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Atelka call centre to employ more than 300 people
the quality of its workforce,” said Michael Vineberg, chief executive officer. The company held two job fairs in Febru- ary 2013 and opens today with 155 full time employees. The company continues to re- cruit new employees as it pursues new busi- ness to be serviced by the Cornwall team. “We are pleased to officially welcome At- elka to Cornwall and to celebrate with them as they open their first Ontario location,” said Mayor Bob Kilger. “We wish themmany years of success and look forward to helping the company grow and prosper.” Founded in 2003 by two Montreal entre- preneurs, Atelka is a Canadian company offering businesses a complete line of busi- ness process outsourcing (BPO) services. Ranked as the seventh fastest growing company in Quebec by Les Affaires, Atelka Administration in November 2011. The organization smuggled approximate- ly 10,000 kg of Canadian marijuana through the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation for distribution in various cities in the eastern United States between 2005 and 2008, ac- cording to U.S. authorities. During the course of the investigation, approximately 400 kgs of marijuana and more than $2 million in drug proceeds were seized from various members of the Woods organization, U.S. authorities said in an- nouncing the indictments in 2011. DEA Special-Agent-in-Charge Gilbride said at the time that the agency’s inves- tigation “shines a spotlight on the enor- mous profits reaped by drug dealers from the cultivation, smuggling, and sale of marijuana.” “From Northern New York to as far south as Atlanta, Georgia this trafficking organiza- tion distributed Canadian marijuana, gen- erating approximately $45 million of narco- dollars along the way.” “Law enforcement has caught up to these traffickers, seized their drugs and illegal proceeds, shut down their operation, and put them out of business.”
is also the largest independent call centre company in Canada employing over 2000 people across seven sites in Quebec, On- tario, New Brunswick and P.E.I.
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Atelka has officially opened its new call centre in Cornwall – and at the same time celebrated the launch of its first site in the province of Ontario. At full capacity, this new call centre will employ over 300 customer service and technical support agents. Atelka is located at 10 Tollgate Road East in a modern 33,750 sq.ft. building in the centre of the city. “Atelka is the largest independent call centre business in Canada, and we are par- ticularly proud to establish operations in Ontario and contribute to the creation of 300 customer service and technical support agent jobs in Cornwall, a city recognized for The alleged right-hand man in a major drug smuggling ring who is facing extra- dition to the United States – and possi- bly life in prison -- is now facing child sex charges. Gaetan Dinelle, the alleged lieuten- ant of a drug-smuggling ring operated by South Stormont kingpin Mickey Woods, was charged after Cornwall police and the OPP executed two search warrants at two South Stormont residences at 10 a.m. last Wednesday. As a result of the child sex investigation, Dinelle, 38, was arrested and charged with attempting to procure a person to have illic- it sexual intercourse with a another person. It is alleged that he attempted pay a person to lure a child and with the aim of sexually assaulting the child. He was held in custody until court the following day. Indictments for 34 people, including Woods and Dinelle, were announced by the acting United States attorney general An- drew Baxter and Special-Agent-in-Charge John P. Gilbride of the Drug Enforcement
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