Cameron Jay Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.
Crown prosecutors have spent the past five weeks laying out their case against Cameron Ortis. The former high-ranking RCMP intelligence official has also started to tell his side of the story. Here are some of the standout moments of the trial so far.Crown prosecutors have spent the past five weeks laying out their case against Cameron Ortis in an unprecedented trial.
The jury has been shown redacted intelligence reports explaining Canada's role in investigating a multi-billion dollar international money laundering network. According to intelligence reports entered into evidence, the RCMP "identified a number of Canadian subjects that act as agents of Khanani" in the Toronto area.
One of Ortis's colleagues, Walter Mendonca, said he believed Mehdizadeh was working with "the most important money launderers in the world." "I assure you that this is a business proposition. Nothing more. It is not risk free, of course, but the risk to reward ratio will prove to be more than acceptable," reads one of the emails the Crown alleges Ortis sent.
Retired assistant commissioner Todd Shean testified that unauthorized disclosure of such information "jeopardizes lives." Shean said Ortis oversaw an "extraordinary" team at operations research, which gave "meticulous" briefings. Shean suggested other units in RCMP national security did not met the same standard.
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