Justice committee  They still exist. They are still in effect, and we second the personnel and place them in integrated teams that work jointly with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and other partners. Officers work together in the areas that I mentioned: Valleyfield, Sherbrooke and Stanstead. Tho

Justice committee  No, not to my knowledge. FINTRAC is more tied into the Integrated Proceeds of Crime program with which it works with closely. In those areas, the work is more about jointly collecting information in order to assess criminal and contraband activity along the border.

Justice committee  An agreement is already in place with the Integrated Proceeds of Crime Branch for whenever a border officer intercepts money at what we commonly call a customs post or a border post. An investigator from that branch goes to the location with one of our information officers, takes

Justice committee  The result was 2,451 narcotic seizures and 378 currency seizures at entry points alone. The Intelligence Division of the CBSA has the mandate to identify the threats and to communicate, in due time, strategic operational and tactical intelligence in order to support the activiti

Justice committee  Do I start in English or French?

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, honourable members of the committee, thank you very much for inviting me to participate in today's hearing. I represent the Canada Border Services Agency, Regional Intelligence Division of Quebec. My name is Angelo De Riggi. For the Border Services Agency, the Quebec