Maple syrup is the liquid food derived by concentrating and heat treating sap from the maple tree acer as defined in the u. Great canadian maple syrup heist a sticky situation duration. The maple syrup heist documentary on netflix is a mustwatch. Quebec police have been busy making arrests in the theft of 18million dollars worth of maple syrup stolen from a warehouse. Chemically speaking, maple syrup is a concentrated solution of sugar in water, with many minor flavoring compounds. A maple syrup heist in quebec threatens price controls the federation of quebec maple syrup producers has used for some time and the theft occurred a. When provincial police were asked to investigate the case of the missing maple syrup, they could have been forgiven for not arriving with sirens wailing. Maple syrup heist threatens quebecs reserve of canadas sweetest export. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library.
The marketing of the stolen maple syrup will affect the entire maple. The mastermind of the great canadian maple syrup heist has. Maple syrup burglars left behind only empty barrels and questions after pilfering. In total, the burglarized warehouse held over 10 million pounds of maple syrup amounting to over 30 million dollars in value. The federation of quebec maple syrup producers french. The great maple syrup heist of 2012 revealed more than just the inner workings of an alleged sophisticated criminal network. Vallieres, who was convicted of theft, fraud and receiving stolen goods. The canadian government makes cartel control of the drug trade in mexico look soft when you look at their policies on maple syrup. Great maple syrup heist trial opens in largest theft ever. Mastermind of quebec maple syrup heist gets 8 years in. If you can get past the novelty of the fact that canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the sticky fingers jokes leading every single. Inside quebecs great, multimilliondollar maplesyrup heist.
The spring of 2011 produced so much maple syrup that the federation added a. Maple syrup heist threatens quebecs reserve of canadas sweetest. I saw a short documentary about maple syrup a while back. Ncprs david sommerstein already brought you the story of quebecs strategic reserve of maple syrup. Jason segel is starring in a movie about a maple syrup heist vulture. This is not the first time the great white north has experienced a massive maple syrup heist. The films writer john hlavin last wrote underworld. That canadian maple syrup heist is a serious crime the atlantic.
Nearly 75% of the worlds supply of maple syrup comes from quebec, where it was worth about times the price of crude oil during the time of the heist. Inside quebecs great, multimilliondollar maplesyrup heist how fpaq, the canadian group that controls 72 percent of the worlds supply of maple syrup, caused one of the greatest agricultural crimes in history. It can backup your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress rar, zip and other files downloaded from internet and create new archives in rar and zip file format. A look at the untitled dreamworks heist project behindthescenes crew and production team. Bandits have made off with record amounts of syrup in canada. The unusual story behind the great canadian maple syrup heist. The thieves of the great canadian maple syrup heist of 2012 were ultimately tracked down, though it took considerable effort for the police to determine the full scale of the operation. Trial opens in largest theft ever investigated by quebec police investigators found that over a 12month period in 2011 and 2012, nearly 3,000 tonnes of syrup valued. The films director scott waugh last directed 6 below.
That canadian maple syrup heist is a serious crime the. The lighter the colour the higher the grade of maple syrup. Til of the great canadian maple syrup heist where three. The other provinces where it is produced are ontario, new brunswick, prince edward island and nova scotia. Arrests made in maple syrup theft from quebec warehouse. And its controlled by this group, the federation of quebec maple syrup producers, which operates a global strategic maple syrup reserve. Montrealthere have been arrests in the case of a massive maple syrup heist, police announced tuesday as they celebrated a break in their months. Sony picks up maple syrup heist project, jason segel attached to.
Massive maple syrup theft in canada left dent in global supply as police inquiry comes to sticky end for three suspects associated press in montreal tue. Apparently, there is a mafialike organization in canada that controls everything about maple syrup. Drums of maple syrup are stacked in the international strategic reserve in saintantoinedetilly, 40km southwest of quebec city wednesday march 30, 2011. The thieves of the great canadian maple syrup heist of 2012 were. All of a sudden, silently and without fanfare, the sweet water starts dancing through the trees, and dreams of maple sugar start filling our thoughts. Family owned maple syrup farms are forced to go through this bullshit organization, that is backed by the government, to even be able to sell their syrup. An illustrated account of the great maple syrup heist. The mastermind of the great canadian maple syrup heist has been found guilty. Global strategic maple syrup reserves hit in canadian mega. Untitled dreamworks heist project movie movie insider. Reports of a major theft of syrup from a warehouse connected to that reserve were mentioned in an in box post early this september in further developments, media reports suggest some of the hot syrup may have turned up in an exporters warehouse in new brunswick. Food and drug administration fda standards of identity for maple sirup 21 cfr 168.
Seth gordon, who last helmed the hit comedy identity thief, is attached to direct. As of 2011, the fpaq produced 94% of canadian maple syrup and 77% of the worlds supply. Canada produces 80% of the worlds pure maple syrup, 91% of which is produced in quebec. Inside quebecs great, multimilliondollar maplesyrup. Growing out of government control maple syrup in canada will get bigger fines and longer sentences that pot and other drug smuggling.
Canadian maple syrup heist continues to cause controversy. We knew the dance would start unannounced, and we needed to be prepared. The federation of quebec maple syrup producers, which bills itself as keeper of the global strategic maple syrup reserve, said in august that up to 10 million pounds of the sweet stuff was in the. Men convicted in quebec maple syrup theft should face stiff penalties, crown says. Last year was our first attempt at collecting sap and making homemade maple syrup. In the first year he exported thousands of barrels of new brunswick syrup to maple grove farms of. The facility was operated by the federation of quebec maple syrup producers french. The heist itself is used as a launchpad to get into the history of the fpaq and the way it exerts complete control over the maple syrup market in quebec, kind of like what opec does with oil. The subsequent investigation led to 26 arrests and more than 200 witness interviews, creating a bizarre story surrounding one of quebecs major resourcesand its sweetest. A previous version of this story stated that thieves stole an estimated 60 million pounds of maple syrup.
Winmd5free is a tiny and fast utility to compute md5 hash value for files. Untitled maple syrup heist project release info imdb. Maple syrup heist investigation yields three arrests in. Police seize hundreds of barrels of syrup possibly linked. Five years ago in quebec, 3,000 tons of maple syrup were stolen from the. It takes about 40 gallons of maple water to produce a gallon of maple syrup.
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