Prominent Ontario lawyer Deepak Paradkar had his law licence suspended Friday while criminal courts in two countries deal with shocking allegations of him being a member of a powerful cocaine cartel, including helping orchestrate the murder of a U.S. government witness

The Law Society of Ontario, which regulates the province’s lawyers, sought the unusual restriction on Paradkar after his arrest last week as part of an enormous international probe into a violent narco cartel that is allegedly headed by Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder.

“The lawyer’s status and privilege as a lawyer are integral to the allegations against him,” said Bernadette Saad, making the case for the suspension before the Law Society Tribunal.

Saad said the suspension was necessary because of the

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