Tow truck industry ‘organized crime’ crackdown leads to over 1,000 charges in Ontario, police say [Video]

Organized crime groups and “bad actors” in the tow truck industry have been hit with hundreds of charges in Ontario this year following a crackdown across the province, police say.

From Mississauga and Brampton to Ajax, York and beyond, police agencies have been working to cut into crime rings and rule breakers violating Ontario tow regulations and say dozens of trucks were taken off the road in 2024.

In Durham, there have been more than 40 tow truck-related shootings over the last year. Four people were charged in August in connection to numerous crimes, including a murder related to the GTA tow truck industry.

Earlier this month in Hamilton, police said a pair of tow truck companies were under investigation for alleged “predatory business practices.”

And just last week there were two shootings in Ajax overnight on Dec. 13. Police said they both occurred “within minutes” of each other around 12:30 a.m. and are “…