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Financial Crime Matters: Crowdfunding in Canada

By Kieran Beer

In the latest episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran Beer, editor in chief of ACAMS moneylaundering.com, and Jessica Davis, president of Insight Threat Intelligence and author of “Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century,” discuss Canada’s imposition of AML rules on crowdfunding platforms in the wake of the “Freedom Convoy.” They also discuss lesser-known methods that some supporters used to finance the protests, such as cryptocurrencies and direct email transfers.

Listen to the podcast here.

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Topics : Anti-money laundering
Source: Canada
Document Date: May 9, 2022