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 [...]
The leader of a social networking sex trafficking ring, Justin Strom, was sentenced to 40 years in prison today in Virginia for luring high school girls into prostitution after meeting them on social networking websites, including Facebook. According to the FBI, Strom trolled social networking websites looking for pretty young girls and after identifying a potential [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]