True Patriot Love - RCMP Legend Garry Clement： Undercover, Crime & Proceeds of Crime #shorts

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Get to sit down with legendary Gary Clement, 35-year veteran from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and current senior advisor for global AML at Versa Bank in Canada. Get to know who he is, what he does, and how he got into organized crime.

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00:00:00.000 Get to sit down with legendary Gary Clement, 35-year veteran from the RCMP.

00:00:05.880 Thank you for joining us, Gary.

00:00:07.800 Thank you very much for having me, Brian.

00:00:10.160 Perfect.

00:00:10.780 So just in case some of the audience may not know who you are,

00:00:13.900 do you mind a quick intro just to give a quick highlight to add some context

00:00:17.600 into where this interview is going to go?

00:00:19.820 Yeah, I'd be happy to.

00:00:20.900 I was fortunate I did 30 years RCMP, four years as chief of police,

00:00:26.480 15 years running my own company,

00:00:28.360 And then I'm now a senior advisor for Global AML at Versa Bank in Canada.

00:00:35.160 In my career, I was forced.

00:00:37.100 I did a lot of undercover work, got into organized crime, infiltrated some of the highest levels in British Columbia in the 80s.

00:00:46.720 And then in the 90s, actually, I got involved with a group that was smuggling.

00:00:52.440 They made between $600 and $800 million in revenue from smuggling alcohol and tobacco in direct ties to the Genovese crime family.

00:01:04.540 I was working between the U.S. and Canada, including Las Vegas and Messina, New York, and then the rest up into Canada.

00:01:13.540 So we set a trucking company, so that was very interesting.

00:01:17.460 And then I had the opportunity on the ground floor to start the Proceeds of Crime program.

00:01:22.440 Thank you.

True Patriot Love - February 17, 2026

RCMP Legend Garry Clement： Undercover, Crime & Proceeds of Crime #shorts

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