Crime Stoppers takes ‘unusual step’ of accepting tips from extortion victims
Jul 15, 2025 | 11:49 AM
SURREY — Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers says it’s taking the “unusual step” of accepting tips from extortion victims amid ongoing threats and violence targeting South Asian businesses in Surrey, B.C., and elsewhere.
Executive director Linda Annis says they’ve received more than 70 extortion-related tips in the past 18 months or so, forwarding them all to police.
Annis says it’s a break from normal practice for the organization to accept tips from crime victims, since those in immediate need of help are usually encouraged to call police directly instead.
But she says they decided to relax the policy and accept information from targets of extortion, because their information may be valuable to police.
