IMET Mandate

Within the RCMP, the securities fraud mandate resides with the Commercial Crime Sections. The IMET Program is intended to complement, not replace, that mandate.

IMET will:

• Investigate serious Criminal Code capital markets fraud offences that are of regional or national significance and threaten investor confidence or economic stability in Canada;
• Work to ensure that those who commit these offences are brought to justice in an effective and timely manner;

• Collaborate with other law enforcement agencies and securities regulators to ensure that all complaints and inquiries received by the IMETs pertaining to other market offences (e.g. money laundering in capital markets, securities law violations and other commercial crimes and violations) are addressed by the appropriate body. In particular, infractions to the Criminal Code not within the mandate of IMETs will be referred to the RCMP Commercial Crime Branch.