The activities of the securities and other financial products and services industry are complex. However, they are not intricate enough to avoid the risk of criminal and penal prosecution altogether.
This industry is so notorious for its abuses that it is today carefully monitored by law enforcement agencies, such as the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers and Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET).
Moreover, the community outrage was such that the provincial and federal legislators were forced to "arm" these organizations with an impressive arsenal of provisions severely punishing behaviors which are harmful to investors and our financial system's integrity.
One of the peculiarities of the prosecutions in this industry is that public authorities can often combine, for the same events, penal prosecution under certain laws and criminal prosecution under other laws. This is one example of the zero tolerance policy that this sector's players are facing.
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