Surge in reports of wrongdoing to Quebec anti-corruption police

By Canadian Press on November 6, 2025.

MONTREAL — Quebec anti-corruption police are reporting a surge of nearly 30 per cent in the number of reports of wrongdoing they received in the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

The police force, known as UPAC, says in its annual report that it received nearly 575 reports, up from 450 the previous year.

Reports concern allegations of such crimes as corruption, breach of trust, fraud or the misuse of public funds.

Anti-corruption police say that nearly a quarter of reports came from the public sector, up from only two or three per cent in the first years after the unit was created in 2011.

UPAC says its work led to 134 people or legal entities being charged in the past fiscal year, 138 convictions and more that $760,000 in fines issued.

Examples of successful investigations involve a former university professor convicted of producing false documents and a former municipal director general who admitted to defrauding her town of more than $300,000.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2025.

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