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Mandate | Authorities
| Description | Objective
| Tasks | Outcome - Your Community
| Proceeds
of Crime Offices | Money Laundering
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The mandate of the Proceeds of Crime Program is to remove criminal incentive by providing a proactive comprehensive and innovative investigative service to field units, partners and clients based on a consultative, participative and team approach."
The Proceeds of Crime program relies on various provisions of the Criminal Code, Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, Customs Act, Excise Act, Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, and Seized Property Management Act. The Proceeds of Crime (POC) program is directed at identifying, assessing, restraining and forfeiting illicit and/or unreported wealth accumulated through criminal activities. Most of the POC sections work under an "Integrated" model. These "Integrated Proceeds of Crime" (IPOC) Units bring together the skills, knowledge, and abilities of a diverse group of experts, including RCMP investigators, lawyers from the Department of Justice, forensic accountants, and customs officers from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency. The objectives of the Proceeds of Crime program are:
1. Investigations
2. Prevention Field units carry out community policing and crime prevention initiatives by:
3. Training Investigators entering the Proceeds of Crime Program receive the basic POC course. A background in accounting and experience with major case management are essential for a proceeds of crime investigator. 4. Policy Development/Implementation
5. Organization for Delivery Proceeds of Crime Branch is located in Ottawa at Headquarters, and is
responsible for policy development, program planning, program monitoring,
and resource allocation. 6. Relationship with Activity Structure
OUTCOME - How does Proceeds of Crime Program affect your community? Proceeds of Crime program takes money away from criminals and puts it back into Canadian communities through drug awareness and crime prevention initiatives. The RCMP has enjoyed considerable success since Proceeds of Crime legislation was first passed in 1989. The value of attacking the assets of a criminal organization was demonstrated in BC by a five-year project which concluded in 1997. In addition to charging four persons and six corporations, over $17 million in assets were seized by police and eventually forfeited, including:
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