RCMP sending investigators to The Hague to probe allegations of war crimes in Ukraine

The RCMP is sending more officers to the International Criminal Court to help investigate claims that war crimes and crimes against humanity are taking place in Ukraine.

"It's critical that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and the regime be held to account," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

"The RCMP will support the International Criminal Court's investigation of Russia's alleged war crimes and undertake their own investigation under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes [Act]."

The seven special investigators being sent to the International Criminal Court [ICC] will be in addition to the three special RCMP investigators already deployed to ICC investigation teams, a government official told CBC News on background.

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The officers are being sent to The Hague but may be deployed to Ukraine once it's safe to do so, the official said.

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