RCMP

Court clears release of judgment involving secret RCMP protocol

Topics: 
RCMP, Justice Department, Access to information, Government transparency
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Don Butler – October 22, 2012

A judge has ordered the release of a Federal Court judgment that had been suppressed for more than three months after the government argued that it disclosed too much information about a secret protocol between the RCMP and Justice Canada.

In a ruling late last week, Justice Marc Nadon of the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a government motion to keep the July 12 judgment by Justice Mary Gleason confidential. He provided no reasons for his decision.

Open courts principle at issue in suppressed decision over secret RCMP protocol

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RCMP, Justice Department, Access to information, Government transparency
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Don Butler – October 14, 2012

In what one legal expert calls an “extraordinary” move with implications for the principle of open courts, a Federal Court decision has been suppressed for nearly three months because government lawyers argue it contains too much information about a secret protocol between the RCMP and Justice Canada.

The protocol, lugubriously entitled “Principles to Implement Legal Advice on the Listing and Inspection of RCMP documents in Civil Litigation,” allegedly sets out procedures for access by Justice Canada lawyers to evidence obtained by the RCMP in criminal investigations that may be relevant in civil litigation involving the federal government.

Search warrant reveals details of RCMP warrantless wiretaps

Topics: 
RCMP, National security
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Andrew Duffy – September 30, 2012

The RCMP used an emergency provision of the Criminal Code to tap the phones of six terror suspects without court authorization in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, newly released documents reveal.

Ottawa engineer Abdullah Almalki and Toronto truck driver Ahmad El-Maati were among those subjected to unauthorized wiretaps in October 2001. The practice has since been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Whistleblower claims RCMP targeting him

Topics: 
Reprisals, RCMP
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CBC News – August 27, 2012

A man who complained to the RCMP that one of its officers posted bondage photos online says that after he reported the Mountie, he and his wife were terrorized by police during a raid on their home.

The man, whose name is not being made public, told CBC News that the raid occurred after he reported to the RCMP that Cpl. Jim Brown, of Coquitlam, B.C., had posted several bondage-type photos of himself with women on a website with a purported 1.7 million members.

RCMP officer investigated over bondage photos

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RCMP
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CBC News – July 5, 2012

A Coquitlam, B.C., RCMP officer is under investigation by the force for possible misconduct after violent and pornographic photos of the officer were posted on a social networking site for sexual fetishists.

The images of Cpl. Jim Brown appeared on the website Fetlife, which claims to have about one million members. Brown went by the name Kilted Knight on the website and listed himself on Fetlife as “dominant,” describing the kind of role he played in the world of bondage, discipline and sado-masochism.

RCMP probing whistleblower's harassment claims

Topics: 
Harassment, RCMP, PTSD, Mental health injuries
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3

None of Cpl. Catherine Galliford's allegations have been proven so far, RCMP says

CBC News – May 10, 2012

The RCMP says it is investigating claims in a lawsuit launched Wednesday in which Cpl. Catherine Galliford alleges sexual assault and sexual harassment within the force, but investigators have not yet been able to substantiate any of her claims.

Galliford, currently on sick leave, filed a detailed claim, saying she was suffering from severe post traumatic stress disorder due to years of sexual harassment and a number of physical assaults by other RCMP supervisors and colleagues.

B.C. skipper evaded prosecution in Canada, convicted in U.S.

Topics: 
RCMP, Drug trafficking
Rating: 
3

Man faces long jail term for 400-kilos of cocaine on sailboat

Sun Kim Bolan – May 7, 2012

A controversial B.C. skipper has been convicted by a Florida jury of illegally carrying 400 kilos of cocaine on his sailboat off the coast of Colombia last fall.

John (Phil) Stirling has evaded criminal prosecution in B.C. twice after being caught on vessels with huge quantities of drugs — in 2001 with $300 million worth of cocaine and in 2006 with $6.5 million worth of marijuana.

RCMP challenging request for evidence on the Mafia

Topics: 
RCMP, Organized crime, Anti-corruption efforts, Quebec
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4

Sidhartha Banerjee – April 19, 2012

Federal lawyers say a high-profile Quebec corruption inquiry can't compel the RCMP to sift though, and share, a treasure trove of information on the Mafia. Lawyers representing the Mounties were in a Montreal courtroom Wednesday fighting off demands for information from Quebec's Charbonneau inquiry.

Lawyers for the inquiry want access to the massive amount of evidence gathered during Operation Colisee, a police probe that concluded in 2006 and is considered the largest such investigation into the Mob in Canadian history.

RCMP makes second search of SNC-Lavalin

Topics: 
RCMP, Corruption, Construction industry, Foreign corrupt practices legislation
Rating: 
3

Paul Waldie, Ingrid Peritz and Graeme Smith – April 13, 2012

An RCMP search at the head office of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is another blow against a company that is already coping with investigations into allegations of corruption and impropriety by the Montreal-based engineering giant that now encompasses five countries.

Friday’s raid was the second time in six months that RCMP officials have descended with search warrants on the company, which gained an international reputation as one of the world’s leading engineering firms but is now grappling with scandals, executive departures, questions about its business ethics and allegations of involvement in a plot to help a son of Moammar Gadhafi escape from Libya.

Montreal Construction Mafia – Collapse Imminent

Topics: 
RCMP, Corruption, Organized crime, Quebec
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David Love – April 1, 2012

Investigations and wiretaps by the RCMP have proven the existence of direct links between the Mafia and construction firms throughout Quebec, according to the Charbonneau Commission. Many Quebecers are shell-shocked after months of apparently well-founded allegations of infiltration of public-works contracts by organized crime, and the clock ticks on with no arrests.

This corruption is so insidious that the former Montreal police chief, Jacques Duchesneau, who was the lead investigator into allegations of corruption, was fired recently — his contract cancelled.

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