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### Viewing cable 08OTTAWA635, THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 08 OTTAWA 000635

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
    SUBJECT: THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM

    REF: A. OTTAWA 436
         ¶B. OTTAWA 440
         ¶C. OTTAWA 444

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120
    participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the
    Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed
    progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and
    discussed lessons learned from three case studies.  From
    Mission Canada's perspective, the issues that deserve the
    most further attention are: information and intelligence
    sharing; further development and synchronization of cross
    border law enforcement architecture (IBETs); finalization of
    Shiprider agreement; exploration of what principles of
    Shiprider could apply to land enforcement models; increased
    placement of liaison officers to enhance information sharing
    and joint operational effectiveness; and cross border weapons
    carriage.  End Summary.

    10TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING SHOWCASES VALUE AND PROGRESS
    --------------------------------------------- --------

    ¶2. (SBU) The Cross-Border Crime Forum (CBCF) met March 18-19
    in Quebec City under the leadership of U.S. Attorney General
    Michael Mukasey, Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell
    Day, and Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.  (DHS
    Secretary Michael Chertoff was unable to attend at the last
    minute.)  The principals attended on March 19, following a
    day of working level talks.  Richard Wex, Assistant Deputy
    Minister of the Policing, Law Enforcement, and
    Interoperability Branch of Public Safety Canada, and Bruce
    Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the U.S.
    Department of Justice's Criminal Division, opened the
    working-level meeting on March 18 by reviewing the progress
    since the first CBCF in 1997.  The CBCF started as a very
    limited forum dealing primarily with contraband and
    telemarketing fraud in the East, but has now expanded into an
    inter-agency forum to address counterterrorism, mass
    marketing fraud, human trafficking, organized crime, border
    enforcement, drug trafficking, and firearms violations.  It
    also examines how to improve the architecture of cross-border
    law enforcement cooperation in areas such as prosecutions and
    interoperability.

    SUCCESSES
    ---------

    ¶3. (SBU) Wex and Swartz cited a number of successes from the
    Forum, including:

    --  enhanced understanding of shared challenges (drugs,
    firearms, human trafficking, organized crime assessments);
    --  joint action plans to address shared threats;
    --  identification of best practices and venue for sharing
    lessons learned;
    --  improved operational collaboration and strengthened
    networking, with Swartz highlighting Shiprider as a model for
    close U.S.-Canada cooperation and the integration of
    cross-border law enforcement efforts; and,
    --  joint public outreach on key issues such as phishing and
    identity theft.

    LESSONS LEARNED
    ---------------

    ¶4. (SBU) Wex and Swartz highlighted a number of lessons
    learned from the CBCF over the past decade.  First, political
    leadership must provide clear direction and offer leverage
    Qleadership must provide clear direction and offer leverage
    and resources to implement its decisions.  Second, input from
    front-line field officers is essential to keep the CBCF's
    work relevant.  Third, there is a broad array of interests
    represented and the agenda must reflect the shared priorities
    of all parties.  Fourth, the CBCF must have continuity in its
    core organization along with sufficient adaptability through
    ad hoc groups to deal with specific issues as they arise.

    CHALLENGES

    OTTAWA 00000635  002 OF 008

    ----------

    ¶5. (SBU) The co-chairs laid out their vision of the
    challenges the CBCF faces in order to stay relevant:

    --  how to manage front-line expectations?
    --  how to resolve cross-border impediments while respecting
    both countries, legal frameworks?
    --  how to identify appropriate partners on complex issues
    involving multiple jurisdictions and mandates?
    --  how to ensure the appropriate legislative and policy
    framework supports operational collaboration?  and,
    --  how develop a shared vision among the partners?

    ¶6.  (SBU)  The group also discussed whether the CBCF is fully
    integrated with other similar fora, and how best to leverage
    the work of other groups to inform its work.  Significantly,
    participants discussed how to continue to adapt the CBCF,
    especially the composition of its sub-groups, to meet the
    changing realities of cross-border law enforcement.

