Financial Intelligence Agency Highlights Criminal Risks of Underground Banking

Financial Intelligence Agency Highlights Criminal Risks of Underground Banking
A woman uses her computer keyboard in North Vancouver, British Columbia, on Dec. 19, 2012. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
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Canada’s financial intelligence agency is warning that unregistered money-transfer services are ripe for abuse by criminals trying to launder cash and fund terrorist activities.

In a new advisory on the risks of underground banking, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac, says everyone from students to seniors could be duped into helping disguise shady cash through such services.