Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
30 August 2011
Crime
The Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development has published its list
of countries that help people evade taxes
Do Criminals Have Similar Facial Features?
Italian psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso claimed most criminals have odd facial characteristics; now two economists say his theory may have some merit
Confidence Tricksters Prey on Gullible
Confidence tricks range from elaborate
investment schemes to entrapping an
unwitting target into a love tangle
Convicted Murderer Dr. Crippen May Have Been Innocent
One of the most notorious criminals in English history
was convicted of murdering his wife in 1910;
new evidence implies an innocent man was hanged
Crime Prevention Better than Detection
Working with at-
out of gangs works better than waiting for
them to commit crimes and then jailing them
Drug Trade Threatens Governments
Four decades into the “War on Drugs” with little
discernible success, the Obama administration
decides on a change of tactics
According to the U.S. State Department’s 2008 International Narcotics Control Report, about 90 percent of the cocaine entering America travels through Mexico
Faulty Forensic Hair Analysis Convicts Innocent People
The analysis of hair left behind at a crime scene
has put many a bad guy behind bars;
some of those “bad guys” weren’t bad guys at all
Fraudsters Look for New Swindles
The Nigerian 419 scam and other online rip-
Vancouver and Toronto are experiencing
the worst of a wave of gun violence, but
other urban areas are not immune
The unsolved story of Jack the Ripper has gripped
the public imagination for more than a century;
now, a new theory says he was not alone
Seung-
who knew him urged Mr. Cho to get help
Serious Crime Dropping in Canada
The national crime rate continues to decline, but
that’s not the picture that appears in the news media
There has been a rapid growth in street-
activity in Canada over the last 25 years and
the groups are now moving into smaller cities,
rural areas, and Aboriginal reserves, as well
as becoming more organized and
criminally sophisticated