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Intro: The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today joined RCMP Assistant Commissioner Raf Souccar to announce that the Government of Canada is taking action to stop the trade of illicit tobacco in Canada by criminal organizations, by launching the RCMP Contraband Tobacco Enforcement Strategy, as well, a new government task force .
The new strategy will help law enforcement to reduce the availability and demand for contraband tobacco by:
* Dismantling manufacturing facilities;
* Disrupting distribution supply lines; and
* Seizing illicit tobacco and the related proceeds generated by organized crime.
In addition, the government will continue to work closely with those Canadians who have been deeply affected by this illicit trade of tobacco, including tobacco growers and their communities.
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