From: CBC News
Proceeds seized from contraband tobacco crimes could be shared directly with police force that makes bust
By Joseph Quigley 
A new bill in the Ontario legislature seeks to crack down on the multimillion-dollar contraband tobacco trade by giving police departments financial incentive — through civil forfeiture — to investigate the crime.
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Todd Smith, the Conservative MPP from Prince Edward-Hastings behind the bill, says the provision to provide police forces with a financial incentive to go after contraband tobacco was made to provide cash-strapped municipal police forces with the funding they need to fight the crime.
