Like many Canadians , there are people struggling to find an affordable home these days . They currently live in a one or two-bedroom apartment with theirchildren. “soon,”. Toronto and Vancouver the city’s highly competitive real estate market, where bidding wars are still common, home ownership has so far been unfeasible for the couple. But after a decade of staggering growth, the housing market in many Canadian cities is starting to cool—a trend economists and real estate experts suggest will continue through 2014. So are Prospective buyers smelling opportunity, but they’re not sure how to take advantage. “If there’s a downturn coming, what’s ther best strategy?
Live from the business studios of Radio Shalom in Montreal is Gerald Czernohorsky is Ceo of Montreal Capital Partners will discuss the real estate market why is still the best investment to make.
My name is Samuel Ezerzer, your host to the Money & Business show on Radio Shalom, CJRS 1650 AM. Thank you for tuning in live on the Money & Business show, with our Business studios headquarters in Montreal, the financial capital and the home to the greatest hockey team, the Montreal Canadians. We have another great show for you today and as always, you can call if you have any questions, comments, or criticisms on today's topic. Please call us direct at 514 738 4100 ext 200 or email me at moneyandbusinessshow@gmail.com if you have any inquiries. You can also visit our website at http://www.radio-shalom.ca/ – all our shows are archived there.
BIOGRAPHY
Gerald Czernohorsky is Ceo of Montreal Capital Partners
Montreal Capital Partners, established in 2011 is an innovative, forward thinking real estate investing company dedicated to offering the best real estate solutions to both its customers and investors. It has a corporate team with a vast knowledge and expertise in the real estate industry that can find a solution for any real estate problem and believes in “Investing in Relationships”
At Montreal Capital Partners do deals that are financed in a creative manner, When going for a project of joint ventures or partnering up with other individuals due diligence is there highest importance when choosing a partner. Although a high return on our investment is very important at Montreal Capital Partners they also believe that it is equally important to invest for cash flow and long term sustainability of a real estate project.
Montreal Capital Partners has a firm corporate policy of giving back to the community and this can best be exemplified by the fact that he has volunteered as a Big Brother for the Big Brothers of West Island for over ten years and as well sat on the Board of Directors for the Big Bothers of West Island for over 3 years.
watch video of Real Estate area in Cote st luc ; Ian Stone
Moving along through 2013 as predicted, some minor adjustments in the first quarter, but prepare for some further downward adjustment(s) particularly in Anglo-cartiers which are ethno-demographically de-homogenizing/aging/selling. Housing values in said areas will be lower resultantly and on larger margins.
I will not say that what we’re seeing in terms of homes for sale in Cote Saint Luc is an indication of the Marois victory outright – that would be irresponsible to suggest. The housing market is a key economic indicator and as such it is reflective of and reactive to a plethora of variables, both domestic and external. The PQ victory was tempered by its minority government win… had they won a majority, the housing bubble in Montreal would have likely exploded rather than simply popped, as it has.
One thing the housing market is irreconcilably linked to is disposable income -and when you tax as Marois has, adding even more tax burden onto the populace than has ever been present before, you diminish people’s ability to buy homes, thus decreasing the value of homes in said marketplace. This is 101 economics, pardon the pun; all American politicians run on the premise that raising taxes is akin to killing jobs, social spending, economic growth…
In our socially engineered economy here in Quebec, we’ve virtually presumed ourselves impervious to external market forces… well, the awakening is here and I predict that it’s going to be somewhat of a rude one.
