{"id":17731,"date":"2025-02-20T17:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/canada-names-7-drug-cartels-crime-groups-as-terrorist-entities-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T17:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:59:36","slug":"canada-names-7-drug-cartels-crime-groups-as-terrorist-entities-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/20\/canada-names-7-drug-cartels-crime-groups-as-terrorist-entities-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada names 7 drug cartels, crime groups as terrorist entities – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Canada is listing seven transnational criminal organizations, including multiple drug cartels<\/a>, as terrorist entities under the Criminal Code, the public safety minister announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The move was one of the measures the government vowed when U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day reprieve from the imposition of sweeping tariffs earlier this month, along with last week\u2019s appointment of a fentanyl<\/a> czar.<\/p>\n

Under the designation, law enforcement such as RCMP and local police will have more authority and powers to \u201cfollow the money and to look and see how criminal cartels are using sophisticated laundering tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo rid Canada of this scourge, our government will ensure law enforcement has every tool available to dismantle and disrupt the operations of these organizations in our communities,\u201d Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe measures we are taking will help keep fentanyl off Canadian streets and from entering the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He said that the named groups \u201cspread fear in local populations\u201d and are known for drug trafficking, human trafficking and trafficking of illegal guns.<\/p>\n

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Of the groups listed, five are based in Mexico, including the Sinaloa cartel, which is the country\u2019s oldest criminal group. Tren de Aragua in Venezuela and MS-13 in El Salvador were also listed.<\/p>\n

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The full list of criminal groups now deemed terrorist entities are:<\/p>\n