The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint alleging that information technology workers obtained illegal employment and generated millions for the North Korean government as a means to avoid U.S. sanctions. The U.S. government was able to freeze and seize over $7.74 million tied to the ...
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Money laundering is pervasive, clandestine and transnational. Measures to combat money laundering have been implemented by most states and have become integral tools at the disposal of national and transnational law enforcement. In this post I will discuss what money laundering is and the various means that are commonly used ...
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Cybercrime transcends national borders and includes a range of offences generally associated with a profit motive such as fraud, extortion and identity theft. Cybercrimes that involve at least one state actor are often referred to as cyberwarfare. Cybercrime not only impacts security of the person but also implicates the broader ...
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A former Taliban commander who once led a thousand militants has pleaded guilty in a New York court to hostage-taking and providing material support for terrorism. The guilty pleas came almost twenty years after the abduction of an American journalist and the killing of three U.S. soldiers during the bloody ...
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Spyware is installed on an electronic device remotely without the knowledge of the user. It functions as a silent intruder that covertly collects information and sends it to a third party without the consent of the user. Passwords, web browsing history and banking information are common targets. Spyware on mobile ...
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The doctrine of constructive possession is a legal fiction used to describe a situation where an individual has knowledge and control of an object without having physical custody of it. The doctrine came into play during a recent trial in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice that stemmed from the ...
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The conviction of former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan on obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony charges has been upheld by by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California. The charges related to his attempted cover up of a security breach ...
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In one of the largest heists in the history of digital assets North Korean hackers exploited the Bybit cryptocurrency exchange and made off with $1.5 billion in cybercash. The incident occurred when a routine cold wallet to warm wallet transaction was manipulated through a sophisticated attack that masked the signing ...
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The admissibility of drugs and guns seized by the Vancouver police from a downtown eastside apartment was central to the conviction of a suspected drug dealer. A motion judge admitted the evidence although it was tainted by a police officer who attempted to influence the issuing judge to draw unsupported ...
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Canadian law enforcement agencies have been rolling out body-worn cameras requiring police officers to record all interactions with the public in the course of their duties with an exception that allows for deactivation when directed by a supervisor. A recent ruling from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has highlighted ...
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