The accused leader of the so-called "Toronto 18" Zakaria Amara pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of planning to bomb three targets within the province of Ontario in 2006. Those targets included the Toronto...
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Canada court sentences 'Toronto 18' conspirator to 7 years in prison
A Canadian court on Friday sentenced a member of the "Toronto 18" to seven years in prison for his role in the plot to carry out terrorist attacks in Toronto. Ali Mohamed Dirie pleaded...
A man currently imprisoned for smuggling guns into Canada pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism charges linked to the "Toronto 18" plot. Ali Mohamed Dirie's guilty plea comes less than three weeks after the first...
Canada court sentences 'Toronto 18' conspirator to 14 years in prison
A Canadian court on Thursday sentenced Saad Khalid to 14 years in prison for his involvement in plotting to attack targets in Toronto, Canada . Khalid, one of the so-called "Toronto 18" , was...
A federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday found American Ehsanul Islam Sadequee guilty on four terrorism-related counts. Sadequee was convicted in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia of providing material support...
US citizen linked to Canada terror suspects convicted on conspiracy charges
A naturalized American citizen believed to have ties to a Canadian terrorist cell was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to commit terrorism in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia . Syed Haris...
Canada corrections investigator reports prisons are overcrowded
Canadian federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers said Tuesday that the country's prison system is at full capacity and is unable to handle many new prisoners without expanding. Sapers was testifying before the...
Defense counsel for Canadian-born media mogul Conrad Black on Thursday submitted an application for bail pending appeal to Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court . The application...
Canada Supreme Court to rule on media blackout in terrorism trial
Canada's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review an Ontario court decision upholding media restrictions on the Toronto 18 terrorism case. Under Canada's criminal code the media may attend pre-trial hearings but in...
Canada court sentences and releases first of 'Toronto 18' convicted for terrorism link
The first person convicted under Canada's post-9/11 terrorism law was sentenced Friday to 36 months in prison, and released by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in consideration of the time he has already served...