Returned at Last: $3.5 million of stolen Toronto vehicles rescued from shipping containers bound for Malta
Image courtesy of the York Regional Police, Auto Cargo Theft Unit. Ottawa, Ontario — An outgoing shipment of stolen vehicles is on the way back home to their owners, with 64 vehicles valued at $3.5 million being repatriated with the assistance of the Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) and the Malta Port Authority. According to […]
Communal Efforts: York Police request help from shops to identify green Toyota involved in fatal collision
York, Ontario – York Regional Police are calling on collision centres in the York region and Greater Toronto Area to assist in identifying a dark-coloured Toyota involved in a fatal hit-and-run investigation. According to a press release posted on Wednesday, a deceased pedestrian was found dead on Sept. 28 around 12 p.m. on Davis Drive, […]
Service with a Smile: $12M in vehicles seized, 28 arrested in auto theft investigation, including four Service Ontario Employees
Toronto, Ontario — The average hourly wage (Customer Representative) for a Service Ontario employee is approximately $20–25$ per hour. While this is a serviceable wage for some, it wasn’t enough for the four employees who aided in a huge stolen vehicle crime ring busted early Thursday afternoon. The bust comes from Project Myra, an investigation […]
Catch and Release: Project Platinum towing corruption case falls through in Newmarket, Ont. court
Newmarket, Ontario — When reports of corruption within the GTA’s towing industry first hit mainstream headlines, local police services looked poised to get to the bottom of it, but as the aftermath of Project Platinum is sorted out in court this week, defence lawyers are baffled by the amount of charges that have been stayed. […]
Cop Shopping: Multi-region auto theft bust seizes more than $11 million in stolen vehicles
Toronto, Ontario — A multi-jurisdictional police investigation has led to the seizure of more than 200 vehicles stolen from the Greater Toronto Area, with a value totalling more than $11 million. On Wednesday, January 19, the execution of nine search warrants led to charges being laid against 24 individuals for their alleged connection to an […]
Big profits: York U prof says insurer ROE should be cut in half
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — October 22, 2015 — Critics of the insurance industry were heartened last week by the appearance of a report from the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association that claimed Ontario auto policyholders were overcharged by more than $700 million last year. According to the report auto insurance customers have overpaid for […]
