Meritorious Service Cross

• Awarded on: September 29, 2015
• Invested on: June 23, 2016

Within hours of learning of journalist Melissa Fung’s kidnapping in Afghanistan, the RCMP assembled this multidisciplinary team of volunteers to investigate and secure her release. Despite the hostile environment, this team overcame many political and cultural obstacles, and established critical alliances with military and government organizations. They cultivated vital intelligence, processed critical leads and gathered quality evidence, which eventually pressured kidnappers into releasing Ms. Fung 28 days later.