Adrian Humphreys

Adrian Humphreys

@adrianhumphreys.bsky.social

Author, journalist, underworld observer ▪ Reporter @nationalpost.bsky.social ▪ YouTuber: http://youtube.com/TheMobReporter

155 Followers 119 Following 35 Posts Joined Nov 2024
7 months ago
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj In the recording a manager appears to equate a CBC journalist reporting something critical about the CBC with a potential breach of ethics

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked audio of CBC disciplinary meeting with former TV host Travis Dhanraj

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Canadian conman flees U.S. sentencing after learning how long his prison term might be Antonio Palazzolo seemed to expect similar treatment as his co-conspirators in the Paragon fraud, but his sentencing range was much harsher.

A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...

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Canadian conman flees U.S. sentencing after learning how long his prison term might be Antonio Palazzolo seemed to expect similar treatment as his co-conspirators in the Paragon fraud, but his sentencing range was much harsher.

A silver-tongued Canadian conman I have been tracking for more than a year unexpectedly fled his U.S. sentencing hearing after learning how long his time in prison might be.
Here’s a link to my story on the latest in the saga of a cutthroat diamond investment fraud nationalpost.com/news/canadia...

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Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman had been ranked as Russia’s second-richest man by Forbes in 2016, but by 2023, sanctions seemed to have taken a toll; he dropped to ninth place.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.

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11 months ago

Welcome aboard

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11 months ago
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Russian oligarch’s daughters remain on Canada’s sanctions list despite condemning war on Ukraine Daughters of Mikhail Fridman, the second richest man in Russia and part of Putin’s inner circle, went to court in Canada to oppose sanctions

My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...

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Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman had been ranked as Russia’s second-richest man by Forbes in 2016, but by 2023, sanctions seemed to have taken a toll; he dropped to ninth place.
In court in Canada, his daughters said their father’s estimated net worth was $12.8 billion.

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Russian oligarch’s daughters remain on Canada’s sanctions list despite condemning war on Ukraine Daughters of Mikhail Fridman, the second richest man in Russia and part of Putin’s inner circle, went to court in Canada to oppose sanctions

My exclusive: Daughters of an oligarch once ranked the second-richest in Russia and considered part of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle lost their bid to be removed from Canada’s sanction’s list, even though they declared they oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine. nationalpost.com/news/russian...

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11 months ago
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Original B.C. Hells Angel and longtime gang spokesman dies Longtime Hells Angels spokesman Rick Ciarniello has died, prompting tributes from his biker brothers across social media. Kim Bolan reports.

Rick Ciarniello, an original B.C. Hells Angel, has died at 80. He fought many court challenges against police tactics and was a key witness at the civil forfeiture case over 3 clubhouses (the government won) vancouversun.com/news/origina...

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11 months ago
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Les armes du pays de Trump: voyez des photos inédites de la perquisition menée par la police chez Leonardo Rizzuto La police avait trouvé deux pistolets prohibés et cinq grammes de cocaïne, mais le fils de Vito Rizzuto a été blanchi par la justice.

Leonardo Rizzuto was later acquitted of gun and gangsterism charges because cops used illegal wiretaps in the probe. Here’s a link to the Journal story about the police raid and what officers found in his house: 4/4
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I like seeing people reading my books 📚; it's a pity he didn’t get an updated edition, it’s much better. I’m less keen on cops finding two guns and ammo nearby, according to the story in Journal de Montreal by @ericthibault.bsky.social, @felixseguin.bsky.social and @maxdelandqmi.bsky.social. 3/4

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11 months ago

I knew Leo Rizzuto had read my book because we’d talked about it a bit, plus he sued me for a million bucks for things he didn’t like in it. (He lost. I paid nothing). What’s odd is the book on his table appears to be a rare first edition from 2006, nine years before the police raid. 😗 2/4

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📚 In 2015, police in Montreal searched the home of Leonardo Rizzuto, son of dead Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto and an alleged replacement for his powerful dad. Lying on his kitchen table, police found a copy of my book on the Rizzuto clan, called The Sixth Family. You see it in the police photo below. 1/4

