UN GANGSTER JAILED, HIS MONEY SEIZED

Police Use Proceeds Of Crime Law To Hit Bad Guys In The Wallet

By Kim Bolan, Vancouver Sun

A member of the United Nations gang has been convicted of possessing
proceeds of crime after being caught with more than $600,000 and a gun.

Michael Kiely, 22, was pulled over near Clearwater, north of
Kamloops, in March 2007 as part of an RCMP road check, Cpl. Dan
Moskaluk said in a news release.

Kiely was driving a 2002 Chrysler Sebring convertible and "displaying
suspicious behaviour."

A police drug dog sniffed out a hidden compartment full of cash, and
RCMP specialists were able to prove the money was proceeds of crime, he said.

Police seized $520,000 Cdn, $90,000 US, and a 9-mm handgun.

Kiely is serving an 18-month sentence. He also got two years'
probation. The cash and the car were forfeited.

In January 2007, Kiely was a passenger in a Lincoln Navigator pulled
over on Highway 1 in Abbotsford. Police found $100,000, which was
seized under B.C.'s Civil Forfeiture Act.

RCMP Insp. Wade Lymburner said gangsters should understand that
police are going after their ill-gotten gains.

"We will strive to hit where it hurts."