The Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson, released his Spring 2013 Report (the “Report“) today and among the key findings, found that a whopping $3.1 billion in funding to programs to combat terrorism in Canada is unaccounted for. Moreover, the Report found that some of the $12.9 billion approved for fighting terrorism in Canada went to pay for [...]
As anticipated, the federal Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (the “Act“) came into force in Canada on March 13, 2013 without much fanfare. The Act creates a cause of action that allows victims of terrorism to sue natural and legal persons (and of particular interest, listed entities) and certain foreign states, in a Canadian court for loss [...]
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal by convicted terrorist Mohammed Khawaja from a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal that upheld his conviction for terrorism under the Anti-Terrorism Act and had imposed a sentence of life imprisonment plus 24 years on Khawaja for his crimes.
In what is seen as a positive move in support of Canada’s anti-terrorism laws and extradition law for terrorism and money laundering charges, the Supreme Court of Canada today refused an appeal by Suresh Sriskandarajah from the Ontario Court of Appeal upholding an order for his extradition to the United States to face charges of [...]
The New York Court of Appeals ruled this week that the use of a New York bank account by a listed entity (an entity identified as a terrorist one) is sufficient to establish jurisdiction for American victims of the listed entity’s terrorist activities to claim compensation. The bank in question is a Beirut bank with [...]
U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, David Cohen, was in Europe this week warning government agencies against the increase in kidnappings for ransom by terrorist organizations (listed entities). In the past decade, al Qa’ida is estimated to have received ransom payments of US$120 million from kidnappings that occurred mostly in North Africa, Yemen [...]
Omar Khadr, the Canadian convicted terrorist held at Guantanamo Bay, was returned to Canada early this morning. In Canada, he was immediately incarcerated at Millhaven Institution, a maximum-security prison near Ottawa, Ontario. Last year, Khadr pleaded guilty to providing material support for terrorism, murder, attempted murder and several other charges and was sentenced to 40 [...]
Omar Khadr, the convicted Canadian terrorist currently incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay, has applied to be transferred into the custody of Canadian authorities. The application was made to Canadian Minster of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Vic Toews. The Minister is seeking access to sealed video interviews conducted by U.S. authorities and psychiatric reports on Khadr [...]
Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the Honourable Robert Nicholson, has ordered the extradition of Canadian Sociology professor Hassan Diab to France to face charges of murder, attempted murder and destruction of property related to the 1980 terrorist attack on a synagogue in Paris that killed 4 people, and injured 40 others. The terrorist [...]
Canada has introduced anti-nuclear terrorism legislation to fully implement the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. Australia enacted similar legislation a month ago. Bill S-9 – the Nuclear Terrorism Act, amends the Criminal Code as follows: it creates an offence of possessing or [...]