INTRODUCTION Since our last interview with Jerry Brewer last August in 2012 the dynamics of the “Mexican Drug War” have morphed into what is essentially a War against organized crime throughout the Americas. While we discussed last time how this would (and has) affect the US and Canada, there is a new enemy that is made up of a myriad of foreign nationals focusing on MUCH more than drugs.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 1/4
US military and US Intelligence has entrenched throughout the Northern Cone of Central America and placed immense pressure on the drug cartels as Jerry Brewer said they would. This has fragmented many of the main cartels, as well as displaced them to focus on markets further south and deep into Argentina. They are heavy into alternative and VERY LUCRATIVE revenue ventures (human/sex trafficking, kidnapping/extortion, murder for hire, robbery, and others). The sex trafficking trade is now rivaling the drug trade and the second largest illicit revenue source behind drug trafficking. Again, he said in our last interview and he explained that drug legalization would not adversely affect the cartels- they would start getting into other areas of illicit supply and demand. Although drugs also continue to flow.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 2/4
Today we will explore in our today's show live from Florida is Mr. Jerry Brewer is a 'former" CIA 'officer' in the Counter-terrorism Center , has served the U.S. government as a counterterrorism specialist- practitioner and senior trainer with extensive operational activity in Latin America and the Middle East as an intelligence community operative, we will explore the the financials of the sex and human trafficking trade being nurtured and supported by a world international market; the dynamics of the US in Central America against the transnational organized criminals, and the current border situation in the US
My name is Samuel Ezerzer, your host to the Money & Business show on Radio Shalom, CJRS 1650 AM.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 3/4 Topic “The America’s Drug War Causing a Shift in Illicit Revenue specifically the business of Human Slavery” Biography JERRY BREWER Mr. Jerry Brewer is a 'former" CIA 'officer' in the Counter-terrorism Center , has served the U.S. government as a counterterrorism specialist- practitioner and senior trainer with extensive operational activity in Latin America and the Middle East as an intelligence community operative- with a fluency in Spanish.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 4/4 CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES United States of America Washington, D.C. 703.268.4453 www.scribd.com/jbrewer31 http://www.cjiausa.orgwww.cjiausa.org (archived at: www.scribd.com/jbrewer31 and www.mexidata.info).
last interview with Jerry Brewer Mexican Drug Wars
Riots have broken out in Argentina after 13 people were acquitted over the disappearance of a young woman who was allegedly kidnapped and forced into sex slavery. The court ruling has also prompted calls by political leaders to impeach the three judges who delivered the verdict. Many have called the ruling a setback for Argentina's efforts to combat sex trafficking. When Maria de los Angeles "Marita" Veron vanished in 2002, her mother, Susana Trimarco, launched a one-woman campaign to find her - and rescued hundreds of women from sex slavery along the way. Ms Trimarco's search exposed an underworld of organised crime figures who operate brothels with protection from authorities
Human trafficking is not limited to sexual exploitation and it’s not limited to women; it involves any illegal trade of human beings for the purpose of forced labor.
Since our last interview with Jerry Brewer last August in 2012 the dynamics of the “Mexican Drug War” have morphed into what is essentially a War against organized crime throughout the Americas. While we discussed last time how this would (and has) affect the US and Canada, there is a new enemy that is made up of a myriad of foreign nationals focusing on MUCH more than drugs. Video clip
Human Trafficking is modern day Slavery; Period /Part 1
Human Trafficking is modern day Slavery; Period /Part 2 What Is Trafficking In Persons? “Trafficking in persons” and “human trafficking” have been used as umbrella terms for the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-386), as amended, and the Palermo Protocol describe this compelled service using a number of different terms, including involuntary servitude, slavery or practices similar to slavery, debt bondage, and forced labor.
Human Trafficking is modern day Slavery; Period /Part 3 Human trafficking can include but does not require movement. People may be considered trafficking victims regardless of whether they were born into a state of servitude, were transported to the exploitative situation, previously consented to work for a trafficker, or participated in a crime as a direct result of being trafficked. At the heart of this phenomenon is the traffickers’ goal of exploiting and enslaving their victims and the myriad coercive and deceptive practices they use to do so.
