Traduction de «Pacte contre le crime organisé » (Français → Anglais) :

A specific monitoring mechanism known as the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) was set up in 2007 in the context of Bulgaria’s accession to the European Union (EU) to monitor its progress in the areas of judicial reform, anti-corruption work and the fight against organised crime.

The results of the survey said it all: 91% of the population described organized crime as a problem, and one Canadian out of two thought that it was a serious problem; 21% of the population thought that existing efforts to combat organized crime were adequate, and 77% wanted to see such efforts increased.

Bill C-10 includes the following former bills: Bill C-4, Sébastien’s Law (Protecting the Public from Violent Young Offenders), proposed to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act; Bill C-5, the Keeping Canadians Safe Act, proposed to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act; Bill C-16, known as the Ending House Arrest for Property and Other Serious Crimes by Serious and Violent Offenders Act, proposed Criminal Code amendments to prevent the use of conditional sentences for serious and violent offences; Bill C-23B, the Eliminating Pardons for Serious Crimes Act, proposed to amend the Criminal Records Act to expand the period of i ...[+++]neligibility to apply for a record suspension, currently referred to as a pardon, and to make record suspensions unavailable for certain offences and for persons who have been convicted of more than three offences prosecuted by indictment; Bill C-39, the Ending Early Release for Criminals and Increasing Offender Accountability Act, proposed amendments to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to support victims of crime, and to address inmate accountability and responsibility and the management of offenders; Bill C-54, the Protecting Children from Sexual Predators Act, proposed Criminal Code amendments to better protect children against sexual abuse, including by increasing the penalties for these offences and creating two new offences aimed at certain conduct that could facilitate or enable the commission of a sexual offence against a child; Bill C-56, the Preventing the Trafficking, Abuse and Exploitation of Vulnerable Immigrants Act, proposed to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to authorize immigration officers to refuse work permits where it would protect vulnerable foreign nationals against exploitation, including sexual exploitation; Bill S-7, the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act, proposed reforms to allow victims of terrorism to sue terrorists and supporters of terrorism, including listed foreign s ...

[English] We propose this new approach to fighting gang activity by creating the offence of participation in a criminal organization; not criminalizing mere membership, but rather creating a new framework by establishing a new category of crime, allowing police access in that category to exceptional methods of detection and investigation, providing for tougher penalties and sending the message that we are devoting specific efforts to battling organized crime.

Our work is guided by the national agenda to combat organized crime, which was developed and approved by federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for justice as well as law enforcement partners responsible for justice through the FPT National Coordinating Committee on Organized Crime, which is a body composed of federal, provincial and territorial government officials, prosecutors and representatives from the law enforcement communities, work to develop unified strategies and ...[+++]policies to address key priorities in combating organized crime.

To this end, the Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs of the Member States of the European Union and of the acceding States - Austria, Finland, Norway and Sweden - with the participation of the European Commission, met the Ministers from Central and Eastern Europe responsible for combatting drug-related crime and organized crime in Berlin on 8 September 1994.