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Zach Dubinsky - Senior Writer, CBC Investigations Unit | CBC

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CBC Investigates

Slain tow truck kingpin had a target on his back for years, court documents show

Alex Vinogradsky, a kingpin in Toronto's tow truck underworld who was gunned down outside a north-end plaza last month, had previously been the focus of plots to kill him, court documents reveal. Police also had information that he'd ordered hits on his perceived rivals.

Too young to tweet? Twitter shut down CRA's account over its 'birth date,' records show

The social media team at the Canada Revenue Agency has learned firsthand what it can be like to jump through red tape when a couple of its accounts were blocked several times in recent years for various reasons, including a decision by Twitter that the CRA was underage.
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Quebec's stock market regulator can go after Canada's Panama Papers kingpin, Supreme Court rules

A 7-1 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebecs Autorit des marchs financiers can proceed with trying to have Fred Sharp, Canadas kingpin in the Panama Papers, banned for five years from the provinces stock market.
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Cyprus lit up with flurry of oligarch transactions after Russia invaded Ukraine, leaked files show

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.
CBC Investigates

Greenpeace calls for Canadian forestry giant to lose its eco certification

Canadas largest pulp-and-paper company should lose its sustainability credentials because new information shows that it's closely tied to an Indonesian conglomerate that has destroyed vast stretches of tropical rainforest, Greenpeace Canada says.
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Multimillionaire calls CRA negligent, wants $4.8M tax bill thrown out

Money manager Charles Shaker wants a judge to toss out a nearly $5-million bill for back taxes, saying the Canada Revenue Agency never sent it to him and that now its too late. Whether he has to pay up may depend on the proficiency of the CRAs mail department.
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5 questions swirling around forestry giant Paper Excellence ahead of grilling from MPs

The mystery surrounding Paper Excellence, the country's biggest wood-pulp producer and one of its biggest logging companies, is only growing. The company says it is independent of a controversial Indonesian conglomerate, but CBC has found new information suggesting otherwise. MPs will have a chance to question company executives at hearings
CBC Investigates

Who's behind Canada's new pulp-and-paper powerhouse, and where's the money coming from?

Paper Excellence bills itself as a proud player rejuvenating a troubled industry in an environmentally responsible way, but leaked emails and insider accounts reveal a company which may not be what it seems.

CAFE landlord convicted on appeal in Toronto illegal pot-shop case

Authorities have notched another victory in their long-running battle to shutter a notorious chain of illegal Toronto cannabis stores, as an appeal court this afternoon convicted the landlord of CAFEs flagship outlet on all six provincial cannabis charges he was facing.

Prosecution collapses against execs caught up in CannTrust cannabis scandal

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.