Human Trafficking is modern day Slavery; Period /Part 3
The Face of Modern Slavery Sex Trafficking
When an adult is coerced, forced, or deceived into prostitution – or maintained in prostitution through one of these means after initially consenting – that person is a victim of trafficking. Under such circumstances, perpetrators involved in recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for that purpose are responsible for trafficking crimes. Sex trafficking also may occur within debt bondage, as women and girls are forced to continue in prostitution through the use of unlawful “debt” purportedly incurred through their transportation, recruitment, or even their crude “sale” – which exploiters insist they must pay off before they can be free. A person’s initial consent to participate in prostitution is not legally determinative: if one is thereafter held in service through psychological manipulation or physical force, he or she is a trafficking victim and should receive benefits outlined in the Palermo Protocol and applicable domestic laws.
Obama spoke -The topic? Human trafficking. Child Sex Trafficking
When a child (under 18 years of age) is induced to perform a commercial sex act, proving force, fraud, or coercion against their pimp is not necessary for the offense to be characterized as human trafficking. There are no exceptions to this rule: no cultural or socioeconomic rationalizations should prevent the rescue of children from sexual servitude. The use of children in the commercial sex trade is prohibited both under U.S. law and by statute in most countries around the world. Sex trafficking has devastating consequences for minors, including long-lasting physical and psychological trauma, disease (including HIV/AIDS), drug addiction, unwanted pregnancy, malnutrition, social ostracism, and even death.
Forced Labor
Forced labor, sometimes also referred to as labor trafficking, encompasses the range of activities – recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining – involved when a person uses force or physical threats, psychological coercion, abuse of the legal process, deception, or other coercive means to compel someone to work. Once a person’s labor is exploited by such means, the person’s previous consent or effort to obtain employment with the trafficker becomes irrelevant. Migrants are particularly vulnerable to this form of human trafficking, but individuals also may be forced into labor in their own countries. Female victims of forced or bonded labor, especially women and girls in domestic servitude, are often sexually exploited as well.
Bonded Labor Or Debt Bondage
One form of coercion is the use of a bond or debt. U.S. law prohibits the use of a debt or other threats of financial harm as a form of coercion and the Palermo Protocol requires its criminalization as a form of trafficking in persons. Some workers inherit debt; for example, in South Asia it is estimated that there are millions of trafficking victims working to pay off their ancestors’ debts. Others fall victim to traffickers or recruiters who unlawfully exploit an initial debt assumed as a term of employment.
Debt bondage of migrant laborers in their countries of origin, often with the support of labor agencies and employers in the destination country, can also contribute to a situation of debt bondage. Such circumstances may occur in the context of employment-based temporary work programs when a worker’s legal status in the country is tied to the employer and workers fear seeking redress.
Involuntary Domestic Servitude
Involuntary domestic servitude is a form of human trafficking found in unique circumstances—informal work in a private residence—these circumstances create unique vulnerabilities for victims. Domestic workplaces are informal, connected to off-duty living quarters, and often not shared with other workers. Such an environment, which can isolate domestic workers, is conducive to exploitation because authorities cannot inspect homes as easily as they can compared to formal workplaces. Investigators and service providers report many cases of untreated illnesses and, tragically, widespread sexual abuse, which in some cases may be symptoms of a situation of involuntary servitude.
Forced Child Labor
Although children may legally engage in certain forms of work, forms of slavery or slavery-like practices continue to exist as manifestations of human trafficking, despite legal prohibitions and widespread condemnation. A child can be a victim of human trafficking regardless of the location of that nonconsensual exploitation. Some indicators of possible forced labor of a child include situations in which the child appears to be in the custody of a non-family member who requires the child to perform work that financially benefits someone outside the child’s family and does not offer the child the option of leaving. Anti-trafficking responses should supplement, not replace, traditional actions against child labor, such as remediation and education. When children are enslaved, however, their abusers should not escape criminal punishment by taking weaker administrative responses to child labor practices.
