Library Catalogue

Location

Public Safety Canada Library & Canadian Policing Research Catalogue

Resource

e-Archives

Alternate Title

Secteurs économiques vulnérables face au crime organisé : valeurs mobilières.

Authors

• Hicks, David C., 1969-
• Kiedrowski, John S., 1957-
• Gabor, Thomas.
• Levi, Michael.
• Melchers, Ronald-Frans.
• Canada. Public Safety Canada. Research and National Coordination, Organized Crime Division.

Publishers

• [Ottawa] :  Public Safety Canada, 2012, c2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

1 online resource (viii, 56 p.)

Note

"Report No. 26."
Issued also in French under title: Secteurs économiques vulnérables face au crime organisé : valeurs mobilières.

Summary

This report offers a detailed and accessible study of the vulnerabilities to organized crime affecting the securities sector in Canada. Much of the focus is directly or indirectly placed on Toronto (Ontario) and Montreal (Québec) given that these jurisdictions host and regulate the main Canadian stock and derivatives exchanges, respectively.

Subject

• Organized crime - Canada.
• Securities fraud - Canada.
• Securities fraud.
• Organized crime.

Contents

1. Background -- 2. Objectives -- 3. Defining organized crime -- 4. The Canadian securities sector -- 4.1. Constitutional powers and the key role of the securities industry -- 4.2. Legal, regulatory, and statistical overview for Canada -- 4.3. The legal and regulatory framework in Ontario and Québec -- 4.4. ‘National’ self-regulatory organizations (SROs) -- 4.5. Criminal code offences -- 5. Organized crime in the securities sector -- 5.1. The prevalence of organized crime -- 5.2. Why the securities sector is vulnerable to organized crime infiltration -- 5.3. The nature of organized criminal activities in the securities sector -- 6. Securities sector vulnerability analysis -- 6.1. Interview and research data -- 6.2. Criminal intelligence -- 7. Findings – vulnerability profile -- 8. Conclusions.