Develop new policies and legislation to reduce organized crime and gang activity in Canada, including money laundering.

What success looks like

Reduced organized crime and gang activity in Canada through the development and implementation of effective policies and legislation.

Government's narrative on progress

The Government of Canada is advancing efforts to reduce organized crime and gang activity in Canada, including a focus on reducing gun and gang violence and countering money laundering. We are advancing Canada's commitment to flow up to $327.6 million over five years, and $100 million annually thereafter, to help support a variety of initiatives to reduce gun and gang violence. A Summit on Gun and Gang Violence was held in March 2018 to discuss the realities, issues and best practices to tackle gun and gang violence. As announced in November 2018, the government’s Initiative to Take Action Against Gun and Gang Violence includes investments of $34.5 million for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that will provide additional resources for law enforcement to address gang activity and the criminal use of firearms. These resources will enhance the RCMP's new Integrated Criminal Firearms Initiative (ICFI), by helping to build capacity to meet the anticipated increase in requests for service for investigative support, training, firearms inspections, technological enhancements, while also addressing intelligence gaps. The recent report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance entitled Confronting Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing: Moving Canada Forward provides a roadmap to respond to current and future threats. Budget 2019 proposes an integrated plan to modernize Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) Regime, including an investment of $24 million over five years for Public Safety to create the Anti-Money Laundering Action, Coordination and Enforcement (ACE) Team as a pilot initiative to strengthen inter-agency coordination and cooperation and identify and address significant money laundering and financial crime threats. The Budget also proposes $28.6 million to create a multi-disciplinary Trade Fraud and Trade-Based Money Laundering Centre of Expertise which will complement the efforts of the ACE Team. A further $68.9 million over five years is also allocated to the RCMP to strengthen investigative capacity, as well as $28 million for the CBSA to support a new centre of expertise.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.