Trafficking & Crime

Getting it right in border security is essential to reduce criminal activity and improve public safety. [node:read-more:link]

Policing the Border: An exclusive FrontLine Security interview about border issues with the USA. [node:read-more:link]

Many organizations are keenly interested in deriving value from the massive amounts of data currently available, and lw enforcement ­organizations are starting to partner with educational institutions for analyzing data. [node:read-more:link]

The Kanishka project is a government investment in terrorism-focused research. It provides for new safety and security tools, materials and knowledge to help to better understand terrorism in the Canadian context, and how policies and programs can best counter violent extremism. [node:read-more:link]

The discussions and agreements from the recent summit of the "three amigos" are several items that affect safety and security and, more importantly, continued reinforcement of the importance of regionally-integrated solutions. [node:read-more:link]

Matching the supply, manufacturing, distribution, and retailing of illicit tobacco products against the different touch points within the enforcement community is important. [node:read-more:link]

This focus is almost exclusively on illicit cigarettes manufactured in Ontario and Quebec, and the factors driving this criminal and lucrative trade.  [node:read-more:link]

Open trade and global markets have changed the way businesses operate, and Canada's challenges have leaked across our borders and are causing problems to governments and communities abroad. With the intensification of cross-border movement, an international commitment is needed to disrupt and deter the transfer of illegal goods. [node:read-more:link]

Last year in Canada, organized crime syphoned off nearly $3 billion from the Canadian tax base. Several Latin American countries have seen their local economies jeopardized by illicit tobacco from Canada. What about our economy? [node:read-more:link]

Estimates vary widely as to how much money is allegedly “laundered” each year in Canada. Is FINTRAC doing enough to thwart money-laundering operations that funnel the proceeds of criminal activity? [node:read-more:link]

Is Political Correctness stopping us from asking the right questions for effective national security? A look at a disturbing global trend that includes revelations of abuse of at-risk women and children being covered up in European cities. [node:read-more:link]

Association of South East Nations is battling Piracy. How the situation in South East Asia became hapless and complicated. [node:read-more:link]

Armed Coast Guard vessels interdict drugs, perform search and rescue and coastal patrols, monitor for environmental and fisheries protection, and more.  [node:read-more:link]

USCG works maritime security to extend its security in the broad sense of the word. [node:read-more:link]

Becoming a Park Ranger in Africa is more dangerous and like military training than what their counterparts in North America have to prepare for. [node:read-more:link]