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>> Ian: TONIGHT A LONG AND EXPENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO PURPORTED MOBSTERS IS IN DANGER OF FALLING APART. SECRETLY RECORDED CONVERSATIONS
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ARE BEING USED TO CHALLENGE A MAN IN CANADA THAT IS A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE MAFIA. BUT THEY'RE NOW BEING CHALLENGED
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AS INADMISSIBLE. DAVID COMMON BEGINS WITH RARE ACCESS TO THE INVESTIGATION.
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(♪♪) >> Reporter: TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT. HERE WE ARE. WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU BEHIND THE SCENES OF A POLICE
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SURVEILLANCE OPERATION AGAINST PURPORTED MOBSTERS, SOME WHO HAVE COME FROM ITALY TRYING TO SOLVE A MURDER.
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WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS THAT POLICE ARE ON THEIR TAIL. AS PART OF US RE-TRACING POLICE
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STEPS, WE GOT ACCESS TO SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THESE ALLEGED MOBSTERS MEETING UP AND
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THEIR CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS MARCH 2019, THE ITALIANS
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ARE STAYING AT THIS WOODBRIDGE, ONTARIO, HOME. IN TOWN TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE
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FAMILY THAT ARE REPORTED TO BE POWERFUL MOBSTERS IN CANADA. THE BROTHER OF THIS MAN HAS BEEN
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MURDERED IN ITALY. AND ITALIAN POLICE BELIEVE THAT
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THEY'RE HERE TO FIND OUT WHO IS BEHIND THAT JOB. IT'S VERY CONSEQUENTIAL WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THIS HOUSE, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE
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RECORDINGS, RIGHT? >> EXACTLY. AND ACCORDING TO THE TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE ITALIAN RECORDING,
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INSIDE THAT EXACT HOUSE WHERE HE HAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO HE WANTS TO HIT BACK AND KILL WHO
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HE THINKS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BROTHER'S MURDER -- >> Reporter: LIKE AN ASSASSIN?
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>> YEP, HE SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE RESOLVED WITH THESE GUYS. THAT'S AN EXACT QUOTE.
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>> Reporter: THEY AREN'T HERE LONG AND HEADED NEXT TO A FUNERAL HOME OWNED BY THE A FAMILY FRIEND.
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SO OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T HANG OUT IN THE HOUSE ALL THE TIME AND THEY LEAVE THE HOUSE. THE COPS ARE ON THEIR TAIL.
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>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF MEETINGS AT A FUNERAL HOME AND IT'S OWNED BY ONE OF THE GUYS WHO THEY ARE
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MEETING WITH. >> Reporter: THIS SOUNDS LIKE "BREAKING BAD." >> WELL, YEAH, DEAD BODIES HAVE
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TO END UP SOMEWHERE. WE HAVE A COPY OF YOUR POLICE
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SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS OF THE GUYS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE FUNERAL HOME. SO THIS IS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY
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TALK ABOUT WHO THEY THINK THAT IS BEHIND THE KILLING. >> Reporter: OKAY, THIS IS THE MURDER OF THE BROTHER.
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AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE TRIP. WHO WHACKED MY BROTHER. WE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING,
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BECAUSE ITALIAN POLICE HAD BUGGED THE ALLEGED MOBSTERS' PHONE. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW
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USING THOSE WIRETAPS AS IT TRIES TO DEPORT JIMMY DEIGN MARIA,
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SAYING THAT THE RECORDINGS ARE PROOF THAT HE ASSOCIATED WITH MOBSTERS. BUT THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION,
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WERE THESE LEGALLY OBTAINED RECORDINGS? LIKE THIS BUGGING. AND IF IT WASN'T, DOES IT
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COMPROMISE THE WHOLE DEPORTATION PROCEDURES? >> IF THIS EVIDENCE FALLS APART,
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IT COULD BLOW EVERYTHING UP. >> Reporter: SO WE'RE MEETING WITH ALLEGED MOBSTER JIMMY DEIGN
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MARIA'S LAWYER, SIMON KING. IF IT WASN'T LAWFULLY OBTAINED
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AND IT GETS PULLED FROM THE CASE, WHAT ELSE DO THEY GOT ON YOUR CLIENT? >> WELL, MAINLY JUST RUMOUR AND
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INNUENDO, FRANKLY, THAT'S WHAT THEIR CASE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. >> Reporter: ITALIAN INVESTIGATORS DID ASK CANADIAN
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POLICE TO GET A WARRANT, BUT THIS LETTER SHOWS THAT THE CROWN THOUGHT THAT THE THRESHOLDS WERE
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NOT MET. >> THE ITALIAN POLICE AND THE NEW YORK REGIONAL POLICE WERE WARNED THAT THEY NEEDED JUDICIAL
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AUTHORIZATION. THEIR REACTION SUGGESTS TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT AND MAYBE THEY IGNORED THAT
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ADVICE. >> Reporter: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE IS THAT YOUR CLIENT IS A PURPORTED MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN MOB.
