Toronto police offer $250K reward to locate convicted murderer, Canada’s most wanted fugitive

By Lucas Casaletto

A man convicted for a 2012 murder in Toronto’s Little Italy is regarded as Canada’s most wanted fugitive as investigators offer a substantial $250,000 reward to track him down.

Toronto police announced the hefty financial reward on Tuesday as investigators pursue new information they hope will lead to the arrest of Rabih Alkhalil — wanted for escaping from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in July 2021.

At the time, Alkhalil was standing trial for a 2012 murder at a downtown Vancouver restaurant and was since convicted of first-degree murder.

Alkhalil was already serving sentences for directing the 2012 murder of Johnnie Raposo in a Little Italy café in Toronto.

“He’s a twice-convicted murderer. He has extensive ties to organized crime,” said RCMP’s Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald.

“After orchestrating brazen murders in Vancouver and Toronto one decade ago, he fled to Greece where he was ultimately arrested and extradited to Canada.”

Rabih Alkhalil

The $250,000 reward was announced for information leading to the arrest of Rabih Alkhalil, who is wanted for being unlawfully at large since last July when he escaped from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre. Photo: Toronto police.


Alkhalil was also behind a major drug operation in Quebec, McDonald said.

Aside from the 35-year-old, seven of the new top 25 on Canada’s Most Wanted list are wanted by Toronto police. They include Jabreel Elmi (up to $50,000), Kiarash Parzham, Darriel Thompson, Abdelmuniem Abdalla and Tommy Ngo (up to $50,000) — all wanted for murder.

Two other Toronto men — Harry Rajkumar and Usman Kassim — make up the list and are wanted for attempted murder. Number two on the most wanted list is Calgary’s Kier Bryan Granado, who is also wanted for murder.

Toronto police say the BOLO program, meaning “be on the lookout,” is a breakthrough initiative leveraging social media, technology, and innovative engagement to encourage citizens to be on the lookout for Canada’s most wanted.

In April of this year, officials and Toronto police offered a similar reward of up to $250,000 for information that led to the arrest of 32-year-old Abilaziz Mohamed — who was listed as Canada’s top fugitive at the time.

Police said just hours after the BOLO program announcement, they received anonymous information about Mohamed’s location, and he was arrested. Mohamed was wanted for first-degree murder in connection with the death of 43-year-old Craig MacDonald, who was fatally shot at an east-end parking lot on Oct. 13, 2021.


With files from Meredith Bond of CityNews

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