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Canada has arranged to get a foreign ambassador recalled and an honorary consul suspended from his post in Ottawa in recent months, one for sexual harassment and the other for assault.

Meanwhile a second ambassador to Canada is facing possible assault charges.

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The three incidents are not connected. Global Affairs Canada will not identify the individuals or their countries.

But its internal summary of offences allegedly committed by members of Ottawa’s diplomatic community opens a window into these and a range of other crimes and civil offences, including fleeing police, impaired driving, armed robbery, unpaid bills and harassment.

There have also been six cases of diplomats’ families being referred to the Children’s Aid Society in a three-month period early this year, and seven staffers or their relatives from two embassies have recently claimed refugee status here.

Documents released through an access to information request are heavily censored to remove all identifying information, even names of countries. But the quarterly reports to the Protocol office at Global Affairs offers intriguing glimpses into undiplomatic behaviour.