Some groups consisted of both deserters and draft evaders. Starting in 1965, Canada became a choice haven for American draft evaders and deserters. He initiated a process of "payment culture" that targeted the tax evaders and loan defaulters. Amnesty programmes have been proposed to encourage voluntary disclosure by tax evaders. In October 2018, the Syrian government announced an amnesty for draft evaders. The revolts were shut down through heavy policing and raiding tax evaders. Any assets in Germany belonging to tax evaders who had moved overseas were seized. On his second day in office, Carter pardoned all the Vietnam War draft evaders. About 373,000 alleged evaders were investigated with just over 16,000 being imprisoned. Attempts to track down such evaders were called "slacker raids". Abanador also brought in a group of "tax evaders" to bolster their numbers. Some South Korean draft evaders have been sentenced to prison. Observers have identified several motives among the Syrian draft evaders. The Finnish Communist Party was able to operate among the draft evaders. Other draft evaders from the Vietnam era remain in Sweden and elsewhere.