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The Cory Vallee murder trial has offered a fascinating glimpse into the violent world of the notorious United Nations gang and its targets.

UN members-turned-Crown witnesses have testified that the gang plotted against rivals, killed young street-level dealers, and even arranged a hit on one of its own members, who was hiding out in Mexico.

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One of those witnesses, a man who can only be identified as C due to a publication ban, also described discussions he had with the gang’s leader in 2011 about killing me.

It was almost 4 p.m. on May 4 when Crown prosecutor Helen James asked C about those discussions. I was the only reporter in the courtroom.

“At some point during your career with the UN, you discussed with Conor D’Monte the possibility of killing a journalist. Is that correct?”

Replied C: “That’s correct.”

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He said D’Monte, a senior UN member who is now a fugitive, had gotten the address of the journalist “through a property check.”