Smuggling & Contraband

Drug cartels are expanding the complexity & reach of the Black Market Peso Exchange. [node:read-more:link]

Attorney General Alison Redford on Alberta's enthusiastic approach to public safety wherein the community does not tolerate criminal activity. [node:read-more:link]

Seniors are being tricked into smuggling drugs and other items for organized crime – and being charged. CBSA has been sounding the alarm on this increasing problem. [node:read-more:link]

Leadership challenges and key issues of importance to the police and public. [node:read-more:link]

In the murky world of criminal behavior and clandestine side-deals, the illicit tobacco trade remains a complex problem. [node:read-more:link]

The illicit trade of tobacco is a global multi-billion dollar criminal market that some believe is fueled by the good intentions of health groups that advocate measures such as higher taxes and plain packaging. [node:read-more:link]

In this final installment of our three-part series, we will be looking at proposed courses of action to reduce the scope and impact of illicit tobacco products in Canada. [node:read-more:link]

This second article examines ­environmental factors of the illicit tobacco market, looking at illicit trade along Canada’s tobacco roads. [node:read-more:link]

Are Canadians being victimized by the contraband tobacco chain? [node:read-more:link]

What do we really know about the volume of illicit tobacco trade other than low risk and high profits? Not much. [node:read-more:link]

The illicit trade of tobacco is a global multi-billion dollar criminal market that some believe is fueled by the good intentions. read more >> [node:read-more:link]

Canadians see Mexico on a split screen. On one side, they see a tourist paradise that attracts 1.5 million Canadians every year. On the other: a drug war that has claimed 50,000 lives in five years... [node:read-more:link]

Far from being a “victimless crime”, contraband tobacco ­victimizes every citizen, says Gary Grant, spokesperson for the National Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco. [node:read-more:link]

It’s time we stop taking dated approaches of continually increasing taxes that only prompts further black market activity and approach the subject anew. [node:read-more:link]

The irony of cell phone innovations is that they have equally altered the ease with which criminal and terrorist organizations operate, and thus enhanced their ability to threaten national security. [node:read-more:link]