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.
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An Ontario judge has sounded a warning over the wild west of tow truck wars in one of the first court cases stemming from last year’s police crackdown.
And Justice David Rose has called for the government to step in.
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“The fake car accident industry is now sufficiently lucrative that competition among corrupt car towing organizations has led to internecine violence,” Rose wrote in his ruling this week. “Tow trucks are set fire to. Shots are fired. The highways in the GTA are dangerous enough without having this added element.”
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An Ontario judge has sounded a warning over the wild west of tow truck wars in one of the first court cases stemming from last year’s police crackdown.
And Justice David Rose has called for the government to step in.
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“The fake car accident industry is now sufficiently lucrative that competition among corrupt car towing organizations has led to internecine violence,” Rose wrote in his ruling this week. “Tow trucks are set fire to. Shots are fired. The highways in the GTA are dangerous enough without having this added element.”