He subsequently became a senior official with Interpol in Lyon, France,[2] heading its OASIS Africa program,[3] which aims to help African police forces more effectively combat international crime.

He presided over the RCMP during changes made to Canada's policing, security and military apparatus after 11 September 2001.

The day's biggest gainers were income trusts, income-trust candidates, high dividend-paying companies, and the TSX Group itself.

Near the end of December, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced a criminal investigation into the leaking of news of a federal tax change for income trusts.

The chair of the CPC judged Zaccardelli and other RCMP members having acted in an inappropriate manner by not cooperating with the external investigation.

[9] Zaccardelli's role in the affair of computer engineer, Maher Arar had been the subject of intense speculation and controversy.

Arar, a Canadian citizen who was born in Syria, was stopped at a New York airport on his way home from a vacation in September 2002.

United States officials accused him of links to al-Qaeda and deported him to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured for months.

[12] Before Zaccardelli's resignation, on 28 September 2006, he issued an apology to Arar and his family during the House of Commons committee on public safety and national security: Mr. Arar, I wish to take this opportunity to express publicly to you and to your wife and to your children how truly sorry I am for whatever part the actions of the RCMP may have contributed to the terrible injustices that you experienced and the pain that you and your family endured.