Air Canada has been ordered to pay almost $19,000 as part of a lawsuit after $20 million in gold was stolen from Pearson Airport.
Security company Brink’s sued the airline after a shipment of 6,600 gold bars from Zurich, Switzerland, was stolen on April 17, 2023, when someone presented a forged document to collect the goods from an Air Canada holding facility at the airport.
In a lawsuit filed in June 2024 with the Federal Court of Canada, Brink’s argued it was due almost US$15 million after Air Canada failed to properly secure the cargo and properly examine and authenticate the document used when the goods were stolen. Brink’s said it made a “special declaration of interest” when it booked the cargo using the…

































