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Canada's financial intelligence unit will publish its blueprint for examining financial institutions for anti-money laundering purposes by the end of this year, and document how regulators calculate or decide to withhold monetary penalties in response to violations. Nada Semaan, who became director of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, or Fintrac, in March, told attendees of the ACAMS Financial Crimes Conference in Toronto on Wednesday that her agency will also update guidance on filing suspicious transaction reports, or STRs, to reflect the unique obligations of each type of financial institution. Fintrac intends for the releases to help...