    PROSECUTION SUB-GROUP
    ---------------------

    ¶7. (SBU) The various sub-groups described their work over the
    past year.  The Prosecution Sub-Group (PSG) highlighted the
    core challenge of lining up the two countries' legal systems
    in order to make the MLAT and extradition processes work
    efficiently and effectively.  The PSG continues to work to
    improve these processes.  The PSG is also developing a more
    streamlined process for obtaining third-party records in a
    timely manner.  Working Guides explaining the MLAT process in
    Canada and in the U.S. were available in paper and CD-ROM
    formats for distribution at the CBCF, for use as a training
    tool for prosecutors and investigators on both sides of the
    border.  The PSG is preparing a working guide to explain the
    process for obtaining Internet Service Provider records in
    the U.S.  Finally, the PSG is revising its work plan, with a
    renewed focus on concerns relating to the extradition process
    between Canada and the U.S., and encouraging broader
    participation in the workings of the subgroup and enhanced
    opportunities for consultation on issues of concern.

    MASS MARKETING FRAUD SUB-GROUP
    ------------------------------

    ¶8. (SBU) The sub-group completed and released a report on
    mass marketing fraud with five year trends, which it made
    available at the meeting.  It will receive broader
    distribution (especially in Canada) after translation into
    French.  The sub-group issued a joint public advisory on
    counterfeit checks, which has a different focus than the
    joint advisory on counterfeit checks released at CBCF 9.
    U.S. co-chair Jonathan Rusch pointed out the importance of
    fraud surveys as an analytical tool; one participant pointed
    to this area as one of the "real triumphs" of the CBCF.  The
    subgroup cited several challenges for the future, including:

    --  harmonizing strategies and ensuring a commitment to
    interagency enforcement;
    --  synchronizing seizure and forfeiture procedures for
    proceeds of crime;
    --  improving information sharing (especially better methods
    of face to face info sharing); and,
    Qof face to face info sharing); and,
    --  coordinating training more and improving cross-border
    training techniques.

    FIREARMS TRAFFICKING SUB-GROUP
    ------------------------------

    ¶9. (SBU) The co-chairs reviewed progress to date on the issue
    of firearms trafficking.  With the connection of the Ontario
    Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU) and the Canadian
    National Firearms Tracing Center to the e-trace system of
    ATF, some 1700 traces took place in 2007.  The MOU that
    Minister Day and AG Gonzalez signed at CBCF 9 linked the

    OTTAWA 00000635  003 OF 008

    Canadian Integrated Ballistics Information Network to the
    U.S. National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, but
    to date no cross-border hits have been detected because the
    current system deals with a very low volume of exchanges.
    The Firearms Reference Table (FRT) that the RCMP created and
    shared with U.S. agencies is increasingly in use by U.S.
    agencies; Interpol has adopted the FRT as a model for
    identifying firearms.  Finally, ATF has expanded its work
    with Canadian agencies, hosting cross-border trainings,
    conducting a joint awareness campaign with posters at border
    crossings, and increasing its attache support in Canada with
    new positions in Toronto and Vancouver.  Canadian
    interlocutors also cited strengthened gun laws in Canada as a
    positive move to enhance cross-border gun trafficking
    enforcement.

    COUNTER-TERRORISM SUB-GROUP
    ---------------------------

    ¶10. (SBU) The sub-group highlighted two cases -- Ahmed Ressam
    case (Millennium Bomber, 1999) and the Charlotte Hizballah
    Case (1996) -- in its publication "Best Practices in the
    Development and Prosecution of Cross-Border Terrorism Cases,"
    released at CBCF 10, to review lessons learned in
    cross-border counter-terrorism cases.  Most of the issues
    raised from analyzing these cases have to do with
    information-sharing between Canada and the U.S., which is
    further complicated by the challenge of sharing information
    between law enforcement and intelligence agencies.  The
    publication also made a series of recommendations for future
    cases, again with a special emphasis on information-sharing.
    Notably, it recommended that "communications should focus on
    the timely exchange of information without regard to whether
    such information is of potential evidentiary value," and
    urged that information exchanges should "include relevant
    national security intelligence."  It suggested that relevant
    agencies "consider cross-border co-location of CT personnel
    to promote effective situational awareness on both sides of
    the border."  According to one of the co-chairs, there is an
    MOU in progress that would facilitate personnel exchanges
    between RCMP INSETs and FBI JTTFs.  The U.S. Attorney for the
    Northern District of New York made the case for robust
    information-sharing, stating that "seemingly insignificant
    pieces of information can take on greater importance when put
    together with other pieces of information."  The U.S.
    Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington expressed
    concern that much information-sharing takes place at the SBU
    level and is not as robust as it might be.

