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Cartels laundering drug sales though Canada's trade system, RCMP assessment says

Internal 2022 bulletin found Canada had ‘limited resources’ to stop trade-based money laundering.

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

10 Mar 2025 • 5 min read

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A red truck drives through stacked shipping containers at a port as it snows.
Internal government documents suggest Canada is not equipped to fight notoriously hard to track trade-based money laundering. Shipping containers are seen at the Atlantic Hub container terminal in Halifax on Feb. 3. (The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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