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Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac’s latest annual report

Nov 17, 2016 | 3:00 PM

OTTAWA — Some facts from anti-money laundering agency Fintrac’s annual report for 2015-16 tabled Thursday:

Financial transaction reports received: 23,727,393.

Disclosures of actionable intelligence to partners: 1,655.

Of those, disclosures related to terrorist financing: 483.

Queries received from international allies: 240.

Compliance examinations conducted across Canada: 739.

Administrative monetary penalties issued: 22.

Penalty imposed on an unnamed Canadian federally regulated financial institution: $1.15 million.

(Source: Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, annual report 2015-16)

The Canadian Press