Country Reports on Terrorism 2012
Country Reports on Terrorism 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism 2012
Also on December 14, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed an appeal of an extradition order to the United States of Piratheepan Nadarajah and Suresh Sriskandarajah, to stand trial on charges of attempting to purchase surface-to-air missiles and other weaponry in the United States for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The court ordered the men surrendered to U.S. authorities. Delivered in conjunction with the ruling in the Khawaja case, the court rejected the appellants' arguments that the definition of terrorist activity in the 2001 Anti-terrorism Act was overly broad. As of December 2012, three men arrested and charged in August 2010 in an alleged conspiracy to bomb targets in Ottawa, and participate in and facilitate terrorist activity continued to await trial. In 2011 authorities released Misbahuddin Ahmed and Khurram Sher on bail. The third member of the group, Hiva Alizadeh, remained in custody. During the year, two other Federal Court reviews continued to determine the reasonableness of security certificates against alleged terrorist suspects Mahmoud Jaballah and Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub. Cooperation sought during the previous five years in the investigation or prosecution of an act of international terrorism against U.S. citizens or interests included: In January 2011, Canadian authorities arrested Canadian-Iraqi citizen Faruq Khalil Muhammad in response to U.S. charges that he helped coordinate Tunisian violent extremists believed responsible for separate suicide attacks in Iraq in 2009 that killed five American soldiers outside a U.S. base and seven people at an Iraqi police complex. The Alberta provincial court ruled in October 2012 there was sufficient evidence to extradite Faruq to the United States; Faruq continued to appeal his extradition. Authorities use biometric systems at Canadian ports of entry. Canada plans to introduce epassports containing electronic chips with biometric information and radio frequency identification technology used to authenticate the identity of travelers. Canada has required fingerprints from refugee claimants, detainees, and individuals ordered to be deported from Canada since 1993. The Canada Border Services Agency has been collecting fingerprints from detainees and people under removal order from Canada from the same year. On December 13, 2012, the Canada-U.S. Visa and Immigration Information Sharing Agreement was signed. Once it enters into force after Canadian ratification, and implementing arrangements have been concluded, it is expected that both countries will share biographic and biometric information to assist in decision making in cases where third-country nationals are applying for visas, admission, asylum, or other immigration benefits and in immigration enforcement proceedings. Canada continued to exchange a limited number of fingerprint records with the United States in an effort to counter fraud and reduce the abuse of respective immigration programs as part of the High Value Data Sharing Protocol signed in 2009 with the United States, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Canada also works with international partner countries through the Five
Canada has a rigorous detection and monitoring process in place to identify money laundering and terrorist financing activities. The Financial Transactions and
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Canada has a rigorous detecti<strong>on</strong> and m<strong>on</strong>itoring process in place to identify m<strong>on</strong>ey laundering<br />
and terrorist financing activities. The Financial Transacti<strong>on</strong>s and <str<strong>on</strong>g>Reports</str<strong>on</strong>g> Analysis Centre of<br />
Canada (FINTRAC) is Canada's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and is resp<strong>on</strong>sible for<br />
detecting, preventing and deterring m<strong>on</strong>ey laundering and financing of terrorist activities.<br />
Established in 2000, FINTRAC is an independent agency reporting to the Minister of Finance. It<br />
was established by and operates within the parameters of the Proceeds of Crime (M<strong>on</strong>ey<br />
Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA). According to its 2011-<strong>2012</strong> Annual<br />
Report, FINTRAC c<strong>on</strong>tinued to aggressively investigate instances of potential m<strong>on</strong>ey laundering<br />
and terrorist finance activities.<br />
FINTRAC signed seven new bilateral agreements in 2011-<strong>2012</strong> with foreign FIUs and now<br />
cooperates with 80 FIU’s globally. These bilateral agreements allow for the exchange of<br />
informati<strong>on</strong> related to m<strong>on</strong>ey laundering and terrorist financing. During <strong>2012</strong> FINTRAC<br />
prepared three Trends and Typologies reports which provided insight into the latest m<strong>on</strong>ey<br />
laundering and terrorist financing patterns. These reports used sophisticated text mining<br />
techniques to analyze the c<strong>on</strong>tent of suspicious transacti<strong>on</strong> reports allowing for more effective<br />
detecti<strong>on</strong> of the latest trends in suspicious transacti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
For further informati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> m<strong>on</strong>ey laundering and financial crimes, we refer you to the 2013<br />
Internati<strong>on</strong>al Narcotics C<strong>on</strong>trol Strategy Report (INCSR), Volume 2, M<strong>on</strong>ey Laundering and<br />
Financial Crimes: http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/index.htm.<br />
Regi<strong>on</strong>al and Internati<strong>on</strong>al Cooperati<strong>on</strong>: Canada prioritizes collaborati<strong>on</strong> with internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
partners to counter terrorism and internati<strong>on</strong>al crime and regularly seeks opportunities to lead.<br />
Canada is a founding member of the GCTF and was also active in fora dealing with<br />
counterterrorism, including the OSCE, UN, G-8, APEC, ASEAN and the ASEAN Regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Forum, Comm<strong>on</strong>wealth, Internati<strong>on</strong>al Civil Aviati<strong>on</strong> Organizati<strong>on</strong>, Internati<strong>on</strong>al Maritime<br />
Organizati<strong>on</strong>, and the OAS. Canada co-sp<strong>on</strong>sored the ASEAN Intersessi<strong>on</strong>al Meeting <strong>on</strong><br />
Counterterrorism and Transnati<strong>on</strong>al Crime in <strong>2012</strong> and co-chaired the GCTF’s Sahel Regi<strong>on</strong>al<br />
Capacity Building Group.<br />
Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Internati<strong>on</strong>al Trade created the Counterterrorism<br />
Capacity Building Program in 2005 as a key part of Canada's internati<strong>on</strong>al terrorism preventi<strong>on</strong><br />
efforts. The Program provided training, funding, equipment, and technical and legal assistance to<br />
states to enable them to prevent and resp<strong>on</strong>d to terrorist activity in seven areas: border security;<br />
transportati<strong>on</strong> security; legislative, regulatory and legal policy development, legislative drafting,<br />
and human rights and counterterrorism training; law enforcement, security, military and<br />
intelligence training; chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear and explosives terrorism<br />
preventi<strong>on</strong>, mitigati<strong>on</strong>, preparedness, resp<strong>on</strong>se and recovery; combating the financing of<br />
terrorism; and cyber security and protecting critical infrastructure.<br />
Countering Radicalizati<strong>on</strong> and Violent Extremism: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's<br />
Nati<strong>on</strong>al Security Community Outreach program promoted interacti<strong>on</strong> and relati<strong>on</strong>ship-building<br />
with at-risk communities. The Department of Public Safety’s Cross-Cultural Roundtable <strong>on</strong><br />
Security fostered dialogue <strong>on</strong> nati<strong>on</strong>al security issues between the government and community<br />
leaders. Both of these initiatives are encapsulated in Canada’s aforementi<strong>on</strong>ed <strong>2012</strong><br />
Counterterrorism Strategy, which seeks specifically to reduce the risk of individuals succumbing<br />
to violent extremism and radicalizati<strong>on</strong>, challenge violent extremist ideology by producing<br />
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