Cross-Border CooperationCross-Border Cooperation

November 17, 2003November 17, 2003

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Purpose

• Highlight how Canada and US advance cross-border cooperation Canada-US law enforcement contextChallenges, successes, and lessons learned

• Consider how Canada-US tools might be applied to bilateral/multilateral relationships within the hemisphere

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Canada-US Relationship

• Complex relationship with many challenges

• Different methods but similar objectives

• Success relies on intelligence-led and multi-disciplinary approaches

• Canada-US Smart Border Declaration post 9-11 renewed commitment to enhance border cooperation

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Cross-Border Crime Forum:Overview

• Bilateral consultative mechanism first established in 1997 to address emerging problem of cross-border crime

• Has since evolved to address various cross-border law enforcement and national security concerns

• Focus on development of best practices and tools to resolve operational/policy/legal obstacles

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Cross-Border Crime Forum: Successes

• Joint Threat Assessments Applied to organized crime, firearms trafficking,

identity theft, migrant smuggling, and illicit drugs Leads to informed policy development

• Development of multi-agency enforcement teams IBETs

• Enhanced information exchange MOU to facilitate electronic exchange of fingerprints

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Cross-Border Crime Forum:Lessons Learned• Success achieved with strong, sustained political

leadership

• Agenda set based on joint priorities

• Strong secretariat, long-term and ad hoc working groups to drive agenda

• Ensure broad spectrum of stakeholders

• Coordination and cooperation need not be expensive

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Cross-Border Crime Forum: Workshop

• Workshop will address themes raised in this presentation

• Timeframe: March 29-April 1, 2004 (location to be determined)

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Cross Border Law Enforcement: Tools

• The Cross-Border Crime Forum sets the policy direction for Canada-US cross-border law enforcement cooperation

• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police develop the law enforcement tools that we use to fight crime at the border

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Intelligence-led Policing

• Uses criminal intelligence analysis as an objective decision-making tool

• Develops effective policing strategies

• Involves external partnerships and a change of culture and process

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Criminal Operational Model

• Introduced in early 2000

• Management tool/guide for criminal operations

• Focus all resources on priorities

• Planning to become:• Intelligence-led• Proactive, and allows for strategic and tactical

decision making

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Criminal Operational Model

• Integrated intelligence

• Threat Assessment (Sleipnir)• Intelligence Sharing

• Integrated operations

• Integrated Teams• Cross-Border Cooperation

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SLEIPNIR

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SLEIPNIR: Workshop

• Analytical threat-measurement technique

• Assesses the relative threat posed by crime groups

• Sets national operational priorities based on the level of threat

• 20 participants, 5-days, Feb 2004, South America

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Undercover Operations: Workshop

• Establishment of an undercover program  • Benefits and dangers in undercover operations

• Selection process for undercover personnel

• Focus on the countries of the Andean sub-region.

• 20 participants, 5-day workshop, South America, Feb 2004.

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Human Sources and Source Witness Protection: Workshop • Financial and psychological support

• Security issues

• Address human rights concerns

• Consistent standards in multi-jurisdictional cases • 20 participants, 5-days, Caribbean, 2004

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Conclusion

• By working together to manage the various aspects of the drug problem at and across our hemisphere’s borders, we will all be doing our part to address the hemispheric drug problem