Also in 1993, Canada adopted the Seized Property Management Act to provide a framework for managing seized assets and for domestic and international sharing of forfeited proceeds of crime with reciprocating foreign states. Sharing is based on the degree of participation of police forces or other agencies from each jurisdiction. The federal government has negotiated sharing agreements with Ontario, the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick, and is pursuing agreements with the other provinces. Canada also has an agreement with the United States. In 1996, Parliament adopted the Witness Protection Program Act .
Witness protection is a vital tool to successful prosecutions of organized criminals.
The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act was also passed in 1996, providing a statutory basis for special anti-drug enforcement techniques and allowing Canada to meet many of its international commitments to combat illicit drug production and trafficking.