Recently, I read through every FINTRAC report looking for some clues as to the effectiveness of Canada’s counter-terrorist financing regime. While the jury is still out on that question (which also happens to be the subject of my dissertation), the exercise allowed me to pull out some interesting data and points for comparison with this year’s report. This newsletter focuses on that report, but also includes some comparative analysis with prior years. I should note – since my focus is on terrorist financing, I’m largely ignoring a lot of the money laundering information (for now, anyway). Let’s get into it…