Maple Disruption 2.0
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Overview
Maple Disruption 2.0 is a cross-sector initiative aimed at disrupting or degrading key enablers that fraudsters and cybercriminals rely on to commit their crimes, including malicious email addresses, phone numbers, bank accounts, and cryptocurrency accounts. This operation will take place from November 2 to 6, 2026.
This year, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) and the RCMP's National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3) brought together fraud fighters from over 50 partner organizations, including law enforcement, financial institutions, telecommunications services, tech companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, government agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and more.
Nobody can fight fraud and cybercrime alone. By drawing on the expertise of various sectors and appropriately combining our collective capabilities, law enforcement is better able to understand every angle of the crimes threatening Canadians online, helping us intervene and reduce the harm they cause in our communities.
Partners
In addition to the RCMP's National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NC3) and Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), more than 50 partners are participating in the Maple Disruption 2.0 sprint (November 2 to 6, 2026). These include, but are not limited to:
- Autorité des marchés financiers
- BMO Financial Group
- British Columbia Financial Services Authority (BCFSA)
- British Columbia Securities Commission
- Calgary Police Service
- Central 1
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Chainalysis
- Competition Bureau Canada
- Coinbase
- Coinflip
- Crystal Intelligence
- Cube3.AI
- Equifax
- Interac
- LocalCoin
- Meta
- National Bank
- NetBeacon Institute
- Netcraft
- Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
- Ontario Securities Commission
- Overwatch Data
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Peel Regional Police
- Peterborough Police
- Saskatoon Police Service
- Scotiabank
- Spamhaus
- Toronto Dominion Bank
- Université de Montréal – Clinique de cyber-criminologie
The operation was also supported by actionable financial intelligence generated by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC).
Results
Maple Disruption 2.0 by the numbers
- Fraud reports
- Disruptive actions
- Reported losses
- Amount recovered
What is cyber fraud disruption
Cyber fraud disruption is the process of identifying and stopping the tools, services and infrastructure that fraudsters use to target Canadians online. This can include fraudulent websites, email addresses, phone numbers, social media accounts and other online services used to carry out fraud.
Disruption focuses on making it harder for criminals to reach potential victims and continue their activities. This involves working with law enforcement, financial institutions, technology companies, telecommunications providers and other partners to identify and disable these enablers. While investigative police work focusses on identifying those responsible for fraud, disruption can also help reduce harm by taking away the tools criminals rely on.
Text version - Maple Disruption 2.0
[RCMP Deputy Commissioner Marie-Claude Dandenault speaks to camera]
Text on screen: Marie-Claude Dandenault – Deputy Commissioner National Specialized Police Services
Marie-Claude: Cyber fraud is one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada today, and evolving technologies have only made it more sophisticated and difficult to detect.
[A person looking at two computer monitors. Computer code. Hands typing on a computer. A server centre]
Unlike typical crime, cyber fraud doesn't often leave physical evidence that police can trace to a single criminal.
This is just one reason our approach to fraud prevention needs to be different.
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Maple Disruption 2.0 is a collaborative operation to disable systems and tools used to commit fraud.
As part of this operation, we brought together partners from various sectors including telecommunications, banking, web services and cryptocurrency exchange to disrupt fraud enablers across the country.
[Maple Disruption digital screen. Deputy Commissioner Dandenault at speaking in a conference room. A row of people working on laptops. A person working on a computer. Multiple people standing and listening to a presentation]
That means tracking and deactivating malicious phone numbers and email addresses, flagging suspicious transactions and shutting down websites linked to fraud activity.
But this fight also needs you. We rely on reports from the public to guide our cyber disruption activities.
If you have experienced a fraud or cybercrime or witnessed something suspicious, visit reportcyberandfraud.canada.ca or call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.
Victims should also contact their local police immediately.
Anyone can fall victim to fraud. That's why we need to fight back together.
Text on screen: Royal Canadian Mounted Police, © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 2026
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Reporting
The RCMP, NC3 and CAFC strongly recommend that anyone who has experienced or witnessed a fraud or cybercrime contact their local police immediately. It is also important for you to report the incident online at Report Cybercrime and Fraud or by phone at 1-888-495-8501.
Want to help efforts like Maple Disruption? Public reporting is critical to an effective response from police and cybersecurity partners. The information gathered from reports helps us form a more complete picture of how cybercrime and fraud are affecting Canadians and strategically focus our resources on prevention, awareness, and disruption efforts.
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