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Recruiting and retaining forensic accountants, cybercrime experts and other in-demand specialists is also a competitive market internationally, he said.
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Eby said Tuesday that his independent investigator Peter German had to ask repeatedly to find out the actual staffing complement, after first being told there were 26 funded positions devoted to B.C.香蕉视频直播檚 situation.
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Eby released a single chapter of German香蕉视频直播檚 report Monday to put pressure on Ottawa to allocate funds from its latest budget to stepping up organized crime investigations in B.C.
Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, spokesman for the joint organized crime unit that combines RCMP and municipal police efforts, noted that its illegal gaming investigation team was established three years ago.
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