Overview
- Public Safety Canada published a backgrounder on January 13 detailing how police services and federal partners coordinate to disrupt organized extortion networks.
- Peel Regional Police’s 2023 Extortion Task Force has evolved into a Major Crime Task Force with 20–30 dedicated officers and the capacity to scale as threats change.
- Local policing in Peel and Caledon leads investigations, provides victim support, and deploys specialized units for evidence collection, risk management, and prosecutions.
- Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario shares criminal intelligence across agencies to enable proactive disruption and support joint-force operations throughout Ontario.
- The RCMP leads transnational probes and coordinates nationally through the NCST, with Budget 2025 funding $1.8 billion over four years and 1,000 new RCMP personnel, while the CBSA strengthens border enforcement with 1,000 additional officers to detect, disrupt, and deter illegal activity.