The U.S.-Canadian border is protected
Federal authorities will be more active in combating the smuggling of weapons and drugs.
Canada has signed new security agreements with the United States. This will allow sharing of more coherent information between the agencies of the two states. The news was announced by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
"It means more joint investigations into gun smuggling and trafficking. It means even more exchanging of intelligence and information between our law enforcement agencies," Mendicino told reporters.
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.
On the Canadian side, joint action was announced by Marco Mendicino and Minister of Justice David Lametti, and on the U.S. side, by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The flow of drugs across the border is no exception. Today, border agencies track not only drugs but also their constituent parts. Both countries seek to create a global coalition against synthetic drugs to fight transnational organized crime.
Canada and the U.S. work together along the perimeter of the entire border, the longest interstate border in the world. Among other serious problems, experts point to illegal migration, which the U.S. and Canada face daily.
"As the threat landscape proves so dynamic and complex, as changes in that landscape occur, we identify ways in which we can strengthen that partnership and take action," was the somewhat vague statement of U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the challenges facing the United States and Canada.
