We investigated the murky world of human smuggling after a family of four from India, including a toddler, froze to death earlier this year trying to cross from Manitoba into Minnesota. Our documentary reveals a convicted fraudster — who had been under surveillance by U.S. Homeland Security for years — is being investigated in connection…… Read More
A father, a mother and a brother stand convicted of the first-degree murders of four women found drowned in a submerged car in a Kingston, Ont. canal — the so-called “honour killing” that has shocked a nation. But so many questions still remain. How were three young women and their stepmother held as virtual captives…… Read More
After over 20 years the brutal dictatorship of Siad Barre in Somalia ended in 1991, engulfing the country in civil war and famine. Many Somalis fled their homes and thousands of refugees came to Canada. Most had legitimate refugee claims, but some had been accused of war crimes back in Somalia. Victor Malarek tells the…… Read More
We went undercover in India to reveal the pitch made by some education recruitment agents with financial connections to colleges in Canada. Lured by the promise of a quality post-secondary education and a chance to build a life here, thousands of foreign students arrive every year and find what they were promised — and what…… Read More
Crack cocaine. Alcohol. Friends who have criminal backgrounds. Just over a year ago, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford stood next to Police Chief Bill Blair promising to fight gang crime. Now the two most powerful men in Canada’s largest city are locked in a struggle only one is likely to survive. the fifth estate’s Gillian Findlay…… Read More
Detective Sergeant Chris Scott, of the Kingston police, was the lead investigator on the Shafia murder case. In this 2012 interview with fifth estate producer Oleh Rumak, he discusses the investigation strategies used by the police and the crime scene evidence which ultimately lead to the conviction of the three members of the Shafia family…… Read More
It was called the trial of the century in New Brunswick – – a confluence of celebrity, money and murder. Richard Oland of the Moosehead brewing family — one of the richest, most powerful men in the region – was dead, bludgeoned in his office. Charged and convicted with the brutal killing, the victim’s son,…… Read More
A lot of our clothes bear the label ‘Made in Bangladesh’. But before the deadly collapse of a garment factory … Read More