Announced with fanfare in 2021, Project Brisa spanned the continent, leading to 20 arrests, 182 charges, and not one conviction.
A sprawling, six-month police investigation — which spanned the continent, drew on international police agencies and netted a$61 million in illegal drugs — came undone suddenly as, one by one, 10 alleged players nabbed in Toronto’s largest international drug takedown were unceremoniously released.
In spite of the evidence laid out for display at a June 2021 press conference — mountains of cocaine, crystal meth and marijuana — not one of the 182 charges laid against 20 people stuck, the Star has confirmed. Two men also wanted in Project Brisa, meanwhile, were not arrested and are no longer wanted on those charges, Toronto police said Friday.
“That demystifies the process for the public,” he said, adding that members of the public don’t need the full details but would benefit from a broad or generic explanation. Ravin Pillay, another defence lawyer involved in the case, said sometimes the prosecution is legally obligated to withhold reasons for terminating a criminal proceeding. In these circumstances, “the public’s right to know, indeed important to maintaining confidence in the administration of justice, must yield to the greater interests that the law seeks to protect.”
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