Environment minister’s COP23 delegation victims of $30,000 hotel lobby theft, documents show

One suspect fled the hotel with two bags of expensive equipment, and was chased by an Environment and Climate Change Canada official. In the end, the thieves escaped and the equipment was recorded as a loss.

Security camera stills showing two suspects in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Bonn, Germany, on the morning of Nov. 15. ECCC personnel travelling as part of Canada's delegation to COP23 were victims of a $30,000 theft.Photographs courtesy of Bonn police

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BY JOLSON LIM

September 10, 2018

The social media team that tailed Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Germany in November 2017 were victims of a hotel lobby theft involving $30,000 in camera and electronic equipment. According to documents and emails obtained by The Hill T...

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