    INTEROPERABILITY SUB-GROUP
    --------------------------

    ¶11. (SBU) The sub-group reported that it had completed a
    joint comparative analysis of the similarities and gaps
    between the Canada Public Safety Information Network (CPSIN)
    data standards and the U.S. National Information Exchange
    Model (NIEM), and had concluded that the framework of current
    standards are adequate.  It made recommendations for
    Qstandards are adequate.  It made recommendations for
    developing and completing cross-border data exchanges.  The
    co-chairs briefed the sub-group on various pilot projects to
    pursue, including several related to the 2010 Olympics in
    Vancouver.  Specifically, representatives will review the
    range of options possible to implement a LInX pilot in the
    region.

    DRUGS & ORGANIZED CRIME SUB-GROUP
    ---------------------------------

    ¶12. (SBU) The sub-group tabled the U.S.-Canada Border Drug
    Threat Assessment at CBCF 10.  The co-chairs provided an
    overview of the assessment,s key findings, including:
    --  despite best efforts, significant drug trafficking still
    occurs in both directions across the border;
    --  the principal illicit substances smuggled across our
    shared border are MDMA/Ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana;
    --  MDMA/Ecstasy production has increased in Canada, and
    there is increased availability on both sides of the border;

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    --  the U.S. is the primary transit country for South
    American cocaine entering Canada and accounts for 40% of its
    seizures;
    --  cannabis cultivation is thriving on both sides of the
    border, but marijuana seizures at the border have dropped 50%;
    --  both countries have significantly enhanced bilateral
    cooperation on drug trafficking issues and will continue to
    do so.

    ¶13.  (SBU)  The co-chairs also briefed the group on
    assessments of the Asia-Pacific corridor of organized crime
    groups and the need for a global approach to tackle a global
    problem.  The participants discussed the need for ongoing
    personnel exchanges between the various law enforcement
    organizations to ensure robust information exchanges and
    better operational capacity.  Deputy Assistant Secretary of
    State Christie McCampbell briefed the group on the Merida
    Initiative and suggested a tie-in between the work Canada is
    doing in the Caribbean and the work the U.S. will be doing in
    Mexico and Central America.

    BORDER ENFORCEMENT SUB-GROUP
    ----------------------------

    ¶14. (SBU) The Border Enforcement sub-group (BEG)

    underscored progress on the Shiprider initiative as the
    highlight of its program this year,  and a model for enhanced
    land based cooperation.  (Negotiations for a Shiprider
    agreement commenced immediately following CBCF 10.)  The
    co-chairs briefed the group on the development of the
    Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBET), five of which
    (with the recent merger of the Rocky Mountain IBET) are
    co-located; the remaining ten have joint meeting space.  The
    IBET leadership is in the process of evaluating locations for
    four IBET analysts, and has just completed a joint threat
    assessment based on analysis from the IBET.  The co-chairs
    pointed to improving and expanding existing radio
    communications and selecting the site for a one year radio
    interoperability pilot project as key next steps.  The group
    also discussed the issue of weapons carriage by law
    enforcement officers whose duties require them frequently to
    cross the border, a long-standing impediment to effective
    cross-border enforcement.

    EMERGING THREAT ENVIRONMENT
    ---------------------------

    ¶15. (SBU) Greg Fyffe, Executive Director of the International
    Assessment Staff of Canada's Privy Council Office delivered a
    speech describing the three drivers in international crime as
    drugs, terrorism, and human smuggling.  He emphasized that
    drugs will continue to be the backbone of international and
    national illegal activity by providing the huge profits that
    fuel other forms of criminality, while corrupting national
    institutions.  Its disruption is long-term and complex, and
    demand will remain consistent.  Terrorism thrives on the
    current breakdown of stable order, which creates safe zones
    for instability, and on the multi-generational transmission
    of hate, which is at the heart of international terrorism.
    Fyffe highlighted the resilience of the al-Qaeda movement,
    QFyffe highlighted the resilience of the al-Qaeda movement,
    pointing out that after five years of aggressive
    counter-terrorism operations, our success in "turning"
    leaders of AQ was zero;  the movement has not been seriously
    degraded.  Terrorism will continue to be a huge driver for a
    generation.  People smuggling is now part of the largest
    movement of people in history, which has gone on for the past
    20 years and will likely continue unabated.  It establishes
    routes that can also be used for other activities.

