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'Much to be done' to reform RCMP, former spy chief finds

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Jim Bronskill – October 17, 2010

OTTAWA - An independent "workplace assessment" of the fractious RCMP has found that the tepid pace of reform inside the national police force frustrated some Mounties.

"On a range of reform issues, much has been accomplished, although much remains to be done," former spy chief Reid Morden says in a summary of the assessment process, obtained by The Canadian Press.

Mounties end probe into destruction of emails with no charges laid

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RCMP, Access to information
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Dean Beeby – October 16, 2010

OTTAWA - The Mounties have decided not to lay charges in a case in which sensitive government emails were deliberately destroyed, ending a two-year probe regarded as an overdue test of Canada's information law.

The file, involving a nasty internal scrap at the National Gallery of Canada, was first referred to the Mounties by gallery officials in 2008.

RCMP Commissioner William Elliott moves to assert control

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Daniel Leblanc – October 11, 2010

RCMP Commissioner William Elliott has been meeting with some of his fiercest critics inside and outside the national police force, hoping to showcase a tight grip on his position and promising swift changes among his management team.

Mr. Elliott, who has received the Harper government’s support after a summer of internal dissent, is portraying himself as fully in charge of the RCMP, said Liberal Senator Colin Kenny a few days after meeting with Mr. Elliott.

Tories deny links to Hill renovation deal as RCMP launch probe

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RCMP, Corruption, Organized crime, Government ethics, Construction industry
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Steve Rennie – October 6, 2010

OTTAWA—The Conservatives are distancing themselves from a messy scandal brewing over a big government renovation contract involving an RCMP probe, hints of corruption, and even a link to the Hells Angels.

The Mounties confirmed Wednesday that they are looking into the relationship between Montreal company LM Sauvé and long-time Tory supporter Gilles Varin.

RCMP boss is the problem

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Licia Corbella – October 2, 2010

New wash-and-wear pants for the RCMP may save police officers inconvenience and money on dry cleaning, but it will do little to repair the iconic Canadian institution from what currently ails it most -- Commissioner William Elliott.

Elliott, who was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in July 2007 to bring about change to the scandal-plagued force, is a cure much worse than the disease and is poised to implement changes to the senior ranks of the force -- not with efficacy in mind, but retribution, say senior security officials.

Human trafficking rampant in Canada, RCMP reports

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RCMP, Organized crime, Sex trade, Human trafficking, Slavery
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Thriving sex trade, that includes runaway teens, almost never prosecuted

Colin Freeze – September 13, 2010

Thousands of women are being coerced into joining a thriving Canadian sex trade that almost never results in any criminal charges, the Mounties say.

While there is ample anecdotal evidence that human trafficking is a rampant problem in this country, “the extent of human trafficking and the number of victims in Canada is still virtually unknown,” according to a new RCMP assessment.

Majority of human trafficking for sex trade, RCMP says

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RCMP, Organized crime, Sex trade, Human trafficking, Slavery
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CTV.ca News Staff – September 13, 2010

The majority of human-trafficking convictions in Canada between 2005 and 2009 involved victims who were brought to Canada to work in the illegal sex trade, RCMP say in a new report.

The report, entitled "Human Trafficking in Canada: A Threat Assessment," was prepared for the RCMP's Immigration and Passport Branch to provide the Mounties with an overview of human trafficking activities in Canada, as well as the extent of organized crime involvement in the practice.

Human trafficking a domestic and international issue, RCMP report says

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RCMP, Organized crime, Sex trade, Human trafficking, Slavery
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Janice Tibbetts – September 13, 2010

OTTAWA — The RCMP, in its first expansive assessment of trafficking in humans, revealed Monday that there are currently 36 cases before the criminal courts in Canada and that most victims are Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are not necessarily recruited from overseas.

The report, which examined human trafficking in Canada from 2005 to 2009, concluded that many human trafficking suspects, who mainly recruit their victims for sexual exploitation, are also linked to major criminal networks involved in conspiracy to commit murder, credit card fraud, mortgage fraud and immigration fraud in Canada and abroad.

Leaked police report skewers handling of Pickton case

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Probe 'failed because it was mismanaged by the RCMP:' Vancouver police internal report

Lindsay Kines and Les Leyne – August 20, 2010

A draft copy of the Vancouver Police Department's internal report on the investigation of Robert Pickton confirms that police had compelling evidence pointing at the serial killer by August 1999 -- more than two years before his arrest.

But because of jurisdictional battles, bad management, and shoddy analysis of the information, police turned their backs on Pickton, while he continued to take women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and murder them on his Port Coquitlam, B.C., farm.

We can't fight casino money laundering: RCMP report

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RCMP, Organized crime
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Staff shortages mean suspicious transactions aren’t investigated

Chad Skelton – August 12, 2010

VANCOUVER — Money laundering by organized crime groups is rampant at Canadian casinos but police are essentially doing nothing to combat it, according to an internal RCMP report obtained by The Vancouver Sun.

“Since 2003, FINTRAC [the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada] has sent several disclosure reports to the RCMP on suspicious transactions involving casinos throughout Canada, with amounts totalling over $40 million,” the 2009 report states.

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