Integrated Market Enforcement Teams

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Maintaining investor confidence in Canada’s publicly-traded companies and capital markets is a crucial element of sustained economic growth. Investor confidence in Canada’s capital markets has suffered following corporate scandals in the United States, such as Enron and WorldCom in 2001-2002.

Ensuring individuals and companies that violate the public trust face punishment consistent with the seriousness of the violation is an important element of efforts to bolster investor confidence.

The Integrated Market Enforcement Teams (IMETs) initiative strengthens the law enforcement community’s ability to detect, investigate and deter capital markets fraud by focusing resources on the investigation and prosecution of the most serious corporate frauds and market illegalities. By sending the message that those who commit serious capital markets fraud offences will be brought to justice in an effective and timely fashion, this initiative promotes compliance with the law in the corporate community and assures investors that Canada’s markets are safe and secure.