Unlawful Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers
Child soldiering is a manifestation of human trafficking when it involves the unlawful recruitment or use of children – through force, fraud, or coercion – by armed forces as combatants or other forms of labor. Some child soldiers are also sexually exploited by armed groups. Perpetrators may be government armed forces, paramilitary organizations, or rebel groups. Many children are forcibly abducted to be used as combatants. Others are unlawfully made to work as porters, cooks, guards, servants, messengers, or spies. Young girls can be forced to marry or have sex with male combatants. Both male and female child soldiers are often sexually abused and are at high risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
Methodology The Department of State prepared this Report using information from U.S. embassies, government officials, nongovernmental and international organizations, published reports, news articles, academic studies, research trips to every region of the world, and information submitted to tipreport@state.gov. This email address provides a means by which organizations and individuals can share information with the Department of State on government progress in addressing trafficking.
U.S. diplomatic posts and domestic agencies reported on the trafficking situation and governmental action to fight trafficking based on thorough research that included meetings with a wide variety of government officials, local and international NGO representatives, officials of international organizations, journalists, academics, and survivors. U.S. missions overseas are dedicated to covering human trafficking issues. Tier Placement The Department places each country in the 2012 TIP Report onto one of four tiers, as mandated by the TVPA. This placement is based more on the extent of government action to combat trafficking than on the size of the problem. The analyses are based on the extent of governments’ efforts to reach compliance with the TVPA’s minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking (see page 388), which are consistent with the Palermo Protocol.
While Tier 1 is the highest ranking, it does not mean that a country has no human trafficking problem. Rather, a Tier 1 ranking indicates that a government has acknowledged the existence of human trafficking, has made efforts to address the problem, and meets the TVPA’s minimum standards. Each year, governments need to demonstrate appreciable progress in combating trafficking to maintain a Tier 1 ranking. Indeed, Tier 1 represents a responsibility rather than a reprieve. A country is never finished with the job of fighting trafficking.
Since our last interview with Jerry Brewer last August in 2012 the dynamics of the “Mexican Drug War” have morphed into what is essentially a War against organized crime throughout the Americas. While we discussed last time how this would (and has) affect the US and Canada, there is a new enemy that is made up of a myriad of foreign nationals focusing on MUCH more than drugs.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 1/4
US military and US Intelligence has entrenched throughout the Northern Cone of Central America and placed immense pressure on the drug cartels as Jerry Brewer said they would. This has fragmented many of the main cartels, as well as displaced them to focus on markets further south and deep into Argentina. They are heavy into alternative and VERY LUCRATIVE revenue ventures (human/sex trafficking, kidnapping/extortion, murder for hire, robbery, and others). The sex trafficking trade is now rivaling the drug trade and the second largest illicit revenue source behind drug trafficking. Again, he said in our last interview and he explained that drug legalization would not adversely affect the cartels- they would start getting into other areas of illicit supply and demand. Although drugs also continue to flow.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 2/4
Today we will explore in our today's show live from Florida is Mr. Jerry Brewer is a 'former" CIA 'officer' in the Counter-terrorism Center , has served the U.S. government as a counterterrorism specialist- practitioner and senior trainer with extensive operational activity in Latin America and the Middle East as an intelligence community operative, we will explore the the financials of the sex and human trafficking trade being nurtured and supported by a world international market; the dynamics of the US in Central America against the transnational organized criminals, and the current border situation in the US.
My name is Samuel Ezerzer, your host to the Money & Business show on Radio Shalom, CJRS 1650 AM. Thank you for tuning in live on the Money & Business show, with our Business studios headquarters in Montreal, the financial capital and the home to the greatest hockey team, the Montreal Canadians. We have another great show for you today and as always, you can call if you have any questions, comments, or criticisms on today's topic. Please call us direct at 514 738 4100 ext 200 or email me at moneyandbusinessshow@gmail.com if you have any inquiries. You can also visit our website at http://www.radio-shalom.ca/ – all our shows are archived there.
Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery,Period part 4/4 Topic “The America’s Drug War Causing a Shift in Illicit Revenue specifically the business of Human Slavery” Biography JERRY BREWER Mr. Jerry Brewer is a 'former" CIA 'officer' in the Counter-terrorism Center , has served the U.S. government as a counterterrorism specialist- practitioner and senior trainer with extensive operational activity in Latin America and the Middle East as an intelligence community operative- with a fluency in Spanish. With over thirty years of professional managerial and leadership experience in the field of Criminal Justice (fifteen years as Chief of Police in 3 states); Jerry’s awards include U.S. Congressional and State Senate and House, honors. He is a published author. columnist, keynote speaker, consultant, and expert witness on extensive international criminal justice topics- Intelligence; terrorism/counterterrorism; transnational organized crime and drug cartels; policing; leadership; major case criminal investigation/homicide. and related world events He is the President and CEO of Criminal Justice International Associates, A global threat mitigation Firm located in northern Virginia." CRIMINAL JUSTICE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES United States of America Washington, D.C. 703.268.4453 www.scribd.com/jbrewer31 http://www.cjiausa.orgwww.cjiausa.org (archived at: www.scribd.com/jbrewer31 and www.mexidata.info). Questions 1- What is the current status of the so called war on drugs?
The quick answer is that over 60,000 people have been killed, and thousands still missing nor accounted for. Over 100 city officials, military, and police have been killed; 86 chiefs of police also. The war on drugs in Mexico and the northern cone of Central America has essentially morphed into a war against transnational organized crime/criminals (TOCs). There has been a splintering of many of the gangs and former drug cartels due to the intense aggressive military interdiction that was deployed by former President Felipe Calderon. Calderon had no choice but to utilize his military forces to combat an enemy that was made up of former Guatemalan and Mexican special forces deserters. This enemy was heavily armed, skilled, and as capable as any foreign insurgent army. The US military and US Intelligence Community began to train the Mexican military and federal police. This has made a significant difference after a year or so of these TCOs directly confronting and ambushing Mexican police and military patrols head on. The splintering into smaller cellular groups by these organized criminals and gang members was significantly caused by the strategic and tactical use of shared Intelligence methods/applications (with US) and specialized military operations that led to the capture and/or killing of over two-thirds of the top 37 most wanted drug kingpins. Much of this intense and capable strong show of force in Mexico and Central America was necessary due to virtually an absence of any formal and capable policing infrastructure in those regions. Corruption had also been rampant. The strong pressure resulted in much more traditional violent crimes for illicit revenue that had been impacted by aggressive attention to drug routes, transportation systems, money laundering, and other drug trafficking modus operandi. The smaller groups diverted much of their attention to now the second most source of illegal revenue to drug trafficking- human/sex trafficking; kidnapping/extortion; armed robbery; murder for hire; oil thefts, and related violent crimes.
2- Will the fight against “transnational organized crime” be much different than the usual fight against the traditional drug cartel gangs? The enemy will still be the same and they will continue to be heavily armed, ruthless, and capable. The major difference will be the urgent need for fundamentally sound policing concepts and methods. Competent criminal investigations with scientific concerns in crime scene processing and collection will be necessary; strong cases built against violators that result in prosecutable victories and extended incarceration will need to be primary goals. No easy task. The military essentially cannot do this, and competent policing infrastructure with obvious capable oversight must be required. Drugs will continue to flow regardless of legalization attempts, to feed a US $60B drug demand. It must also be said that no local state, county, or municipal police departments in the world (including the US) were ever designed and created to face what Mexico and those nations in the northern cone of Central America have faced with superior armed paramilitary (trained) criminals.
3- Where does this leave the war on drugs? Will the Latin America nations lose their focus on drug interdiction?
