angels - fires back at critic

The controversy began with a 2018 headline from Vancouver’s The Province newspaper, “Drake Is No Angel” it screamed. The headline was plastered over a photo of Drizzy wearing a Hells Angels hoodie. “This is a walking billboard for the Hells Angels and this is exactly what the Hells Angels want” a top cop said.

The rapper took notice. “You sell silicon mix for damaged and dry roots.”

A private Instagram account, @FairyHairandBeauty, took to the comment section of the post to call out the star, “Drake wants to appear tough by all means.”

Canadian cocaine mule takes child on Oz drug run

X-ray view of bag

A Canadian woman travelling to Australia with her young son was busted at the airport with a large load of cocaine. The 42-year-old woman is being held. Authorities are discussing the care of the child until he can be returned to his family in Canada. The woman, identified only as L. Roberts, arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Canada with three large suitcases and her young son.

Cops landed about 12kg, a huge amount where the drug commands higher prices due to high demand and the difficulty of importing it. Most smuggling schemes are backed by organzied crime.

Toronto east end vehicle fires tied to tow truck turf war?

A recent spate of arsons at garages in the GTA could be linked to the current chaos rattling the southern Ontario underworld. Watchers say towing and body shop businesses have long been considered mob activity, along with the Hells Angels. Intimidation, extortion and violence are all staples of mob activity.