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Article: Why we need a national action plan on organized crime.
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- September 1, 1998
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ANDY SCOTT Solicitor General of Canada
A new federal government study reveals the extent of organized crime in Canada and the economic cost it imposes on all honest Canadians. Highlights include illicit drug sales of $7-10 billion a year. Environmental crimes, second only to the drug trade in economic costs. Credit card fraud, $127 million in 1997. Telemarketing fraud, $4 billion a year. Money laundering, $5-17 billion a year. Number of illegal immigrations smuggled into Canada each year: 8,000 to 16,000. Speaking notes for a presentation to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, 93rd annual conference, Edmonton, August 24, 1998.
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