Mark Bourque

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**Mark Bourque**
Born	1948 Stoneham, Quebec
Died	December 20, 2005 Cité Soleil, Haiti
Title	Sergeant, Retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Mark Bourque was a retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer killed while working for the United Nations in Cité Soleil, Haiti on Tuesday, December 20, 2005.

[edit] RCMP career

Prior to his mission in Haiti Bourque had been an RCMP officer for approximately 35 years. He was stationed in the province of Quebec, where he started work in Granby and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu before moving on to Montréal. During his career, he was most noted for his work in money laundering. In 1986, he became heavily involved in a case involving the alleged mafia crime family Caruana-Cuntrera, headed by Alfonso Caruana, from Agrigento, Sicily; which lasted for several years. According to CTV News, "At the time, money-laundering laws were non-existent in Canada. However, Bourque's work pushed the Canadian government to put money-laundering provisions into the Criminal Code." [1]. Bourque retired from the RCMP in 2002.