G7 Security Ministers in Ottawa to Talk Organized Crime, Migrant Smuggling, Drugs

German federal police officers check trucks at the Austrian-German border crossing point in Kiefersfelden, Germany, on Oct. 9, 2023. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree plans to meet his Group of Seven counterparts and others in Ottawa today to discuss problems including transnational organized crime.

The two-day G7 meeting of interior and security ministers is also expected to focus on threats from synthetic drugs, migrant smuggling and transnational repression.