A Saskatoon youth centre and the city’s police force are both getting some upgrades because of Saskatchewan’s Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund.

The fund, which includes forfeited cash and the proceeds from the sale of other forfeited assets, redirects the proceeds of crime – largely drug trafficking – back into Saskatchewan communities.

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The Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice said the program has seen more than $10 million distributed to various communities around the province since it launched in 2009, and payments approved this fall add up t

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