Canada’s banks are teaming up with the country’s fentanyl czar and the RCMP to tackle money laundering activities connected to drug trafficking.
Dubbed the Integrated Money Laundering Intelligence Partnership (IMLIP), the goal of the federally launched group is to improve collaboration between law enforcement agencies and financial institutions to address organized crime and money laundering activities, the government said in a Feb. 20 press release.
The group is led by Canada’s fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau and includes RCMP Federal Policing program officials and the chief anti-money laundering officers of Canada’s big banks, while the Department of Finance and Public Safety Canada provide policy support, the government said. The first meeting was held earlier this week….