‘Enough is enough’: Canadian intelligence experts to focus on extortion crime, federal minister says
The federal finance minister visited Mississauga, Ont., Thursday to announce dedicated financial intelligence experts who will focus on extortion crime targeting Canadian businesses and households.
The move comes as Brampton and Caledon, Ont., mayors called on the federal government to help create a multi-jurisdictional strategy to combat what they say are rising extortion threats towards businesses in their cities, particularly South Asian ones.
It also follows a pair of summits in Brampton and Surrey, B.C., to hear about how threats of violence are affecting communities.
