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- Since 2020, over half of Ontario fraud cases ended with charges stayed or withdrawn due to COVID-19 backlogs.
- Ontario Crown Attorneys' Association says understaffing strains prosecutors on complex cases.
- Provincial government plans to invest over $500 million by 2027-28 to hire Crown prosecutors and judges.
- Experts say disrupting organized crime is needed to curb rising fraud, which has doubled in the past decade and led to $544 million in losses.
