2026年2月6日 / 美国东部时间上午10:07 / CBS/美联社
当局周四表示，七名多伦多警察及一名退休警察因一项涉及贿赂、合谋谋杀和贩毒的有组织犯罪调查被逮捕并被指控。
警方官员在新闻发布会上表示，这些警员非法收集个人和私人信息并将其分发给犯罪集团成员，在某些情况下是为了受贿，而黑帮分子随后实施了枪击和其他暴力犯罪。
“这是一个痛苦且令人不安的时刻，”多伦多警察局长迈伦·登基维（Myron Demkiw）说，“当有组织犯罪渗透进多伦多警务处时，造成的危害远远超出了直接的不当行为。”
约克警察局副局长瑞安·霍根（Ryan Hogan）称，调查始于去年6月，当时警方发现了一起涉及一名惩教管理人员的谋杀阴谋，该人员被黑帮分子盯上。他说，嫌疑人向黑帮分子提供了关于该员工的信息。
霍根说，几名涉嫌黑帮成员前往该惩教管理人员家中企图谋杀他，但遇到了另一支正在保护该员工的警察队伍，这些嫌疑人在撞向警车后被逮捕。
霍根指出，这是36小时内第三次有嫌疑人前往该住所，这一事件引发了调查，揭示了多伦多警员获取个人信息并泄露给有组织犯罪集团成员的情况。
调查人员指控多伦多警察蒂姆西·巴恩哈特（Timothy Barnhardt）向布莱恩·达科斯塔（Brian Da Costa）提供个人信息，后者涉嫌多项贩毒和贿赂罪行，是几名涉嫌从警员处获取机密信息的嫌疑人之一。
（2026年2月5日，约克警察局副局长瑞安·霍根在安大略省奥罗拉的约克地区警察总部举行的新闻发布会上发言。Jon Blacker/加拿大通讯社 via 美联社）
霍根说：“我们指控达科斯塔先生是大多伦多地区内一个犯罪网络的关键人物，实际上该网络有着重要的国际联系。”
加拿大广播公司新闻（CBC News）报道，56岁的巴恩哈特还被指控接受贿赂以保护非法大麻药房，并参与可卡因交易。
被指控的人员包括多伦多警察德里克·麦考密克（Derek McCormick）、伊莱亚斯·穆瓦瓦德（Elias Mouawad）、小约翰·梅德利（John Madeley Jr.）及其父亲——退休警官老约翰·梅德利（John Madeley Sr.）。
上个月，警方宣布因老梅德利涉嫌与有组织犯罪相关的非法赌博和投注有关的敲诈勒索调查而对其提起指控。
57岁的麦考密克被指控盗窃政府签发的身份证件、护照和银行卡，这些物品被交至警方，加拿大广播公司新闻报道称。他于上月被捕。
霍根说，多伦多警察巴恩哈特、罗伯特·布莱克（Robert Black）、索拉布吉特·贝迪（Saurabjit Bedi）和卡尔·格雷莱特（Carl Grellette）也被起诉，据称他们参与了由达科斯塔策划的贿赂计划。
他补充说，这些被指控的官员中的一些人还涉嫌参与可卡因交易。
除达科斯塔外，调查中还逮捕了18名其他嫌疑人，其中包括两名青少年。
登基维表示，涉嫌不当行为的警员已被停职，他正在寻求至少对其中四人处以无薪停职。
约克地区警察局长吉姆·麦克斯温（Jim MacSween）称这是警方“极其令人失望和悲伤的一天”。
“这项调查还凸显了有组织犯罪的阴险腐蚀性。它突显了这些罪犯如何找到途径渗透到我们社会中即使是最受保护的机构。”
多伦多警察协会主席克莱顿·坎贝尔（Clayton Campbell）表示，他对这些指控感到不安，并表示对被指控犯罪案件的成员的法律支持并非有保障，而是根据具体情况决定的。
“事实上，我们的成员或（多伦多警察协会）最痛恨的就是腐败警察，”坎贝尔在一份声明中说。
负责监督警方的多伦多警务委员会发表声明称，已要求监察长调查包括监督、招募筛选、数据库访问等在内的问题。
多伦多市长奥利维亚·乔（Olivia Chow）表示，多伦多居民理应知道，他们每天打交道的警察是值得信赖的。
Toronto police officers arrested after investigation reveals mob-linked murder plot, bribery and drug trafficking
February 6, 2026 / 10:07 AM EST / CBS/AP
Seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer have been arrested and charged in an organized crime investigation involving bribery, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday.
Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.
“This is a painful and unsettling moment,” Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said. “When organized crime penetrates the Toronto Police Service, the harm goes far beyond the immediate wrongdoing.”
York Police Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan said the investigation began in June when police uncovered a murder plot involving a corrections management employee who was being targeted by mobsters. He said the suspects had passed information to the mobsters about the employee.
Several suspected mobsters went to the corrections manager’s home for the purpose of murdering him, but encountered a separate contingent of police officers who were protecting the employee and who arrested the suspected mobsters after they rammed a police car, Hogan said.
Hogan said it was the third time within 36 hours that suspects had gone to the home, and the incident sparked the investigation that revealed Toronto officers had accessed personal information and leaked it to members of an organized crime group.
Investigators allege that Toronto police Const. Timothy Barnhardt gave personal information to Brian Da Costa, a man suspected of several drug trafficking and bribery offenses who was among several suspects allegedly seeking confidential information from officers.
York Police Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan speaks during a news conference at York Regional Police headquarters in Aurora, Ontario, Feb. 5, 2026. Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP
“We allege that Mr. Da Costa is a key figure in a criminal network operating within the Greater Toronto Area, with in fact significant international ties,” Hogan said.
Barnhardt, 56, is also accused of accepting bribes to protect illegal cannabis dispensaries as well as being involved in cocaine trafficking, CBC News reported.
Toronto police officers Derek McCormick, Elias Mouawad, John Madeley Jr. and his father, retired constable John Madeley Sr., are among those charged in the investigation.
Last month, police announced charges against Madeley Sr. in an extortion investigation related to illegal gaming and betting tied to organized crime.
McCormick, 57, is accused of stealing government-issued identification, passports and bank cards that were taken to police, CBC News reported. He was arrested last month.
Toronto police officers Barnhardt, Robert Black, Saurabjit Bedi and Carl Grellette were also charged, and were allegedly involved in bribery schemes orchestrated by Da Costa, Hogan said.
“We allege that these officers in particular were involved with Mr. Da Costa in supporting illegal cannabis dispensaries by accepting bribes to provide, ultimately, protection from law enforcement investigation,” he said, adding some of the accused officers were also allegedly involved in cocaine trafficking.
In addition to Da Costa, 18 other suspects were arrested in the investigation, including two youths.
Demkiw said the officers who were suspected of wrongdoing have been suspended and that he’s seeking suspension without pay for at least four of them.
York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween said it was a “deeply disappointing and sad day” for police.
“This investigation also underscores the insidious corrosive of organized crime. It highlights how these criminals find a way even the most well protected institutions across our society.”
Clayton Campbell, the president of Toronto’s police association, said he was disturbed by the allegations and said legal support for members charged in criminal cases is not guaranteed and is determined on a case-by-case basis.
“In fact, there is nothing our members or the (Toronto Police Association) hate more than a corrupt cop,” Campbell said in a statement.
A statement from the Toronto Police Service Board, which oversees the police, said it has asked the inspector general to look into issues including supervision, recruitment screening, access to databases and more.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow said residents of Toronto deserve to know that the police officers they deal with every day can be trusted.
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