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Toronto cop arrested in Project South corruption case pleads guilty to improper search of police database

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O’Brien, A. (2026, September 28). Toronto cop arrested in Project South corruption case pleads guilty to improper search of police database. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-cop-arrested-in-project-south-corruption-case-pleads-guilty-to-improper-search-of-police-database/article_c16c99a8-ca05-4fb8-b557-17ad42dadf4f.html

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Constable Elias Mouawad, one of eight individuals charged in the Project South police corruption investigation in Toronto, has pleaded guilty to a single charge of fraudulently obtaining a computer service by improperly searching an internal database. The plea was made during a hearing at the Superior Court of Justice on Monday. Mouawad, aged 25, is among seven current and one former Toronto officer facing charges related to this corruption case.

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Const. Elias Mouawad, a 25-year-old Toronto police officer, pleaded guilty to improperly searching an internal police database as part of the Project South investigation into organized crime and police corruption. The plea was entered on Monday at the Superior Court of Justice. Mouawad was one of seven active Toronto officers and one retired constable charged in connection with Project South, a probe described by York Regional Police detectives as the largest police corruption case in Canadian history. Mouawad's involvement came after he conducted an unauthorized license plate search for a former boss at a security company, which investigators had inadvertently discovered during their wiretaps on suspects. His guilty plea marks a significant development in uncovering misconduct within law enforcement.

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One of the Toronto officers charged in the Project South police corruption probe has pleaded guilty to performing an improper search of an internal database. asserted

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Const. Elias Mouawad pleaded to a single charge of fraudulently obtaining a computer service during a hearing at the Superior Court of Justice on Monday. asserted

Mouawad → plead → Monday

The 25-year old was one of seven Toronto officers and one retired constable charged as part of high-profile police corruption case. asserted

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Toronto cop arrested in Project South corruption case pleads guilty to improper search of police database

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