Why is Canada getting a brand new police force?

About this episode

The episode discusses the creation of a new Financial Crimes Agency in Canada and its implications for law enforcement.

Well, let's just say that if everything's going great, you don't generally need to spin up an entire law enforcement agency out of thin air. But after years of failing to meaningfully cope with financial crimes, and the subsequent hits to our reputation in the international community that failure brings, the federal government has seen enough. Instead of the RCMP, which has murders and kidnappings and daily small-town policing on its plate as well, the new Financial Crimes Agency will deal solely with the sort of crime that may seem less urgent, but actually funds some of the ugliest crime in the world. How will they do it? How successful will they be? How do you actually go about creating a brand new agency from scratch? Jess Davis, PhD and President at Insight Threat Intelligence, as well as the host of the Secure Line podcast, joins us to discuss financial crime in Canada and if we can make a dent in it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Laura Palmer, Mat Keselman

Guest: Jess Davis

Topics covered

• financial crime
• law enforcement
• Canada
• new police force
• RCMP
• government response

Keywords

• financial crimes
• Canada
• law enforcement agency
• RCMP
• Jess Davis
• Insight Threat Intelligence
• crime prevention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Insight Threat Intelligence, Secure Line, RCMP

Places: Canada, international community

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