RCMP Legend Garry Clement: Undercover, Crime & Proceeds of Crime #shorts
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Summary
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.
Transcript
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Get to sit down with legendary Gary Clement, 35-year veteran from the RCMP.
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So just in case some of the audience may not know who you are,
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do you mind a quick intro just to give a quick highlight to add some context
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I was fortunate I did 30 years RCMP, four years as chief of police,
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And then I'm now a senior advisor for Global AML at Versa Bank in Canada.
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I did a lot of undercover work, got into organized crime, infiltrated some of the highest levels in British Columbia in the 80s.
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And then in the 90s, actually, I got involved with a group that was smuggling.
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They made between $600 and $800 million in revenue from smuggling alcohol and tobacco in direct ties to the Genovese crime family.
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I was working between the U.S. and Canada, including Las Vegas and Messina, New York, and then the rest up into Canada.
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So we set a trucking company, so that was very interesting.
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And then I had the opportunity on the ground floor to start the Proceeds of Crime program.