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Budget 2024 proposes new reforms to combat financial crime in Canada

The federal government’s 2024 budget includes measures to combat financial crimes, with a particular focus on money laundering.

Compliance is starting to break the bank — it doesn’t have to

On February 21, 2024, LexisNexis Risk Solutions published its True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study, reporting on the results of a global...

White-collar enforcement will continue to take shape in 2024

Canada continued to face international criticism for its perceived lack of white-collar crime enforcement in 2023.

Widening the lanes? Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on the territorial reach of Québec’s securities regulatory tribunal

On November 17, the Supreme Court of Canada directly addressed for the first time the question of whether provincial administrative tribunals have...

World Bank debarment of engineering consulting firm underscores importance of compliance in public procurement

The recent World Bank debarment of an engineering consulting firm for misrepresentations in bid documents underscores the need for compliance...

Canada’s enforcement of foreign bribery is ‘exceedingly low’, find its OECD peers in Phase 4 monitoring report

The OECD’s Stage 4 monitoring report published last week regarding Canada’s anti-corruption enforcement finds that Canada has not done...

Regulators’ data breach response signals challenges to compliance with its own rules

The SEC’s recent statement revealing the true impact of an internal data breach highlights the potential challenges of complying with its own...

White-collar crime enforcement in Canada: Making headway?

En 2022, il y a eu des développements importants dans la réglementation et l’application de la loi sur le crime en col blanc.