Canadian Mail Theft Capital is Vancouver!

Vancouver is Canada's mail theft capital

Vancouver leads the country in cases of stolen mail, part of an epidemic of identity theft here, authorities say in the first of a four-part CTV series.

The city is a bonanza for identity thieves, who use stolen credit card statements and cheques to drain victims' bank accounts, said Sgt. Ken Athans, who runs the Vancouver Police Department's identity theft task force.

......At any one time, police are keeping track of 300 identity thieves in Vancouver alone....

Vancouver is at the centre of a perfect storm, he said. Crystal meth addicts who need to support an expensive lifestyle turned to the high density of Vancouver's West End and Yaletown to find a lot of mail in a small area.

...Athans said he's worried that identity thieves, who are targeting Vancouverites, will widen the hunt when the city welcomes the world for the Olympics in 2010....

A dedicated crown prosecutor, Peter Stabler, convicts an identity thief every other business day in Vancouver.

Authorities struggling to keep up with the problem are appointing another dedicated crown prosecutor in Surrey as well, said Stabler. (Full text and a video at CTV British Columbia) With a report by CTV British Columbia's Jonathan Woodward

If methamphetamine is a huge crisis in Canada now, the problem will continue to grow. I know since I worked with the DOJ/Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement for 2 years in California and mainly worked meth sales and labs.

I can't remember when we arrested someone who did not have someone else's financial information with them or at their illegal lab.

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