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CTV News
an hour ago
- CTV News
Suspect sought after woman groped in Burnaby park
This undated photo shows an RCMP officer on patrol in Burnaby's Central Park. Mounties in Burnaby are asking witnesses to come forward after a man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Central Park last weekend. Police say they responded to a report from the victim around 9 p.m. Sunday. 'The victim was walking in the park when an unknown man ran up and inappropriately touched her buttocks and lower back area,' a Tuesday news release from the detachment reads. 'The woman, who suffered no physical injuries as a result, was able to get away and report the incident to police.' Mounties describe the suspect, who ran away after the incident, as a 'possibly Caucasian' man between 20 and 30 years old with medium-length brown or blond curly hair. At the time, he was wearing dark clothes, including a long-sleeved shirt and baseball hat. Police ask anyone with information to call the Burnaby RCMP at 604-646-9999.
ABC News
11 hours ago
- Business
- ABC News
Pokies giant Mounties taken to civil court over anti-money laundering laws
The company that owns the most profitable pokie machine club in New South Wales is being taken to the Federal Court by the agency that investigates financial crime. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) alleges the Mount Pritchard District and Community Club group seriously and systemically violated the country's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial laws. Mounties, as it is commonly known, owns 10 venues — including eight that operate approximately 1,400 pokie machines, mostly across Greater Sydney and the Central Coast. Amongst them is the club with the most lucrative pokies machines in NSW, also known as Mounties, in Sydney's south-west, according to quarterly data the club supplied to the state's regulator. AUSTRAC alleges in a civil suit that Mounties failed to comply with rules designed to stop criminals from exploiting its gaming machines. It is also alleged in the civil suit that the group failed to monitor customers presenting money laundering risks in "a number of specific instances". "This is a big company with an even bigger responsibility to ensure its clubs are managing the risks that criminals can run dirty money through its gaming machines," AUSTRAC chief executive Brendan Thomas said. "Customer due diligence and transaction monitoring in a club that processes hundreds of millions of dollars a year through its poker machines, a significant amount of which is cash, is going to require a robust approach when it comes to verifying a customer's source of funds." Mounties outsources parts of its compliance program to a third party, Betsafe, which is also used by other clubs. But Mr Thomas said: "It can't outsource its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financial obligations." He invoked findings from the NSW Crime Commission's Project Islington, an inquiry that found billions of dollars were laundered through the state's pokies machines at clubs and hotels in the financial year ending in 2021. The NSW government introduced a cashless gaming trial in response, though it had few active participants, and it wasn't rolled out more widely. Mounties have been contacted for comment. The matter is set to be heard by the Federal Court.
CTV News
2 days ago
- CTV News
Man who stabbed Mountie shot, killed in Lac La Biche: Alberta RCMP
Mounties shot and killed a man who attacked them in northern Alberta on Sunday. Lac La Biche RCMP say three officers went to check out a disturbance at a home around 11:47 a.m. A confrontation occurred, Mounties said in a news release. 'The man attacked one of the officers with a knife and one of the officers shot the man. Officers attempted life saving efforts, however, the suspect died at the scene.' The officer was treated and released from hospital. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates police action possibly resulting in serious injury or death, has been directed to investigate. Lac La Biche is located 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.
CBC
3 days ago
- Health
- CBC
Residents urged to practice water safety as Mounties say most B.C. drownings are preventable
Accidental drownings claim dozens of lives every year in British Columbia and experts say most are preventable. CBC's Michelle Gomez caught up with Mounties from the Fraser Valley who offered tips to ensure a safe day on the water.
CBC
5 days ago
- CBC
3 dead, cars burned after reported 'neighbourhood dispute' in Maple Ridge: police
Police continue to investgate a neighbourhood dispute that has left three people dead. IHIT says a couple in their 60s and their dog were shot dead. Mounties say the suspect was belived to be armed in a neighbouring home But the third person died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury.
