Report of the Canada - United States Working Group on Telemarketing Fraud

Department of Justice

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. THE OFFENCE
  • 2.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD
  • 2.2 THE REAL FACE OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD: HOW VICTIMS ARE DECEIVED
• 3. LEGAL ISSUES AND OPTIONS
  • 3.1 CONSTITUTIONAL JURISDICTIONS
  • 3.2 CRIMINAL AND QUASI-CRIMINAL POWERS AND OFFENSES
    • 3.2.1 Canada
    • 3.2.2 United States
  • 3.3 EVIDENCE LAWS AND PROCEDURES
  • 3.4 REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT
    • 3.4.1 Canada
    • 3.4.2 United States
  • 3.5 OTHER SOURCES OF AUTHORITY
    • 3.5.1 Investigative Powers
    • 3.5.2 Bail Statutes
    • 3.5.3 Blocking or Terminating Telephone Service
  • 3.6 MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
  • 3.7 EXTRADITION
  • 3.8 DEPORTATION
• 4. EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
  • 4.1 EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC
  • 4.2 EDUCATING SPECIFIC SEGMENTS OF THE PUBLIC
  • 4.3 TWO SUCCESS STORIES: CONSUMER "HOTLINES" AND "REVERSE BOILER-ROOMS"
• 5. CANADA-UNITED STATES COOPERATION AND STRATEGY
  • 5.1 BASIC STRATEGIC GOALS
  • 5.2 OPERATIONAL APPROACHES
  • 5.3 ELEMENTS OF A BINATIONAL STRATEGY
• 6. CONCLUSION