CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE CANADA

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) is an organization that provides the facilities to unite the criminal intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies in the fight against the spread of organized crime in Canada. CISC is comprised of a Central Bureau, located in Ottawa, and a system of nine Provincial Bureaux, which are located in each province, with the exception of Prince Edward Island whose interests are served by the Nova Scotia Bureau. The Central Bureau functions on a national scale and the Provincial Bureaux operate within provincial boundaries.

Regular members of CISC consist of federal, provincial and municipal police forces in Canada that have full time intelligence units. They currently include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Quebec Police Force, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary and more than 120 municipal and regional police departments. The intelligence and specialized units of these law enforcement agencies supply their provincial bureaux with intelligence and raw data for further analysis and dissemination. The criminal intelligence shared is related to organized crime and other major criminal phenomena in Canada.

In addition to regular members, CISC also has associate members consisting of law enforcement agencies with a part-time intelligence unit and affiliate members, which have investigative and enforcement personnel from the private sector and government. These total over 255 agencies.

The Central Bureau of CISC takes its direction from an Executive Committee, comprised of 20 Chiefs of Police and RCMP Commanding Officers from across Canada and chaired by the Commissioner of the RCMP. This Committee meets annually to review the operation of CISC and to decide on goals and priorities. The CISC Central Bureau monitors the progress of those priorities through the nine Provincial Bureaux. The Managers of those Provincial Bureaux meet annually with the Director of CISC to discuss organized crime issues and forward recommendations to the Executive Committee.

The staff of the Central Bureau consists of regular members, public servants, and secondments from other police departments and government agencies.

ACIIS

The Central Bureau is host to an on-line computer data bank known as the Automated Criminal Intelligence Information System, or ACIIS. This data bank is the national intelligence repository for the use of all CISC members in Canada. All member agencies co-operate with each other in the collection, collation, evaluation, analysis and dissemination of criminal intelligence by contributing to ACIIS.

ABOUT THIS REPORT

The CISC 2000 Annual Report on Organized Crime in Canada is designed to present a comprehensive review of organized crime groups and their activities, based on intelligence and investigation reports from Canadian and international enforcement agencies. In particular, CISC relies on intelligence from CISC member agencies across Canada.

This report also aims to inform and, ultimately, to solicit help from the public.  Law enforcement needs the public to take a stand against all organized criminality, beginning with what goes on in individual neighbourhoods.

One of the keys to success in the fight against organized crime is partnerships - between enforcement agencies as well as with policy makers and the public.  This report is offered as a guide to help our partners with their strategic planning and to encourage them to cooperate to the fullest extent to fight this threat .

CISC monitors and reports on national organized crime priorities including Asian-based, East European-based and Traditional (Italian-based) organized crime groups, as well as outlaw motorcycle gangs. CISC also has intelligence projects in place to monitor the sexual exploitation of children and a contraband desk to cover other priorities and issues such as Aboriginal-based organized crime, the illegal movement of firearms and organized crime in marine ports. Emerging issues and issues of interest to our partners, for example, illegal gaming and technological crime, are also included in this report. The table of contents reflects the concerns and interests of CISC and its partners.
 

2000 report