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Fentanyl is a dangerous synthetic opioid more potent than heroin and morphine with a high risk of accidental overdose. It is often sold on the street mixed with other drugs and in counterfeit pills made to look like prescription opioids. In recognition of the dangers associated with fentanyl use the … Read more »

A United States citizen and New York resident has been convicted of acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China for running a secret police station from a building in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Manhattan. Federal prosecutors claimed the Beijing government uses global outposts to … Read more »

Compelled production of a passcode for a digital device by state authorities violates the right to silence under s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But whether the compelled use of biometrics yields the same result has been an open question. And a recent ruling of the Ontario Court … Read more »

A young man who laundered $3.5 million for a crime syndicate dubbed the Crypto Kids has been sentenced to 70 months by a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Investigators said the group formed through online gaming platforms and squandered its loot on an e … Read more »

Ali Lalji got involved in a cocaine smuggling conspiracy during the time he worked at Vice Media where he made friends with Yaroslav Pastukhov. They used the company’s headquarters in Toronto, Canada, to recruit couriers for the operation. But the plot may now be less remembered for its notoriety … Read more »