Justice committee  The national database that I spoke about, which is used by many of our partners, is probably used most prolifically in the province of Quebec. All information pertaining to criminality in the province of Quebec is put into that system each and every day, and it is slavishly follo

Justice committee  I wouldn't say instantly, but clearly we have partnerships that go beyond the borders of Canada, certainly with the United States and Interpol, to which you referred, and with other like organizations with which we exchange information. We also travel back and forth and keep each

Justice committee  As it pertains to the areas that you are expressing concern about, as it pertains to ports, that is a very active portfolio at the national level in our offices here in Ottawa and a very active one within the provincial bureaus that have ports at which they are aggressively pursu

Justice committee  The answer to that specific question is yes, and I have confidence in your in camera hearings across this country. As well, I'd be more than happy to suggest a couple of bureaus you may want to speak to that would give you an outstanding illustration of success as it pertains to

Justice committee  To continue with what William is indicating and to go back to where he started, concerning the Canadian criminal intelligence model we introduced a few moments ago, we embarked on this venture about two years ago. We were designing a Canadian criminal intelligence model with the

Justice committee  Absolutely, hence the significance of our national computer database, with all of these crime groups; and as you've heard, there are more than 900 of them. It wasn't that many years ago that we really didn't know how many organized crime groups were out there. Now we've been able

Justice committee  Some are public and some are to their police constituency. For example, in the province of Ontario, where there are more than 60 law enforcement agencies, our Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario communicates with each of their partners through bulletins, annual reports, and thi

Justice committee  I know they publish within their partnership. I don't have any firsthand knowledge of their going public with documentation they have.

Justice committee  Yes, I did mention it in passing.

Justice committee  Yes, sir, we are. Also, to go back to the beginning of the question, when we speak of more than 900 crime groups, there's an ebb and tide there. That number does not maintain itself at that level. More than 150 or 200 are dispersed each year, but then other people follow in beh

Justice committee  At the higher echelon there are no fewer than 16 organized crime groups at the category one level.

Justice committee  They would be all over the world.

Justice committee  Of the 400 agencies, these are law enforcement agencies specifically.

Justice committee  Absolutely. To connect all the dots as it pertains to criminal intelligence service, you would do yourself a great favour by stopping in to see a number of the bureaus. After this session here, secretarially we could respond back to you on agencies or bureaus we think would be a

Justice committee  I would not suggest that they are the main stakeholders as it pertains to organized crime. In fact, they are reflected in numbers of about 300 street gangs. But to be fair to your question, the people who could answer that in absolute detail would be our provincial bureaus, beca