Canada to HQ Global Anti-Terror Finance Tracking Group
An AP newswire article, via Haaretz.com, reports that:
An international organization that tracks funding to terrorist groups will be headquartered in Canada, the country's finance minister announced Friday.More here.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Toronto will house the headquarters of the Egmont Group - an organization which represents more than 100 financial investigation units.
The government will contribute C$5 million (US$4.5 million) over the next five years to help establish the group, which will analyze, investigate and prosecute terrorist financing and share financial intelligence on money laundering.
posted by Fergie @ 7/07/2006 03:26:00 PM
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