RCMP Watch

Chad Skelton (Vancouver Sun) - A fired biker-gang investigator warned during settlement talks last year that if his wrongful dismissal case ever got to trial it would expose the dysfunctional relationship between the RCMP and B.C.’s municipal police.
“We expect to have several senior police officers willing to testify about the inability or unwillingness of RCMP [...]

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Chad Skelton and Allison Cross (Vancouver Sun) - Animosity between the RCMP and the Organized Crime Agency of B.C. resulted in the failure of a multi-million-dollar investigation into the Hells Angels, a former lead investigator with the OCABC has alleged in a wrongful dismissal suit.
The investigation, known as Project Phoenix, targeted several high-profile members of [...]

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David Baines (Vancouver sun) - It’s curious how things work out sometimes. In late 2003, Cpl. Bill Majcher was appointed inspector in charge of the new RCMP Integrated Market Enforcement Team in Vancouver.
It was viewed as an unorthodox appointment because, first of all, it was a big leap for a corporal to make. Secondly, [...]

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24 Hours News Service
An RCMP expert in electronic surveillance has been arrested in Montreal and charged with selling police secrets to organized crime, 24 hours news services has learned.Angelo Cecere, a 50-year-old visually impaired civilian employee, has worked for decades for the RCMP, listening to sensitive police wiretaps of criminals under investigation, translating them from [...]

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Sun Media
An RCMP expert in electronic surveillance has been arrested in Montreal and charged with selling police secrets to organized crime, Sun Media has learned.
Angelo Cecere, a 50-year-old visually impaired civilian employee, has worked for decades for the RCMP, listening to sensitive police wiretaps, translating them from Italian, and interpreting them for police.

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The Hamilton Spectator
The following article is reprinted from The Economist, a British magazine of comment and news.
It was the worst act of aerial terrorism before the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. On June 23, 1985, an Air India flight from Toronto was blown up by Sikh extremists off southern Ireland, killing all 329 people [...]

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Joan Delaney - Epoch Times
When organized crime is mentioned, what comes to mind for most people is the Italian Mafia. But one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal groups is the Triads, a centuries-old Chinese crime gang that has a strong and ubiquitous presence throughout the world, including Canada.
Triad societies, with their secret initiation [...]

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May. 9 2006
CTV.ca News
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say there is growing evidence that organized crime groups in Canada are helping to fund terrorists.
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli made the statement in front of a Senate anti-terrorism committee Monday.
“There clearly is more and more indication that some terrorist groups clearly are getting some of their finances [...]

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09 May 2006 | Author MORRIS, Nick.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are embarking on a new battle against organised crime and its links to international terrorism.
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli made the statement in front of a Senate anti-terrorism committee Monday.
Zaccardelli with Canadian PM Stephen Harper
Zaccardelli with Canadian PM Stephen Harper (©CPimages)
“There clearly is more and [...]

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James Gordon, CanWest News Service
May 09, 2006
OTTAWA - The RCMP cannot afford to fight the majority of organized crime activity in Canada, Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli said yesterday.
“At this point in time, our best guess is that we’re able to tackle maybe a third of what we know is out there, in terms of serious organized [...]

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