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[ 2021-07-30 ]News release: FINTRAC provides additional money laundering indicators associated with human trafficking for sexual exploitation in support of Project Protect
[ 2021-07-20 ]July 20, 2021 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2021-07-15 ]New release: Police Dismantle Criminal Organizations Importing and Trafficking Cocaine and Other Illegal Drugs
[ 2021-06-28 ]News release: Alberta RCMP Federal Policing lay charges in multi-million-dollar fraud and secret commission scheme
[ 2021-06-25 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Les Immeubles Diamant Diamant Inc.
[ 2021-06-16 ]News release: RCMP disrupts drug trafficking ring, seizes significant quantity of drugs and firearms
[ 2021-06-15 ]Special Bulletin on Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism: A Terrorist Activity Financing Profile
[ 2021-06-11 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on HomeLife Glenayre Realty Chilliwack Ltd.
[ 2021-06-10 ]News release: FINTRAC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec
[ 2021-05-20 ]News release: FINTRAC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
[ 2021-05-19 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Magasin Château D'Ivoire Inc.
[ 2021-04-09 ]News release: "Project LYNX" Targets Organized Drug Trafficking Network – Leads to Record Setting Seizure for Drug Unit
[ 2021-03-26 ]March 26, 2021 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2021-03-24 ]News release: Alberta RCMP Federal Policing charge husband and wife in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme
[ 2021-03-22 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Park Georgia Realty Ltd.
[ 2021-03-18 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on RE/MAX All-Stars Realty Inc.
[ 2021-03-04 ]News Release: Four People arrested in Project Drop, a year-long employment fraud investigation
[ 2021-03-04 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on C&Z Holdings Ltd.
[ 2021-02-10 ]News release: RCMP and CBSA investigation leads to the arrest of six individuals and the dismantling of a large human trafficking network
[ 2020-12-15 ]News release: RCMP Project Broken results in guilty pleas and incarceration for major drug traffickers
[ 2020-12-10 ]News release: FINTRAC releases money laundering indicators associated with online child sexual exploitation in support of Project Shadow
[ 2020-11-20 ]News release: Yukon RCMP and Canada Revenue Agency execute search warrants in Whitehorse
[ 2020-11-19 ]News release: Joint Project Results in Hundreds of Charges
[ 2020-11-17 ]News release: FINTRAC publishes its 2019–20 Annual Report, Safe Canadians, Secure Economy
[ 2020-11-13 ]News release: FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on 9197-9195 Québec Inc.
[ 2020-11-12 ]November 12, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-11-06 ]News Release: FINTRAC Announces Payment of an Administrative Monetary Penalty
[ 2020-11-06 ]News Release: Inter-Provincial Organized Crime Drug Network Dismantled
[ 2020-10-22 ]News Release: BCSC alleges woman perpetrated $3 million fraud against three B.C. investors
[ 2020-09-28 ]News release: O Division RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team charges a man with hoax in relation to terrorist activity
[ 2020-09-15 ]News release: Federal investigation into piracy of copyrighted content
[ 2020-09-15 ]News release: Romance fraud: Dismantling of fraudulent network (French only)
[ 2020-09-11 ]News release: Breach of Trust and Fraud Charges Laid In RCMP Criminal Investigation
[ 2020-09-09 ]News release: Four men charged for illegal gun importation and export of illegally grown cannabis across Canada/USA border via helicopter
[ 2020-09-04 ]News Release: Shaun Wayne Howell sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud
[ 2020-08-31 ]News release: RCMP charge chemical company for supplying chemicals
[ 2020-08-27 ]News release: O Division RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team charges woman with leaving Canada in June 2019 to join a terrorist group
[ 2020-08-21 ]News release: OPP and Partners Squash Illegal Cannabis Network
[ 2020-07-30 ]News release: Update investigation into illegal gambling organization. Additional charges laid and assets seized as Project HOBART continues.
