The three others arrested in the case had their charges stayed last year.
Project Sindacato ended in July 2019 with nine members of an alleged crime family in Vaughan facing charges as part of a multi-million-dollar investigation into ties with the mob in Italy.
“The issue we alleged was that investigators were improperly accessing communications, involving lawyers,” Lacy, who represented Figliomeni, told the
Toronto Sun Wednesday. York Regional Police cut the locks on gambling machines seized during raids in an illegal gaming investigation named Project Sindacato in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada July 15, 2019. Picture taken July 15, 2019. (York Regional Police handout)
“We pointed out that this happened at the time of bail hearings and also later into the investigation. There were also email communications with lawyers that were improperly accessed and used by the police for investigative purposes … It was our position that the police breached those conditions and, as a