The 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (“INCSR“) published this month by the U.S. Department of State, particularly volume I on the drug trafficking trade, is more favourable of Canada than the last two years, primarily as a result of the enactment in Canada of the Omnibus Crime Bill C-10, know as the Safe Streets and [...]
On Monday, Canada’s immigration minister, Jason Kenney, will move forward with legislation to facilitate the removal of foreign criminals from Canada. Bill C-43, entitled the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, will amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in the following ways: Certain foreign nationals convicted of a criminal offence in Canada will be [...]
Arrest of Markandu Canada is seeking the extradition of the alleged organizer of the migrant ship, the MV Sun Sea, that illegally transported 492 Sri Lankan foreign nationals from Thailand to Canada in August 2010. Thayakaran Markandu, who is also a Sri Lankan foreign national, was arrested in France and is being held in custody [...]
The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia is holding its 2011 Anti-Money Laundering Law CLE in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 27, 2011 which Christine J. Duhaime is chairing. The Agenda is as follows: Ten Years Later: Reflections on the Anti-Terrorism Act. This session will consider Canada’s implementation of its obligations to prevent, investigate, and prosecute terrorist [...]
According to this article in the Vancouver Sun, one of the Tamil migrants who arrived in Canada last August aboard the MV Sun Sea, has admitted that he worked for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a mechanic and helped them dig bunkers in Sri Lanka. The LTTE is a designated terrorist group [...]
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced this week that they have launched a national human trafficking enforcement initiative to crack down on human trafficking and fast-track prosecutions of traffickers. Money laundering investigations play an important part in the detection of human trafficking. Trafficking is a cash intensive business and criminals involved in [...]
The Swiss authorities have arrested ten suspected members of the terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for alleged extortion and money laundering to support terrorist financing. According to a statement from the Swiss Attorney General’s office, the Tamils forced Sri Lankan foreign nationals living in Switzerland to provide financial support for the LTTE, [...]
Human Trafficking & Money Laundering Human trafficking is the second largest illicit business in the world, after drug trafficking, generating as much as US$40 million annually in proceeds of crime that are laundered through the legitimate financial system. It is a modern form of slavey, defined as any act that involves the transport, harbouring, or sale [...]