The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that B.C. Attorney-General David Eby is taking new recommendations from the province's independent anti-money-laundering review to Ottawa.
The Sun's Gordon Hoekstra writes that recommendations from Peter German, a former deputy commissioner of the RCMP appointed by the B.C. government to review anti-money-laundering practices in B.C. casinos, call for more police officers with financial crime expertise and better sharing of information on suspicious money transactions.
Mr. Eby will share the recommendations at a meeting Tuesday of the House of Commons standing committee on finance, which is receiving input on amendments to the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.
The recommendations also call for the introduction of tracking by the government of cash purchases of luxury vehicles.
Mr. German recommends giving law enforcement officials better access to information stored with Fintrac, Canada's finance intelligence unit. Currently, law enforcement officials don't have direct access because of privacy concerns. Casinos, banks, securities dealers, real estate brokers and accountants are supposed to report suspicious transactions to Fintrac.
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