Zach Dubinsky

A number of recent cases of police raids in Canada that went off the rails point to the need to reconsider how they’re done, some legal experts say. That could mean everything from Criminal Code amendments to requiring officers to video-record their operations.

The prosecution of three businessmen caught up in one of Canada’s most spectacular cannabis-industry flameouts has suffered its own collapse, as lawyers for the Ontario Securities Commission moved to withdraw all charges mid-trial following major admissions in court testimony.

Newly revealed leaked documents show how oligarchs feverishly tried to move money and assets based in Cyprus in the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, as European Union and other sanctions loomed.