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GAMBLING CANADA [2 records]

Record 1 2009-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
OBS

Following a four-year police investigation, 101 people, including employees of the Montréal-Trudeau Airport and the Canada Border Services Agency, were accused of offences related to gangsterism, drug trafficking, corruption, bookmaking, extortion, gambling houses, possession of proceeds of crime and firearms. This investigation generated an unprecedented volume of evidence, including over 1. 2 million private communications(a large percentage of which were in Italian) and 120, 000 hours of video.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
OBS

À l'issue d'une enquête policière de quatre ans, 101 personnes, incluant des employés de l'Aéroport Montréal-Trudeau et de l'Agence des services frontaliers du Canada, ont été accusées de gangstérisme, d'importation, d'exportation et de trafic de drogues, de corruption, de bookmaking, d'extorsion, de maisons de jeu, de possession de produits de la criminalité et de possession d'armes. Cette enquête a généré un volume de preuve sans précédent, dont plus de 1,2 million de communications privées (un large pourcentage étant en italien) et 120 000 heures de vidéos.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Games of Chance
CONT

The FATF 1997-98 report estimated that approximately 70% of the money laundered through Canada is derived from drug trafficking. "However, numerous other types of profitable criminal activities exist such as tobacco and alcohol smuggling, illegal gambling, smuggling and white collar crimes such as fraud, counterfeiting and computer/telecommunications crimes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Jeux de hasard
CONT

De nombreux autres types d'activités criminelles se déroulent dans le pays, telles que la contrebande de tabac et d'alcool, les jeux clandestins, la contrebande et la criminalité en col blanc, telle que la fraude, la contrefaçon, et les délits dans les domaines de l'informatique ou des télécommunications.

Spanish

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