Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd say simply what Mr. Bhupsingh has mentioned. Because they have such involvement in those types of transactions, I think it's really important they be included within the act as other agencies and organizations are. We did an audit from July 2013 to Jun

Finance committee  I wouldn't be able to recommend an exact type of reporting, but I certainly believe they should be within the act with a certain level of reporting. Yes.

Finance committee  With regard to international investigations, I mentioned previously about the MLAP process, the mutual legal assistance process. It can be very cumbersome. It's an area that the RCMP feels needs further exploration and further streamlining. I think there are some changes that can

Finance committee  With regard to fentanyl, I think that applies to all sorts of crimes, whether it's any other type of drug, or human trafficking. Any crime someone is going to make money from, which accounts for the vast majority of crimes, is susceptible to money laundering. The real estate ma

Finance committee  It would be.

Finance committee  I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to rank order them. They're all of significance and all important recommendations.

Finance committee  In terms of recommendations, I have none beyond what the document states and Finance recommends. I don't have any exact cases or statistics for you, but from an RCMP perspective, it certainly is an area of concern for us. People in high positions are vulnerable or even susceptibl

Finance committee  I would say that cryptocurrency is certainly emerging. It's still evolving. It's ever-changing as well, so we hear of bitcoin, but there are many others that are taking its place, so it's something that's going to continue to evolve. We see it extensively in all sorts of crimes,

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Certainly there is. We can certainly train from within, but we would also be remiss if we weren't looking externally to hire in the civilian area for investigations. We're continually evolving in terms of our workforce, looking at positions we can “civilian

Finance committee  I'm sorry, I mean in terms of investigations and having more civilian contributions within investigations.

Finance committee  A professional money launderer is someone who literally launders money for a living. They employ people who will accept the money. They have ways of moving the money through either legitimate or illegitimate investments, through numbered companies, and through private companies.

Finance committee  The training I referred to is not just with law enforcement; it's also with our regime partners. It looks at anyone involved in money laundering investigations or receiving information. That would include all of our partners at the table here as well as FINTRAC, Department of Fin

Finance committee  Sorry, I misunderstood your question. The investigation of financial crime falls to our federal policing sections across the country. These are specialized investigators who work specifically on financial crime, drug investigations, national security, and other areas that fall

Finance committee  We would be looking for information with regard to transactions, with more transparency to be able to find the information we need to investigate. That would include banking information, beneficial ownership, and who is moving the money, so to speak, if we were to have no laws or