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Archived - The National Initiative to Combat Money Laundering: Year Three Evaluation

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February 14, 2003

This report was prepared by
About Business Crime Solutions Inc.,
Toronto, Ontario, 416 466 7591

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Recommendations

1.0 Evaluation Rationale

1.1 The Evaluation Objectives
1.2 Key Issues Examined
1.3 Evaluation Design and Methodology

2.0 The Initiative: Its Objectives and Expected Outcomes

2.1 Background
2.2 Initiative Objectives
2.3 Expected Outcomes

3.0 Design and Delivery

3.1 Partners and Resources
3.2 Roles and Responsibilities

4.0 The Findings

4.1 Implementation

4.1.1 Overall Use of Resources
4.1.2 Legislative Development
4.1.3 Consultation Process
4.1.4 Communication
4.1.5 Implementation in each Department
4.1.6 A Challenge in Data Management

4.2.1 Key Outcomes
4.2.2 International Commitments
4.2.3 Unintended Impacts

5.0 Conclusions

List of Tables

Table 1: Initiative Resources by Department/Agency ($)

Table 2: Costing Implications

Table 3: In-house Money Laundering Files, Charges and Accused by Year

Table 4: FATF Recommendations Requiring Specific Action

Appendices

1.0 Evaluation Approach

1.1 Design
1.2 Data Sources and Methodology

2.0 National Initiative to Combat Money Laundering Logic Model

3.0 Partner Activity Development

4.0 FINTRAC Business Process Model

5.0 Assessment of FATF Recommendations

5.1 FATF Recommendations Requiring Specific Action
5.2 Analysis of the Self Awareness Recommendation Compliance Exercise (1999 - 2002)

6.0 Media Review

6.1 Press Releases
6.2 General Media Articles
6.3 References

7.0 Literature Review: 'Transaction Reporting Regimes and Financial Intelligence Units'

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Conceptual Overview
7.3 Some General Evaluation Findings
7.4 Evaluation Of Four Countries (USA, Australia, UK & Canada)

8.0 List of Contributors

9.0 Document Review References

10.0 Interview and Focus Group Interview Guides