Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says the move will give the police additional legal powers to crack down on drug cartels and violent street gangs
Minister of Public Safety David McGuinty speaks during a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, on Feb. 20.The federal government has added seven transnational criminal groups, including Mexican drug cartels, to Canada’s terrorist list in an effort to shut off their profits and curtail the production and distribution of illegal opioids, which has become a signature issue for U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Transnational criminal organizations including cartels play a leading role in the production and distribution of fentanyl throughout Canada,” he told reporters. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme told reporters that the listing will make it easier for law enforcement to tackle the cartels, including their Canadian operatives outside Canada.
Ottawa also named ex-RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau, a former deputy national-security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as the country’s first fentanyl czar.The additions to the Canadian terrorist list include: The Gulf Cartel ; The Michoacán Family ; MS-13 ; The United Cartels ; TdA ; Jalisco Cartel New Generation and Sinaloa Cartel .
The federal cabinet does not require proof beyond a reasonable doubt, as the courts do, to list an organization as a terrorist group. He said the listings have generally not been relied on in previous prosecutions.
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