The Provincial government will create a dedicated task force to fight the growing extortion threat in B.C..

Nina Krieger, the province’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, said on Wednesday that the task force will support a coordinated approach to extortion investigations.

At a press conference outside a Surrey RCMP office, Krieger said the task force will have a province-wide mandate, which will be reflected in its membership.

“The task force will be led by the B.C. RCMP and made up of 40 members from law enforcement agencies throughout B.C.,” Krieger said.

Among others, members from the Canadian Border Services Agency, the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, and several municipal police departments will join the task force.

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