York Regional Police have arrested 20 individuals linked to organized crime break-and-enters in York Region and Greater Toronto Area. These groups, primarily from Latin America and Eastern Europe, enter Canada after Daylight Saving Time ends in the fall and leave by spring, exploiting the season's dark and cold. They have committed at least 47 incidents, stealing over $2 million in property, much of which is of sentimental value. Police urge victims to check unclaimed recovered items, while a warrant is outstanding for one individual who fled Canada.
Many of these items are irreplaceable. Every single one of these individuals arrived in York Region from outside the borders of Canada, and we believe their sole purpose for coming here was to commit crime for profit.
The groups choose that timing because it tends to be darker and colder, meaning people are typically not out in their front yards, making it easier to go undetected.
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