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1 year ago
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Crime tourists: Organized burglary gangs are wintering in Canada and ransacking homes 'Theft groups enter Canada shortly after DST ends and return home to their countries in the spring after they’ve committed crime'

CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

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Crime tourists: Organized burglary gangs are wintering in Canada and ransacking homes 'Theft groups enter Canada shortly after DST ends and return home to their countries in the spring after they’ve committed crime'

CRIME TOURISTS: Organized burglary gangs from abroad are wintering in Canada and the United States while ransacking and looting homes. Here is my latest true crime story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

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1 year ago
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Third Toronto fraudster who ran $21-million diamond investment scam is sent to prison in U.S. US prosecutors identified about 200 victims in the US who lost more than $21 million to a rapacious gang of slick-talking Toronto conmen

A Toronto fraudster who was born into a prominent medical family has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for a lofty diamond investment scam that stripped hundreds of victims of more than $21 million. My story: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

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Ontario man named boss of huge cross-border drug smuggling ring slipped out of Canada and into U.S. court Guramrit Sidhu allegedly arranged for transport truck drivers to hide drugs in their legitimate loads of cargo and drive them into Canada

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Ontario man named boss of huge cross-border drug smuggling ring slipped out of Canada and into U.S. court Guramrit Sidhu allegedly arranged for transport truck drivers to hide drugs in their legitimate loads of cargo and drive them into Canada

An Ontario man, named as the boss of a huge cross-border smuggling ring moving high-value loads of cocaine and meth from the United States into Canada, was slipped out of Canada and into a U.S. court. My exclusive: nationalpost.com/news/ontario...

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1 year ago

I don't think they can just apply for a new patent -- because it is no longer a new thing, it's already been invented. If it was that easy, they wouldn't have had high-priced lawyers fighting it in court for two years.

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How inventors of famed Frosters that groom Rideau Canal skating rink lost patent due to junk mail The Frosters crawl along the canal giving the world’s largest skating rink, winding through the heart of Ottawa, its smooth, hard surface.

Canadian inventors of giant ice surfacing machines that tame the Rideau Canal into the world’s largest skating rink have lost the patent for their contraptions because email alerts warning of an unpaid fee got caught in junk mail. My chilling news on the Frosters: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

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Toronto airport gold heist: Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate Brink’s will get a small payout for their huge loss because of poorly completed paperwork on the shipment stolen from Pearson airport

My latest scoop on the Toronto airport gold heist:

Air Canada ordered to pay just $18K to Brink's for $24M stolen crate because of poorly completed paperwork on stolen load of gold bars and cash…
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1 year ago
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Two suspects in fatal shootout with U.S. border agent wanted privacy while staying at nearby hotel The suspects stayed for six nights before the highway confrontation and were rarely seen, staff at a Vermont hotel say

Two suspects involved in a fatal gunfight that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead near the Canadian border stayed six nights at a Vermont hotel before the confrontation — and demanded privacy, always wearing medical face masks, according to hotel staff:

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U.S. border patrol agent shot dead in gunfight near Canadian border identified, dead civilian was German citizen The location of the shooting south of Quebec, and the involvement of a border agent makes a connection to Canada’s border seem likely.

New details on deadly gunfight between a U.S. Border Patrol agent and occupants of a car stopped on a highway south of the Canadian border names the agent killed as David (Chris) Maland and civilian who died as a German national legally in the U.S. on a valid visa:
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1 year ago

For those of you unfamiliar with actual American history, we tried to claim Canada twice and they whipped our ass on both occasions. If this dumb squib tries it again, I am rooting for what they call a hat trick in that game they play on skates with sticks.

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1 year ago

I failed my first test of the New Year. I just autographed some copies of my books and dated them 2024. 😞

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1 year ago

So, Happy New Year. Yeah?

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1 year ago

I loved that book too

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1 year ago
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The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash YouTube video by The Mob Reporter

Hot off the hard drive:
The wild story behind cocaine-smuggling plane's mysterious crash.
youtu.be/-5KFknJisf4

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