“Organized crime begins with an opportunity to make money and a level of greed that leads to criminality and violence.'
VAUGHAN, Ont. — Four alleged organized criminal organizations that operated as rival tow truck companies involved in a violent battle for territory in the Toronto area have been dismantled, police said Tuesday.
“Organized crime begins with an opportunity to make money and a level of greed that leads to criminality and violence,” Slack said in a video statement.York police worked with their Toronto counterparts, Ontario Provincial Police and the Canada Revenue Agency on the investigation, dubbed Project Platinum, that began in February.Police dismantled four rival tow truck groups in the Toronto area who got into a violent battle for territory.
Slack said the alleged criminal organizations are relatively new and have earned millions of dollars in illicit income. Slack said the companies would grossly inflate towing bills, move cars from lot to lot to increase storage fees, inflate repair bills and involve physiotherapists, much of it in an effort to defraud insurance companies.
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