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ISIS documents and electronic files are being used for the first time in Canada to overcome the challenges of holding so-called foreign fighters to account.

The materials are the product of Operation Gallant Phoenix , a U.S.-led effort to share what is known as collected exploitable material ( CEM ) CEM is evidence found on the battlefield, and can include paperwork and data harvested from the pockets, phones and laptops of fighters taken prisoner during combat.

Experts and officials say it faces hurdles before it is treated as reliable in Canada ’s courts.

The RCMP has been using terrorism peace bonds to limit the threat posed by returning ISIS fighters.

Of the nine women who were allegedly part of ISIS and have returned from Syria , just three have been charged.

In the absence of charges, the RCMP has used terrorism peace bond, which has a lower burden of proof.