Tackling Crime News http://www.tacklingcrime.gc.ca/app_support/xml/tc_news_e.xml COPYRIGHT en-ca Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:01:19 -0500 web@ps.gc.ca Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:00:43 -0500 1 web@ps.gc.ca FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers at Pearson International Airport seized approximately 150 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $19 million, in two separate and unrelated drug seizures last month. http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/media/prosecutions-poursuites/tor/2010-03-05-eng.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/media/prosecutions-poursuites/tor/2010-03-05-eng.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:00:43 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, made the following statement today regarding the successful removal from Canada of Tran Trong Nghia Nguyen, also known as Jackie Tran. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100305-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100305-eng.aspx?rss=false Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:38:19 -0500 Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, announced over $2.2 million in federal support for “The Mandella Project” being offered by the Salmon Arm Partners in Community Leadership Association. The project is aimed at preventing crime in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100302-1-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100302-1-eng.aspx?rss=false Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:34:04 -0500 The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today welcomed the coming into force of Bill C-25, legislation that strictly limits the amount of credit granted for time served in custody prior to conviction and sentencing. http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2010/doc_32484.html main http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2010/doc_32484.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:49:57 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety (right), is shown with Margaret von Lau, Executive Director, Newcomers Education and Employment Development Services Inc., after announcing federal support of over $3 million for four projects aimed at preventing crime in Manitoba, Monday, February 22, 2010, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100222-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100222-eng.aspx?rss=false Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:53:44 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement in response to news that Canada Border Services Agency officers working at the Port of Montreal, had seized more than 1,700 kg of hashish with an estimated street value of over $36 million. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100218-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100218-eng.aspx?rss=false Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:25:00 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today in response to news that CBSA and RCMP officers from the National Ports Enforcement Team at the Port of Halifax, seized over 200 kilos of cocaine. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100211-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100211-eng.aspx?rss=false Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:30:41 -0500 Operations conducted on a regular basis by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Sûreté du Québec resulted, in January only, in the seizure of illegal tobacco products valued at approximately one million dollars, close to CAN$7,500 in cash and 17 smuggling vehicles. During that period, 22 persons were also arrested. http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/nouv-news/com-rel/2010/02/100211-eng.htm http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/qc/nouv-news/com-rel/2010/02/100211-eng.htm Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:47:23 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety and the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement today regarding the successful removal of Parminder Singh Saini by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100127-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100127-eng.aspx?rss=false Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:43:00 -0500 The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, made the following statement today in response to the seizure of approximately 56.8 kilograms of opium at the Vancouver International Airport by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the arrest by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Federal Drug Enforcement Branch of four individuals allegedly involved in drug trafficking. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100126-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2010/nr20100126-eng.aspx?rss=false Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:46:52 -0500 The following details are seizures made by the Cornwall RCMP Detachment from January 4th, 2010 to January 11th, 2010. A total of 5,250 re-sealable bags of contraband cigarettes, 700 cartons of little cigars, 1,094 kilograms of fine cut tobacco, 6 vehicles and fifteen people arrested. http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/on/news-nouvelles/2010/10-01-11-cornwall-eng.htm http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/on/news-nouvelles/2010/10-01-11-cornwall-eng.htm Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:32:41 -0500 The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety (fourth from left), is shown with Doug Griffiths, Parliamentary Assistant to the Honourable Fred Lindsay, Solicitor General and Minister of Public Security for Alberta (from left); Maureen Andruschak, Associate Executive Director for the SPEC Association for Children and Families; RCMP Constable Paul Post; Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre; and RCMP Staff Sargeant John Haley, after announcing federal support of over $2 million for two projects aimed at preventing crime in Calgary and the surrounding area, Friday, November 27, 2009, in Calgary, Alberta. http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2009/nr20091127-1-eng.aspx?rss=false http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/media/nr/2009/nr20091127-1-eng.aspx?rss=false Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:16:01 -0500