Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Ottawa has signed four agreements with Washington that allow the two countries to exchange data
Canada and the United States have agreed to share more information about the smuggling of guns and drugs across their shared border.
He said the agreements under a rebooted Canada-U. S. Cross-Border Crime Forum will allow more information-sharing with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, such as on the role of cryptocurrency in money laundering. A joint statement commits both countries to “build a global coalition against synthetic drugs” that can help counter transnational organized crime and to identify and target shippers and receivers of firearms.
Yet the four leaders gave few details as to what had materially changed as a result of Friday’s agreements. The statement adds that law enforcement on both sides of the border will also be trained to have a shared understanding of privacy laws.
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