As I said before, drugs will continue to flow regardless of legalization attempts by the US or any other world nation. There will be illicit markets to cater to “higher highs;” enhanced potency that is outside of legal mandates to feed a US $60B drug demand/addiction a year alone. A myriad of illicit contraband trafficked worldwide will continue. TOCs will remain very capable adversaries to policing jurisdictions. I strongly suspect that military applications (that include Intelligence monitoring/gathering) will have a role in transnational organized crime interdiction throughout the world; and hopefully nations that will try to work closer together and united against organized crime. 4- The US Intelligence community and US military have been fragmenting the drug cartels in Mexico and Central America; what does this mean to the cartel’s organizational structure and revenue?
Again, this heavy attention on the drug cartels hierarchy have forced smaller groups into alternative and VERY LUCRATIVE revenue ventures (human/sex is now rivaling the drug trade and the second largest illicit revenue source behind drug trafficking.
Secretary Clinton Delivers a Video Message to the Yale Human Trafficking Conference from the Department of State in Washington,
Hillary Clinton 5. Jerry as Hillary clinton said “For decades, the problem went largely unnoticed. But 10 years ago this week, President Clinton signed the Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act, which gave us more tools to bring traffickers to justice and to provide victims with legal services and other support. Today, police officers, activists, and governments are coordinating their efforts more effectively? And What specifically are these new illicit markets?
The truth is that words alone do not make commitment- regardless of documents drafted/created. Critical “action” is needed now. There is an entire culture of modern day human slavery worldwide. This includes forced labor; migrants kidnapped, robbed of their life savings and killed or forced into servitude; commercial sexual exploitation and forced prostitution; children forced into becoming military soldiers, and related acts.
6- Just how prevalent is the human trafficking and sex trade in this Hemisphere?
How serious is what I am saying compared to “words” of victory over this world scourge? There are over 27 million people living in modern day slavery. Over 100 million children will be sold into prostitution in the next 12 months worldwide. The human trafficking sex industry is estimated to be a US$ 9.5 Billion a year industry. We can’t afford morally to look the other way anymore. Action is necessary now. http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/09/25/president-obama-speaks-clinton-global-initiative-annual-meeting President Obama Speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting September 25, 2012 | 22:31 | Public Domain “”In remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, President Obama calls human trafficking a debasement of our common humanity that tears at the social fabric of our communities, distorts markets, endangers public health, and fuels violence and organized crime.” “”“When a little boy is kidnapped, turned into a child soldier, forced to kill or be killed -- that’s slavery. When a little girl is sold by her impoverished family -- girls my daughters’ age -- runs away from home, or is lured by the false promises of a better life, and then imprisoned in a brothel and tortured if she resists -- that’s slavery. It is barbaric, and it is evil, and it has no place in a civilized world. (Applause.)”“” 7- Jerry as the President said calls human trafficking a debasement of our common humanity that tears at the social fabric of our communities, distorts markets, endangers public health, and fuels violence and organized crime and what is the extent of this world trade human and sex trafficking trade, and what is the extent of it?
It certainly fuels organized crime- with the key word as “organized.” This is a world network of criminal actors that work in concert to provide victims. We obviously know what it is, but how committed are we to aggressively get involved to fight it? Men, women, and children are the victims. This includes forced labor and sweat shops in which victims are enslaved for little compensation.
We are going to the state department as Ambassador-at-Large CdeBaca Testifies on International Human Trafficking and Forced Labor
Human trafficking is not limited to sexual exploitation and it’s not limited to women; it involves any illegal trade of human beings for the purpose of forced labor.
“When it comes to forced labor, we’re taking a hard look at the supply chains and labor sources behind the products we use every day. And what we’ve found should make us all think about the way this crime affects our lives. Because it’s likely that many of the products we use and rely on every day—from our morning coffee to our cotton sheets to the smart phone in our pocket to the car we drive to work—were touched by forced labor somewhere along the line.” Bangkok (Thailand), 4 February 2010 - The UNODC Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific hosted the Partnership Forum on Transnational Organized Crime, in Bangkok from 27 to 29 January 2010. The event represented a unique opportunity to foster a joint regional response to the threats posed by transnational organized crime. 8.Jerry how can we as consumers find out how these products that we consume on a daily basis , do not come from human slavery or forced labor?
