This is why I think it's important to talk about the layers of defence. Our colleagues last week here at the committee talked about the efforts being made on the part of the IRCC both overseas and here domestically. The layer of defence where we become involved is doing inland investigations here in Canada. We like to think that we're intelligence-driven. We have an intel function that tries to seek information, identify patterns of concern and use that information to drive investigations.
We have two types of investigations that we undertake. There are those that are administrative but tied to the regulations. We also do criminal investigations that are primarily focused on people doing large-scale attempts at fraud and those who are facilitating the fraud rather than those who are victims of the fraud.
Those are the layers of defence. It's a constant game as we refine them and get better at detecting fraud. Those who want to benefit from our system will seek other ways of circumventing the measures that are put in place. It's a continual effort to learn with each instance we work through, and to refine our measures further and continue our efforts.
Students have the initial responsibility of completing their documentation. If they feel they are a victim of fraud, they should report that to us so we can take additional action.