In remarks to the #G20, FATF President @MarcusPleyer outlined the importance of FATF’s risk-based standards to stopping criminals from exploiting financial aid during the Covid-19 pandemic. See his full remarks here ➡️https://t.co/fpcnoiRbKm #FollowTheMoney@g20org
The @YRP Organized Crime Bureau seized $40 million in drugs from Project Moon alone. For Project Zen, police seized: 19Kg of cocaine, 16.5Kg of methamphetamine pills, and more than 56Kg of cannabis.
Fraud, drug-trafficking, money laundering driving home prices higher ‘Organized crime knows fraud is the way to go’: former RCMP financial crime expert https://t.co/0a4ehd4VTD #TorRe#VanRE
I’m always amazed by the disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us. As my late friend Hans Rosling would say, we must fight the fear instinct that distorts our perspective: https://t.co/uQRofM4q2u
How do criminals hide their stolen millions? Dr. Louise Shelley, an expert on illicit financial flows at @GeorgeMasonU's @TraCCCatGMU, explains how companies use fake invoices and trade agreements to disguise their laundered sums. https://t.co/WW9bx5SGe1
Buried in the NYT article on massage parlors run by organized crime is the statement they are often owned by shell companies: I'd love to know more about these shell companies, which evidence that the U.S. remains uncommitted to financial transparency.
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The RCMP arrested wealthy Toronto currency exchange owner Farzam Mehdizadeh back in 2016.
He's been accused of laundering money that they say reveals an underground banking network allegedly linked to terrorist financing.
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Vancouver should be getting a call from TO, but likely won’t. Toronto real estate is vulnerable to money laundering https://t.co/rUCnO4idAr via @torontostar