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Quebec's Anti-corruption commissioner Frédérick Gaudreau presented the force's five-year report, noting criminal proceedings against 259 people and 57 convictions since 2018.
Tony Accurso was sentenced in 2018 in what a Quebec judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption to come before a Canadian court.
Remediation agreements are a new part of the legal landscape, that were supposed to make it easier to bring corrupt companies to justice.
In February 2022, Quebec's anti-corruption police closed its eight-year investigation into allegations of Charest-era illegal Liberal party financing without laying any charges.
The former Liberal premier was never charged in the investigation and has said the leaks tarnished his reputation and impacted him personally.