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    ¶16. (SBU) Fyffe cited another trend that deserved attention:
    gray corporations, i.e., large multinational companies --
    either state-supported or tacitly allowed to function by the
    state -- that are involved in criminal enterprises.  They
    have a certain amount of protection under the law due to
    their connection to states (e.g., Russia), and are "morally
    fractured," with many legitimate enterprises masking
    illegitimate enterprises.

    ¶17. (SBU) Fyffe pointed to four wildcards to watch in the
    future for their disruptive effect: --  pandemics that could
    combine with other disasters to create large openings for
    criminal enterprises;
    --  energy shocks disrupting normal markets and creating
    urgent new demand that criminal syndicates can fill;
    --  climate change that creates water challenges and
    disasters in low lying areas; and,
    --  continued growth of internet use that makes cyber-crime
    and cyber-penetration of national security institutions an
    increasing security issue.

    CASE STUDY I -- FIREARMS SMUGGLING INVESTIGATION
    --------------------------------------------- ---

    ¶18. (SBU) An Ontario PWEU officer and a Toronto-based ATF
    attache briefed the group on a nine-month investigation into
    a firearms smuggling case as an example of how close
    cooperation can disrupt and distract criminal gangs.  The
    gangs in the Greater Toronto Area are closely connected to
    the U.S., in this case driving marijuana and ecstasy down to
    Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, and bringing arms and
    ammunition back up to Canada.  This collaborative
    investigation included joint monitoring and tracking devices,
    surveillance units, and drug purchases.  It included
    participation from ICE, ATF, PWEU, and state and local
    police.  The presenters pointed to the "multi-disciplinary"
    (guns, gangs, drugs) and multi-jurisdictional nature of the
    operation as requiring new thinking in dealing with these
    kinds of crimes.  They pointed to a number of investigative
    hurdles:

    --  educating counterparts on national protocols and
    procedures;
    --  intelligence and information-sharing;
    --  grand jury proceedings and new and effective tools for
    sharing grand jury information;
    --  GPS across the border;
    --  wiretap procedures and technical specifications;
    --  travel challenges; and,
    --  operational issues, e.g. two different elements of
    probably cause.

    DRUG THREAT ASSESSMENT
    ---------------------

    ¶19. (SBU)  Another multi-agency cross-border product unveiled
    at CBCF 10 was the "United States-Canada Border Threat
    Assessment 2007," which described several trends in
    cross-border drug trafficking, including:
    --  Canada becoming the largest source of its own MDMA;
    --  the rise of Asian gangs as movers of drugs (primarily
    MDMA and high-potency marijuana) into North America;
    --  the implementation of Canada's chemical watch program;
    --  increasing production of precursors in Canada for both
    the Canadian and U.S. markets; and,
    --  the U.S. becoming the main transit country for South
    Q--  the U.S. becoming the main transit country for South
    American cocaine into Canada.

    ¶20.  (SBU)  The study also contained a concise section of
    outlooks for cross-border drug projections, including
    judgments on MDMA trends, grow ops, cocaine trafficking, and
    precursor chemicals.

    CASE STUDY II -- E-PARAGON/RAMAN NOODLE
    ---------------------------------------

    ¶21. (SBU) A joint team presented a second case study that

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    involved DEA, FBI, ICE, and IRS on the U.S. side, and
    included participation by the Australian and New Zealand
    Federal Police, the Hong Kong Police, and the Royal Canadian
    Mounted Police.  The case involved an organized crime group
    with cells in Orange County, Vancouver, and Australia moving
    precursors from Asia to Vancouver, and from Vancouver to Los
    Angeles.  When the case was complete, there were seizures in
    eight countries including drugs, money, and property.  The
    briefers noted four trends that were evident during the
    investigation:
    --  the globalization of the drug trade;
    --  fusion of criminal groups;
    --  increasing sophistication of traffickers; and,
    --  enhanced trafficker technology.