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WHY SHOULD CANADIAN CITIZENS EVEN WANT HIM IN THIS COUNTRY? >> FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS HE'S
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NEVER BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY OFFENCE RELATED TO ORGANIZED CRIME OR ANYTHING ELSE. AND I ALSO THINK IF THIS
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EVIDENCE WERE ADMITTED AGAINST MY CLIENT IT WOULD BE LIKE A BIG SIGN TO OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
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THEY COULD CAUSE MISCHIEF TO PEOPLE THAT THEY DISAGREED WITH OR THAT DISAGREED WITH THEM IN
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CANADA AND HAVE A FREEHAND TO DO SO. >> Reporter: DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT TO FALL
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ASENATOR. >> THIS INFORMATION DOES NOT APPEAR, NOT JUST LEGALLY
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OBTAINED, BUT IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE, WHICH IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS. >> Reporter: WHILE THE CBA SAID
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THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMMENT, YORK REGIONAL POLICE DO TELL US THAT THEY DID NOT TAKE PART IN
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ANY INTERCEPTS AND WERE NOT AWARE THAT ANY WERE TAKING PLACE. AFTER TWO WEEKS IN CANADA, THE
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ALLEGED ITALIAN MAFIA HAD HOME. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LAND ON
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THE OTHER SIDE? >> THE TWO GUYS THAT CAME HERE, THEY EVENTUALLY END UP GETTING
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ARRESTED IN ITALY. >> Reporter: AND DEMARIA WHO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO
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DEPORT? >> ALL OF THIS EVIDENCE COULD JUST NOW CRUMBLE, WHICH COULD MEAN THAT HE MIGHT AVOID
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DEPORTATION COMPLETELY. >> Reporter: AFTER A HUGE AMOUNT OF POLICE AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE PUT INTO THIS.
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>> IT COULD BE WORTH NOTHING. >> Ian: DAVID, HOW WERE POLICE
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ABLE TO ELECTRONICALLY TO RECORD ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS? >> Reporter: WELL, IAN, THAT IS THE FASCINATING PART.
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SO POLICE IN CANADA WERE FOLLOWING WITH CAMERAS AND WITH HUGE TELEPHOTO LENSES AND AS
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THEY DO THAT, ITALIAN POLICE COULD HEAR ANY CONVERSATION AROUND THE PHONE. TO BE CLEAR, THIS WASN'T A
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TRADITIONAL WIRETAP. INSTEAD, THEY TURNED THE DEVICE'S MICROPHONE ON PERMANENTLY, SO THAT EVERYTHING
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WAS INTERCEPTED. EVEN THE FLIGHT OVER TO CANADA, THE ITALIANS HAD INSTALLED
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SPECIAL EQUIPMENT ON THE PLANE WITH THE PILOT'S KNOWLEDGE AND IT RECORDED AUDIO IN THEIR SEATS AS WELL. THE CBSA HAS TOLD DEMARIA'S
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LAWYER THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE ALL LEGALLY OBTAINED. AND A LITTLE SURPRISE THAT HIS
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LAWYER DISAGREES AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL FIGHT OUT WHEN THIS HEARING GETS UNDERWAY, DECIDING WHETHER THE ALLEGED MOBSTER GETS
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TOSSED FROM CANADA, IAN. >> Ian: THAT IS FASCINATING, DAVID. THANK YOU.