[ 2020-07-27 ]FINTRAC guidance related to the Ministerial Directive on Financial Transactions Associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran issued on July 25, 2020
[ 2020-07-27 ]July 27, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory : Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-07-16 ]Special Bulletin on COVID-19: Trends in Money Laundering and Fraud
[ 2020-06-12 ]News release: Alberta RCMP charge three in an international luxury vehicle export fraud
[ 2020-06-10 ]Amendments to the Regulations under the PCMLTFA
[ 2020-05-27 ]News Release: BCSC alleges B.C. residents promoted U.S.-based fraud
[ 2020-04-28 ]April 28, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-04-21 ]Update to suspicious transaction reporting guidance
[ 2020-03-11 ]News Release: Tabling of FINTRAC’s 2018–19 Annual Report, Safe Canadians, Secure Economy
[ 2020-03-04 ]Foreign money services businesses can register with FINTRAC in advance of June 1, 2020
[ 2020-02-19 ]FIU meet to discuss global issues surrounding virtual assets
[ 2020-02-14 ]News release: JSOT criminally charges Nicholas John Felgate with fraud and money laundering
[ 2020-02-14 ]News release: RCMP arrest scammers
[ 2019-12-23 ]News release: Project Highland — Interprovincial Organized Crime Network Dismantled
[ 2019-12-19 ]News release: Tax evasion charges laid against two Hells Angels members in joint investigation with Ontario Provincial Police
[ 2019-12-19 ]News release: Charges laid in money laundering case linked to illegal online cannabis sales
[ 2019-12-10 ]News release: Manitoba RCMP seize large amount of methamphetamine and cocaine in Project Declass
[ 2019-12-10 ]Speaking Notes for Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the 2019 Casino Forum
[ 2019-12-10 ]News Release: FINTRAC publishes indicators of money laundering through casino-related underground banking
[ 2019-12-10 ]Operational alert: Laundering the proceeds of crime through a casino-related underground banking scheme
[ 2019-12-06 ]6 December, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-11-22 ]Money Services Businesses (MSBs) that deal in virtual currency can now voluntarily register with FINTRAC in advance of June 1, 2020, when registration will be mandatory.
[ 2019-11-14 ]News Release: Record Drug Seizures Realized by ALERT in Project Coyote
[ 2019-11-14 ]FINTRAC has updated its Methods to verify the identity of an individual and confirm the existence of a corporation or an entity other than a corporation guidance.
[ 2019-08-29 ]FINTRAC has published the guides it uses to assess the harm done criterion in relation to its administrative monetary penalties (AMP), supplementing its new AMP policy. The guides are used in the overall calculation of an AMP.
[ 2019-07-24 ]News Release: Multi-Million Dollar Seizure in High-End Vehicles
[ 2019-07-23 ]23 July, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-07-19 ]News release: Organized crime charges laid and proceeds of crime seized as part of Project Sindacato
[ 2019-07-10 ]Amendments to the Regulations under the PCMLTFA
[ 2019-06-12 ]News Release: International tax evasion – CRA conducts 15 searches in Ontario and Quebec
[ 2019-05-30 ]News Release: FINTRAC reinforces its partnership with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
[ 2019-04-15 ]News Release: Toronto IMET charges part-owner of a Mutual Fund Dealer with Fraud
[ 2019-04-12 ]Statement of the Regional Representatives of the Americas Region of the EGMONT Group of Financial Intelligence Units
[ 2019-04-11 ]Operational alert: Laundering of the proceeds of romance fraud
[ 2019-04-09 ]News Release: FINTRAC Partners with the Real Estate Council of British Columbia to Combat Money Laundering
[ 2019-04-01 ]April 1, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-03-05 ]News Release: Recidivist Neil Andrew McDonald sentenced to two years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering
[ 2019-02-12 ]News Release: Money laundering scheme: enforcement measures taken by the Canada Revenue Agency in a joint investigation with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
[ 2019-02-07 ]News Release: FINTRAC Announces Better Support for Canadian Businesses
[ 2019-01-28 ]News Release: RCMP charge London woman with defrauding Employment and Social Development Canada/Service Canada, and the Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan
[ 2019-01-25 ]News Release: RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team lays terrorism charge in Ontario
[ 2019-01-18 ]News Release: Ottawa dentist sentenced for tax fraud and laundering proceeds of crime
[ 2019-01-17 ]FINTRAC has published new suspicious transaction guidance
[ 2018-12-13 ]News Release: FINTRAC Publishes its First Assessment on Terrorist Activity Financing
[ 2018-12-11 ]News Release: Joint Investigation Removes Illegal Guns from Criminal Market
[ 2018-12-05 ]News Release: RCMP Project Broken Nets Largest Seizure of Illicit Cash by Provincial Police; Multiple Charges Laid
[ 2018-12-04 ]News Release: Northwest Territories RCMP FIU charge 15 people in Project Gloomiest
[ 2018-11-23 ]News Release: Property seized as proceeds of crime in tax evasion case
[ 2018-11-20 ]November 20, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-11-09 ]News release: J5 countries host data 'challenge,' closing in on enablers of tax evasion
[ 2018-10-31 ]Opening Remarks by Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the 6th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference, ACAMS, October 31, 2018
[ 2018-09-06 ]News Release: Ten Arrested and 80 Charges in Joint Forces Operation
[ 2018-08-20 ]FINTRAC has updated its Beneficial ownership requirements guidance.
[ 2018-07-20 ]July 20, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-07-10 ]Operational alert: Professional money laundering through trade and money services businesses
[ 2018-06-11 ]Proposed amendments to the regulations under the PCMLTFA are now available on the Canada Gazette website.