    ¶22. (SBU) The case study sparked a discussion among
    participants on how to remove barriers to effective
    investigations and prosecutions, how to improve the MLAT
    process, and how to enhance communications between
    multi-agency and international law enforcement.  Minister
    Nicholson suggested that this case highlights the ability of
    criminal syndicates to exploit law enforcement's
    vulnerabilities in legislation, policy, and presence, and how
    their loose organization allowed them to work with great
    flexibility and reconstitute easily.  Minister Day noted the
    trend of small labs for the chemical production, and said
    that, as we break up the larger operation, traffickers move
    to utilize smaller labs.  A DEA rep confirmed that, as state
    and local laws have made super-labs more difficult to manage,
    traffickers have moved to Mexico, where they utilize small
    labs.  From 2001 to today, there has been a 90% drop in super
    labs in the United States.

    2008 IBET THREAT ASSESSMENT
    ---------------------------

    ¶23. (SBU) A final panel focused on the Joint IBET Threat
    Assessment and the collective law enforcement response.  The
    major highlights from the Threat Assessment were that:
    --  organized crime is the single largest threat encountered
    at the Canada/U.S. border, with the greatest concentration of
    organized crime located in large cities close to the border;
    --  illegal migrants are intercepted regularly at the
    Canada/U.S. border, and human-smuggling networks established
    in large cities close to the Canada/U.S. border often use
    smaller groups in border areas to assist them;
    --  marijuana and ecstasy are smuggled into the U.S. from
    Canada, while cocaine is smuggled into Canada from the U.S.,
    with the quantity of marijuana and cocaine seized between the
    ports of entry decreasing but the number of seizures
    increasing;
    --  the U.S. is the primary source of firearms smuggled into
    Canada, and the significant majority of all firearms seized
    at Canadian POEs are personal firearms originating from the
    U.S. but, overall, the number of firearms seized between the
    ports of entry increased in 2006;
    --  the quantity of currency (illegal proceeds) seized
    between the ports of entry increased, with the amounts seized
    often large and usually from couriers (most likely the
    Qoften large and usually from couriers (most likely the
    proceeds from illicit drug transactions);
    --  a number of organized crime groups are responsible for
    smuggling contraband cigarettes into Canada from the U.S.,
    mainly through Native American/First Nations reserves;
    --  the marine environment is particularly vulnerable, with
    threats including the smuggling of narcotics, weapons,
    currency, tobacco, alcohol, and people; and,
    --  couriers regularly employed by organized crime groups use
    all modes of transportation, including air smuggling, but
    couriers increasingly use sophisticated concealment methods,
    the latest technologies, and counter surveillance techniques.

    ¶24. (SBU) The panel reviewed the conclusions of the
    assessment, namely:
    --  IBETs have made tremendous progress in advancing
    cross-border cooperation between partner agencies;
    --  the continued sharing of criminal information and

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    intelligence has led to the ongoing success of IBET;
    --  investigations to combat cross-border organized crime are
    a critical contribution to overall national security;
    --  successful intelligence-led IBET investigations displaced
    criminal activity to other parts of the border, which
    neighboring IBET units identified and countered; and,
    --  displacement activity is not easy to predict, but
    existing IBET partnerships provide the capacity to respond
    effectively.

    SHIPRIDER
    ---------

    ¶25. (SBU) Coast Guard Rear Admiral Wayne Justice co-presented
    on the status of the Shiprider program, which removes the
    international maritime boundary as a barrier to law
    enforcement by enabling seamless, continuous law enforcement
    operations across the border.  Shiprider represents an
    integrated operational approach to maritime law enforcement
    and security in shared waters (inland and coastal), not just
    information and intelligence sharing.  Several pilot programs
    of Shiprider in the last couple of years have shown it to be
    a successful model.  The panel recommended that Shiprider
    should be established permanently and that:
    --  locations be identified to deploy Shiprider operations
    using joint threat and risk assessments;
    --  costs and logistical issues be assessed with establishing
    permanent Shiprider teams;
    --  Shiprider should be integrated within the IBET framework;
    and,
    --  Shiprider should be expanded to include other law
    enforcement partners.

