This was a situation that's a pattern for Iran, which is probably the most sophisticated of all of these sort of rogue state actors on these fronts. They've had a long time now to develop their ability to hide their sales of oil and their acquisition of goods for their drone programs, for their missile programs. They do it very effectively. There have been some leaked emails and things like that, which have given us some insight into this.
Iran, all over the world, has front companies in jurisdictions where it is able to create these through locals or through non-locals who put these together. That includes in Canada. Canada is not the biggest centre of that. The U.S. is used quite a bit as well. Being able to trace these companies in places where beneficial owners are protected can be quite difficult.
It's not that this was being run out of Canada; it's that there were front companies set up there, and there would be multiple cash transfers involved between different front companies across the world. If they lose a couple of them, they still have a lot more to back it up. I wouldn't over-read the Canadian element there, but it is certainly something that would be important for the Canadian government to track.