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Canada is apparently luring hundreds of mafiosi, kleptocrats, cartel chiefs and corrupt exiles to this country thanks to its failure to tackle money laundering.
Itâs seemingly one of the most financially secret countries in the world and a large part of the supposed cure â more intrusive and wider law-enforcement surveillance powers â will require a radical rethink of privacy rights.
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The panel commissioned by the Cullen inquiry into money laundering described the situation as akin to the frustration police felt when fettered from responding to a domestic abuse complaint because a manâs home was his castle.