2007 annual report on organized crime in Canada : Annual report on organized crime in Canada

To that end, the 2007 CISC Annual Report on Organized Crime in Canada provides an overview of the current organized crime situation in this country, highlighting the threats posed by criminal groups as well as the characteristics and methods they employ in key criminal markets. [...] This report, the only comprehensive overview of organized crime in Canada available to the public, highlights a variety of criminal markets and the threats they pose to Organized crime is a communities across the country. [...] While the overall number of organized crime groups has risen from last year, this is largely due to enhanced reporting and the efforts of the intelligence community to provide the most detailed and comprehensive assessment of organized crime possible. [...] A disproportionate number of illegal migrants remain in Canada compared to those that transit to the U. S., though several crime groups use Canada to smuggle migrants to the U. S. In Canada, traffi cking in persons is known to exist in the form of sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. [...] Chief Mike Boyd, Edmonton Police Service Organized Crime in Canada 2007 Annual Report Vehicle Theft It is reasonable to believe that there will be future incidents • Montreal and Toronto remain the primary hubs of vehicle theft in of organized crime exploiting Canada, with organized crime involvement in only a small portion the vulnerabilities of this of this market, compared to individualistic op