India, Feb. 8 -- Canada and the U.S. must unite to combat drug cartels and transnational money laundering networks.

OTTAWA: I wrote the original version of this column last Friday in an effort to place it in both U.S. and Canadian publications. Since then-on Monday-many of the recommendations outlined in our paper have been endorsed by President Trump. These proposals were not new; they had long been advocated by members of Canada's intelligence and law enforcement communities, both past and present, yet they had been ignored for decades. As you read this column, consider it a historical account of how these long-standing concerns finally gained traction.

While en route to Asia to complete an investigation for our forthcoming book and d...