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Cartel activity in Canada ‘very prevalent now,’ former Trudeau advisor says - National | Globalnews.ca

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Jody Thomas says the government's move to list seven transnational criminal organizations as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code will give law enforcement more tools to go after cartel-affiliated criminal groups in Canada .

She says the terrorist listings will allow RCMP and other agencies like Fintrac to track down Canadian financial contributors and suppliers to those transnational cartels and crime groups, crippling their networks.

A recent report said organized crime groups involved in manufacturing fentanyl operate mostly in British Columbia and Ontario .

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