    ¶26.  (SBU)  The panel concluded by stating that Shiprider
    negotiations would be commenced immediately following CBCF
    10, with a view of implementing a Framework Agreement in
    advance of the 2010 Olympics.  (The Shiprider negotiation
    teams met later in the day to agree on the terms of reference
    for the next day's talks, and made significant progress on
    March 20 toward reaching an agreement that would make the
    Shiprider program permanent -- ref A.)

    ¶27. (SBU) Deputy Assistant Attorney General Swartz noted that
    there was not enough time for the presentation he had planned
    with Assistant Deputy Attorney General Don Piragoff (Justice
    Canada) on developing a joint legal framework to address the
    many legal issues that arise within the integrated law
    enforcement context.  He mentioned that Shiprider would
    provide a good context to start these discussions, and urged
    that the respective Departments of Justice work together to
    provide advice on the legal aspects of Shiprider and to
    consider adapting the framework agreement to other integrated
    cross-border law enforcement operations in the future.  In
    final comments by the Canadian Ministers and Attorney
    General, Minister Day asked point blank "what is holding up
    the Shiprider negotiations?"  He confirmed that the program
    has full political support from the Government of Canada,
    which would like to see it move forward as soon as possible.

    CASE STUDY III -- GALDAMEZ HUMAN SMUGGLING CASE
    --------------------------------------------- --
    Q-------------------------------------------- ---

    ¶28. (SBU) The third case study focused on a huge success for
    the IBETs.  The case was co-presented on the U.S. side by
    U.S. Attorney in Vermont Thomas Anderson and ICE Assistant
    Secretary Julie Myers.  The case involved a Montreal-based
    smuggling organization with links to New York City and
    Boston.  Several hundred illegal aliens from Pakistan, India,
    and Central and South America were trafficked from Canada to
    the United States (mainly through New York and Vermont)
    through a scheme that involved dropping them off between
    ports of entry and having them walk across the border and be
    picked up on the other side by members of the trafficking
    organization.  The case was worked by the Stanstead/Derby
    IBET with participation by the RCMP, CBP, CBSA, ICE, Surete
    du Quebec, and Terretons police, as well as the U.S.
    Attorney's Office for Vermont.  Galdamez and his

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    co-conspirators have been indicted in Vermont for conspiracy
    and alien smuggling, and their extraditions from Canada are
    pending.  The net result was the reduction of human-smuggling
    to a trickle in this area.

    ¶29. (SBU) Discussion of the case revolved around the
    emergence of one-stop shopping for traffickers, where
    criminal gangs are providing housing, movement, and jobs for
    trafficked persons, and the potential for terrorists to
    utilize pre-existing trafficking routes to move people and
    weapons.  One participant pointed out the need for a better
    communications forensics model and another for improved
    cross-border enforcement models.

    ENFORCEMENT BETWEEN PORTS OF ENTRY
    ----------------------------------

    ¶30. (SBU) In a final presentation on how to improve
    enforcement between ports of entry, the presenter said that
    the goal of cross-border law enforcement ultimately is to
    move from "coordinated response" to "integrated response," as
    exemplified by the IBET and Shiprider models.  With only five
    IBETs co-located and not all agencies represented and with no
    overarching strategy, limitations in terms of technology, and
    use of the Shiprider model only on water, however, gaps
    remain.  The working group suggested discussion of a
    bi-national border enforcement strategy between the Ports of
    Entry at CBCF 11 (in the United States; place and time to be
    determined).  It should answer the following questions:

    --  where are the threats and gaps?
    --  what intelligence and enforcement model is best?
    --  how far inland can we move the maritime strategy?
    --  what technical solutions are there?
    --  how do we best allocate resources across the border? and,
    --  what legislative and regulatory amendments are needed?

    ¶31.  (U)  Ministers Day and Nicholson also met separately
    with Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross
    Border Crime Forum (refs B and C).

    ¶32.  (U) DOJ has cleared this cable.

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