Experts share concerns about whether Canada is becoming a global hub for organized crime

 

 

Is Canada becoming a global hub for organized crime? Several recent events point to this. The problem first emerged during the Conservative government of Stephen Harper. It then rapidly increased under Justin Trudeau's Liberals.
"Glorious" has been a synonym for mobsters in Canada for the past two decades.
The lack of tough punishment and ineffective government measures have fueled such crimes.

Canada has become a hub for organized crime, said Antonio Nicaso, a Queen's University professor and renowned organized crime expert. He added that Canada has become a place where organized crime can thrive. Over the past two decades, even the meaning of the term "organized crime" has changed. In the past, Canadians thought of mobsters as Italian gangsters. But that's not the case today.
Canada has become a global hub for money laundering, with between $45 billion and $113 billion a year flowing through real estate, big banks and casinos.
That money is used to finance the production, sale and other crimes of fentanyl.
Despite the low death rate among gangsters, corruption is rampant in Canada, said Nicasso. For organized crime to grow, it must have affected institutions, honest businesses, politicians and police. Now, Nicasso explains, it has affected every sector. There are several reasons why Canada is so popular with criminals, Nicasso says. Low risk and high reward are all contributing factors. Experts say a lax legal system and an apathetic government all exacerbate the problems