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Financial intelligence agency slow to provide police with info to curb money laundering: AG

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Kestler-D'Amours, J. (2026, October 29). Financial intelligence agency slow to provide police with info to curb money laundering: AG. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fintrac-ag-report-9.7400900?cmp=rss

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CBC News · collected 2026-10-29 · by Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

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The federal auditor general's report, tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, criticizes FINTRAC for delays in providing financial intelligence to law enforcement agencies, which hinders efforts to curb money laundering. The report states that FINTRAC takes an average of four months to provide necessary information, making it too late for half of the recipients who found the data non-usable. This delay impairs police capabilities to act swiftly on intercepting transactions or apprehending suspects involved in money laundering activities.
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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
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CBC Canada FINTRAC the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada the House of Commons

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FINTRAC ORG · 4× CBC ORG · 1× Canada GPE · 1× Canadian NORP · 1× N.B. GPE · 1× N.S. GPE · 1× the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada ORG · 1× the House of Commons ORG · 1×

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Canadian 'banking' company linked to sanctioned money-laundering network N.S. and N.B. gaming Crown corps fined for lax money laundering reports Without timely intelligence, law enforcement agencies are limited in their ability to "freeze assets, intercept transactions or apprehend suspects to prevent money from being moved or laundered," the report added.
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Financial intelligence agency slow to provide police with info to curb money laundering: asserted
agency → provide → laundering
AG FINTRAC failing to 'effectively carry out its role,' auditor general report finds Canada's financial intelligence agency has been slow to provide police with information needed to curb money laundering, according to a new report from the federal auditor general. uncertain
agency → fail → general
The report, tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday, said inadequate tools and delays in providing financial intelligence had limited the ability of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) to "effectively carry out its role." asserted
tools → table → role
FINTRAC, which is tasked with trying to detect and deter money laundering and the financing of terrorist activities, took an average of about four months to provide financial intelligence after law enforcement agencies flagged concerns. asserted
agencies → task → concerns
"According to our survey of recipients of FINTRAC's financial intelligence, half of the respondents said they received this information too late to be useful," the report found. uncertain
report → accord → information
Canadian 'banking' company linked to sanctioned money-laundering network N.S. and N.B. gaming Crown corps fined for lax money laundering reports Without timely intelligence, law enforcement agencies are limited in their ability to "freeze assets, intercept transactions or apprehend suspects to prevent money from being moved or laundered," the report added. asserted
report → link → money
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