Four Canadians, arrested at Sydney airport, pleaded guilty to importing commercial quantities of cocaine. Many only went through with it under fear of being brutally tortured, court heard
Canadian drug couriers with alleged ties to ex-Vice Canada editor sentenced in Australia
TORONTO and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Three Canadians and an American have been sentenced to prison in Australia after cocaine worth more than $20 million was found in their luggage. All four had ties to a former Vice Canada editor who was named in a Sydney court as a recruiter for a transnational drug-smuggling operation, according to evidence presented in court.
At a sentencing hearing that concluded Friday, court heard that Yaroslav Pastukhov, 27 — better known by his pen names Slava Pastuk and Slava P. — was a central figure in recruiting young drug mules, promising to use his position in the Vice media empire to boost their budding careers — or, court heard, to destroy them.-- More...