We must encourage businesses, companies, and corporations to look at and know their supply chains and be cognizant of the moral applications involved rather than just looking at their bottom line fiscally.
9- What is being done to interdict the human and sex trafficking trade?
There are a lot of world private organizations that are getting involved in geographically appropriate regions. So many more are needed. Funding is critical and resources difficult to achieve despite political rhetoric. Just look at government budgets- ask where these allocations are. Police are beginning to become more aware of human trafficking symptoms through situational awareness brought on by strengthened border security, as well as education and training. We are still far behind this escalating world problem. Nations with poor policing infrastructure have little chance of making a difference. These efforts must be a united world effort, regardless of political beliefs. This is about humanity and the rule of law.
10- In reference to the film Documentary that you mentioned for Argentina; can you explain a little about the planned production and what will be the main focus of this film?
This is a planned Documentary that will focus on 2-3 cases of human/sex trafficking each in Mexico, Guatemala, and then in Argentina where there is evidence of much growth and organization in the sex trade. Argentina is also now second to the US in world cocaine use. We intend to show the correlation in drug addiction as a tool to control and manipulate many of these victims through addiction and forced abduction, recruitment, and exploitation. A friend of mine and an award-winning filmmaker, Gladys Bensimon (of HBR Productions), will film this most important project. She is an amazing talented person that has also done two other similar productions- “Crossing Our Borders,” that was narrated by Actress Maria Conchita Alonso; and “Living Life in Union,” that was narrated by Actor Andy Garcia. That was a film about Castro’s political prisoners. Incredible film. We are very excited about this new project.
11- What are latest US border security issues and how does the current legalization of marijuana affect Mexico and the US? What effects do you envision for Canada?
US Border issues will continue to be concerned with security and illegal immigration by transnationals. I don’t think that anyone that has never toured or been a part of a law enforcement effort in an international border region can truly envision or comprehend the monumental task of policing a border. Among two other states, I served as Chief of Police in what is described as the “Tucson Sector” of Arizona. The “Sector” reaches from Greater Tucson down to Nogales directly on the border with Mexico. This is a primary pipeline of drug trafficking and illegal human trafficking. There is no way that the US border with Mexico that stretches a little under 2,000 miles will ever be fully secured- unless we lined up border patrol agents or police holding hands across the entire stretch. Illegals and contraband come through tunnels, over and under fences, up through manhole covers, and in many instances can up inside of a business or residence on the US side. Such was a case in Nogales in which illegals went under the fence into a tunnel that came up inside a restaurant bathroom on the US side. Drugs are catapulted over fences; muled in by illegals and other smugglers via the Rio Grande; small planes/ultra lights; helicopters; vehicles; and a myriad of “easy” ways that take advantage of hundreds of miles of rural land, as well as unfenced Indian land. The old adage- build an eight foot fence and someone will bring a ten foot ladder. Do we give up on border security? Rather than build multi-billions of dollars worth of useless fences/walls; we must take advantage of methods that we have such as military applications of aerial and naval support; signals and related intelligence (SIGINT); surveillance drones; “sector task force grids;” and innovative covert and tactical methods that incorporate modern scientific equipment, hardware, and related technology. This all, just as if our nation was being infiltrated/attacked by an enemy. There are needs for fences/walls obviously in those areas of larger towns and cities in which people are concentrated on both sides of the border, and many that are properly documented may enter legally. Canada must also remain vigilant for a shift in trafficking and smuggling routes through Canada, as well as the continued introduction of higher potency marijuana, and other drugs that will remain far above the tolerated or legal norm for addiction and potency