[ 2018-05-28 ]Opening Remarks by Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the House of Commons Finance Committee, May 24, 2018
[ 2018-05-11 ]Frequently Asked Questions in relation to Politically Exposed Persons in Canada and Heads of International Organizations
[ 2018-03-22 ]March 22, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-02-21 ]Opening Remarks at the House of Commons Finance Committee Parliamentary Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, February 14, 2018
[ 2018-02-14 ]News Release: Canada Revenue Agency conducts Panama Papers related searches in multiple locations
[ 2018-01-31 ]Operational alert: Laundering of the proceeds of fentanyl trafficking
[ 2018-01-31 ]News Release: FINTRAC publishes indicators of money laundering linked to fentanyl trafficking
[ 2018-01-24 ]Methods to identify individuals and confirm the existence of entities
[ 2017-12-12 ]December 12, 2017 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2017-12-12 ]Operational alert: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Use of the International Financial System for Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing
[ 2017-12-12 ]Canada Gazette: Ministerial Directive on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued on December 9, 2017
[ 2017-12-12 ]FINTRAC guidance relating to the Ministerial Directive on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued on December 9, 2017
News releases
Section for news releases
Date Subject
[ 2021-07-30 ] FINTRAC provides additional money laundering indicators associated with human trafficking for sexual exploitation in support of Project Protect
[ 2021-07-15 ]Police Dismantle Criminal Organizations Importing and Trafficking Cocaine and Other Illegal Drugs
[ 2021-06-28 ] Alberta RCMP Federal Policing lay charges in multi-million-dollar fraud and secret commission scheme
[ 2021-06-25 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Les Immeubles Diamant Diamant Inc.
[ 2021-06-16 ] RCMP disrupts drug trafficking ring, seizes significant quantity of drugs and firearms
[ 2021-06-11 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on HomeLife Glenayre Realty Chilliwack Ltd.
[ 2021-06-10 ] FINTRAC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organisme d'autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec
[ 2021-05-20 ] FINTRAC signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
[ 2021-05-19 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Magasin Château D'Ivoire Inc.
[ 2021-04-09 ] "Project LYNX" Targets Organized Drug Trafficking Network – Leads to Record Setting Seizure for Drug Unit
[ 2021-03-24 ] Alberta RCMP Federal Policing charge husband and wife in multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme
[ 2021-03-22 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Park Georgia Realty Ltd.
[ 2021-03-18 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on RE/MAX All-Stars Realty Inc.
[ 2021-03-04 ] Four People arrested in Project Drop, a year-long employment fraud investigation
[ 2021-03-04 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on C&Z Holdings Ltd.
[ 2021-02-10 ] RCMP and CBSA investigation leads to the arrest of six individuals and the dismantling of a large human trafficking network
[ 2020-12-15 ] RCMP Project Broken results in guilty pleas and incarceration for major drug traffickers
[ 2020-12-10 ] FINTRAC releases money laundering indicators associated with online child sexual exploitation in support of Project Shadow
[ 2020-11-20 ] Yukon RCMP and Canada Revenue Agency execute search warrants in Whitehorse
[ 2020-11-19 ] Joint Project Results in Hundreds of Charges
[ 2020-11-17 ] FINTRAC publishes its 2019–20 Annual Report, Safe Canadians, Secure Economy
[ 2020-11-13 ] FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on 9197-9195 Québec Inc.
[ 2020-11-12 ]November 12, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-11-06 ] FINTRAC Announces Payment of an Administrative Monetary Penalty
[ 2020-11-06 ] Inter-Provincial Organized Crime Drug Network Dismantled
[ 2020-10-22 ] BCSC alleges woman perpetrated $3 million fraud against three B.C. investors
[ 2020-09-28 ] O Division RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team charges a man with hoax in relation to terrorist activity
[ 2020-09-15 ] Federal investigation into piracy of copyrighted content
[ 2020-09-15 ] Romance fraud: Dismantling of fraudulent network (French only)
[ 2020-09-11 ] Breach of Trust and Fraud Charges Laid In RCMP Criminal Investigation
[ 2020-09-09 ] Four men charged for illegal gun importation and export of illegally grown cannabis across Canada/USA border via helicopter
[ 2020-09-04 ] Shaun Wayne Howell sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fraud
[ 2020-08-31 ] RCMP charge chemical company for supplying chemicals
[ 2020-08-27 ] O Division RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team charges woman with leaving Canada in June 2019 to join a terrorist group
[ 2020-08-21 ] OPP and Partners Squash Illegal Cannabis Network
[ 2020-07-30 ] Update investigation into illegal gambling organization. Additional charges laid and assets seized as Project HOBART continues.
