{"id":333473,"date":"2026-05-12T16:12:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=333473"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:42:31","slug":"canadian-intelligence-officers-visit-quebec-company-after-sniper-rifles-turn-up-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/canadian-intelligence-officers-visit-quebec-company-after-sniper-rifles-turn-up-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian intelligence officers visit Quebec company after sniper rifles turn up in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canadian intelligence officers visited a Quebec firearms manufacturer after its sniper rifles turned up in Russia, based on the corporate\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) met with Cadex Defence about Russia\u2019s efforts to evade sanctions, Serge Dextraze told Global News.<\/p>\n

The briefing took place after Global News reported in October that social media posts showed Cadex rifles on the market in Moscow and within the hands of Russian snipers.<\/p>\n

While a number of the Canadian-made guns appeared to have been captured from Ukrainian forces, others looked brand recent and still had their product tags.<\/p>\n

Sanctions imposed in response to President Vladimir Putin\u2019s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine banned the export of weapons to Russia.<\/p>\n

Based south of Montreal, Cadex supplies military and law enforcement agencies worldwide. Dextraze said the corporate didn’t export its products to Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CSIS said it had been working with manufacturers and exporters to forestall Russia from acquiring Canadian goods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith increased awareness of this illicit activity, Canadian firms are higher enabled to proactively vet customers themselves,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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CSIS wouldn’t comment further, but its May 1 annual report<\/a> said Russia was attempting to \u201cillicitly procure export controlled and sanctioned technology from the West, including Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Russian procurement efforts are focused on materials required \u201cto sustain its military-industrial complex and support its war against Ukraine,\u201d CSIS wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpecifically, Russia sought to acquire Canadian technology, equivalent to microelectronics, satellite communication technology, and precision firearms.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report said CSIS had assisted Canadian firms so that they could \u201cdiscover how Canadian goods were being acquired and shipped to Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dextraze confirmed in a phone call with Global News that CSIS had met together with his company several times to debate the matter.<\/p>\n

The intelligence officers \u201cverified that we now have done every little thing in the right way,\u201d but additionally used the visit as a possibility to help the corporate, he said.<\/p>\n

He said the CSIS officials were \u201csharing their knowledge with the individuals who had security clearance \u2026 How can we pay attention to things that we\u2019re not aware of?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey did give some help, and the recommendation that they gave us, we\u2019re not allowed initially to repeat since it\u2019s under high confidentiality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey usually told us to take care of, actually, quite a low profile on the methodology that they’ve proposed to us. But at the top of the day, we already had good systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re coping with a brilliant big country that in the event that they determine they wish to disturb your economy, they’re capable to do it, and so they have all of the tricky ways to do it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While the corporate\u2019s systems were already \u201cpretty good \u2026 now we\u2019ll just get one step higher,\u201d Dextraze said. \u201cLet\u2019s just say it\u2019s behind us now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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