CANADA FEATURE
February 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIETHE CANADIAN government has stepped up to the baseball plate in response to calls from domestic and international law enforcement agencies that it raises its game in detecting, deterring and preventing money laundering, especially and terrorist financing. The result has been three new regulations that were brought into effect in January of this year. They reformed the already comprehensive money laundering legislation that had been approved in 2000 and 2001, which led to the creation of a new national anti-money laundering agency FINTRAC, ...
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