[ 2020-06-12 ] Alberta RCMP charge three in an international luxury vehicle export fraud
[ 2020-05-27 ] BCSC alleges B.C. residents promoted U.S.-based fraud
[ 2020-03-11 ] Tabling of FINTRAC’s 2018–19 Annual Report, Safe Canadians, Secure Economy
[ 2020-02-19 ]FIU meet to discuss global issues surrounding virtual assets
[ 2020-02-14 ] JSOT criminally charges Nicholas John Felgate with fraud and money laundering
[ 2020-02-14 ] RCMP arrest scammers
[ 2019-12-23 ] Project Highland — Interprovincial Organized Crime Network Dismantled
[ 2019-12-19 ] Tax evasion charges laid against two Hells Angels members in joint investigation with Ontario Provincial Police
[ 2019-12-19 ] Charges laid in money laundering case linked to illegal online cannabis sales
[ 2019-12-10 ] Manitoba RCMP seize large amount of methamphetamine and cocaine in Project Declass
[ 2019-12-10 ] FINTRAC publishes indicators of money laundering through casino-related underground banking
[ 2019-11-14 ] Record Drug Seizures Realized by ALERT in Project Coyote
[ 2019-07-24 ] Multi-Million Dollar Seizure in High-End Vehicles
[ 2019-07-19 ] Organized crime charges laid and proceeds of crime seized as part of Project Sindacato
[ 2019-06-12 ] International tax evasion – CRA conducts 15 searches in Ontario and Quebec
[ 2019-05-30 ] FINTRAC reinforces its partnership with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
[ 2019-04-15 ] Toronto IMET charges part-owner of a Mutual Fund Dealer with Fraud
[ 2019-04-12 ]Statement of the Regional Representatives of the Americas Region of the EGMONT Group of Financial Intelligence Units
[ 2019-04-09 ] FINTRAC Partners with the Real Estate Council of British Columbia to Combat Money Laundering
[ 2019-04-01 ]April 1, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-03-05 ] Recidivist Neil Andrew McDonald sentenced to two years imprisonment for fraud and money laundering
[ 2019-02-12 ] Money laundering scheme: enforcement measures taken by the Canada Revenue Agency in a joint investigation with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
[ 2019-02-07 ] FINTRAC Announces Better Support for Canadian Businesses
[ 2019-01-28 ] RCMP charge London woman with defrauding Employment and Social Development Canada/Service Canada, and the Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan
[ 2019-01-25 ] RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team lays terrorism charge in Ontario
[ 2019-01-18 ] Ottawa dentist sentenced for tax fraud and laundering proceeds of crime
[ 2018-12-13 ] FINTRAC Publishes its First Assessment on Terrorist Activity Financing
[ 2018-12-11 ] Joint Investigation Removes Illegal Guns from Criminal Market
[ 2018-12-05 ] RCMP Project Broken Nets Largest Seizure of Illicit Cash by Provincial Police; Multiple Charges Laid
[ 2018-12-04 ] Northwest Territories RCMP FIU charge 15 people in Project Gloomiest
[ 2018-11-23 ] Property seized as proceeds of crime in tax evasion case
[ 2018-11-09 ] J5 countries host data 'challenge,' closing in on enablers of tax evasion
[ 2018-09-06 ] Ten Arrested and 80 Charges in Joint Forces Operation
[ 2018-06-11 ]Proposed amendments to the regulations under the PCMLTFA are now available on the Canada Gazette website.
[ 2018-02-14 ] Canada Revenue Agency conducts Panama Papers related searches in multiple locations
[ 2018-01-31 ] FINTRAC publishes indicators of money laundering linked to fentanyl trafficking
FINTRAC advisories
Section for FINTRAC advisories
Date Subject
[ 2021-07-20 ]July 20, 2021 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2021-03-26 ]March 26, 2021 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-11-12 ]November 12, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-07-27 ]July 27, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory : Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2020-04-28 ]April 28, 2020 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-12-06 ]6 December, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2019-07-24 ]Operational brief: Risks and indicators for dealers in precious metals and stones
[ 2019-07-23 ]23 July, 2019 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-11-20 ]November 20, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-07-20 ]July 20, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2018-03-22 ]March 22, 2018 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2017-12-12 ]December 12, 2017 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
[ 2017-03-22 ]March 22, 2017 – FINTRAC Advisory: Financial transactions related to countries identified by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Presentations and speeches
Section for presentations and speeches
Date Subject
[ 2019-12-10 ]Speaking Notes for Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the 2019 Casino Forum
[ 2018-10-31 ]Opening Remarks by Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the 6th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference, ACAMS, October 31, 2018
[ 2018-05-28 ]Opening Remarks by Nada Semaan, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada at the House of Commons Finance Committee, May 24, 2018
[ 2018-02-21 ]Opening Remarks at the House of Commons Finance Committee Parliamentary Review of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, February 14, 2018

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