Police have unveiled a new strategy to find a former United Nations gangster wanted in a 2009 shooting death at a 91原创 strip mall.
Conor D鈥橫onte is wanted for murder in the death of another well-known gangster, Kevin LeClair of the Red Scorpions. Police believe D鈥橫onte left Canada in 2011, and has been on the run since.
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On Wednesday, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit announced it would partner with a non-profit organization based in Montreal called the Bolo Program. BOLO is a police term that stands for 鈥渂e on the lookout.鈥�
鈥淚 want to be clear, we鈥檙e not looking for witnesses, we鈥檙e not looking for anyone additional to testify. This case is ready to go to trial,鈥� CFSEU chief officer Trent Rolfe said at the B.C. RCMP headquarters in Surrey. 鈥淲e are only looking for the location of Conor D鈥橫onte so we can arrest him.鈥�
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The Bolo program involves social media, advertisements and poster campaigns to boost people鈥檚 awareness for Canada鈥檚 most wanted.
CFSEU spokesperson Sgt. Brenda Winpenny would not comment about the investigation, but did say the new initiative means a new reward: up to $100,000 for information leading to his arrest.
Bolo head Maxime Langlois said this is the first time the program is being used in Western Canada.
鈥淲e work exclusively with information already available to the public,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hat we do then is to take the information, we repackage it, and then we boost it at unprecedented levels.鈥�
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The program was launched with the Toronto police in May 2018. While it hasn鈥檛 relied on rewards to attract tips, Langlois said police in Ontario have received dozens of tips about a number of cases.
The CFSEU, led by Rolfe, took over the investigation into LeClair鈥檚 death in 2017. Since then, UN gang hitman Cory Vallee has for his role in the slaying. He had also been at large, but was found in 2014 in Mexico.
Langlois said the first step in the D鈥橫onte case is to offer an incentive to associates, friends and family who know of his whereabouts and will come forward.
鈥淭his is phase one of a campaign that will last as long as needed,鈥� he said. 鈥淛ust like law enforcement agencies are hunting fugitives until they are arrested, we are in the same business.鈥�
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