The Mounties and Transport Canada are teaming up to crack down on organized crime and other threats at Canadian airports after stinging criticism from Canada's auditor-general.rnTransport Canada and the RCMP announced in April that they have signed an information-sharing agreement to conduct expanded criminal background checks for workers who have access to secure areasrnat Canada's airports. The move comes after Auditor-General Sheila Fraser said in a report that suspicious characters, some with links to organized crime, are working in secure areas at airports because of poor co-operation between Transport Canada and the Mounties. The RCMP had terminated an information-sharing deal with Transport Canada back in December 2007.
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