If this was a Native American or a BLM affair, the protesters would have already been assaulted by fire hoses, rubber bullets, Tazers and subject to mass arrests.
This is sort of weird looked at from a normal AML point of view. We might consider it funding terrorism, except the destination of the funds (usually hidden in that case) is blatant. In dealing with proceeds of crime the origin of the funds is what you normally want to hide, and the integration stage is out in the open, which sort of the case here, except that most of the funds are probably of legitimate origin (from a strict legal point of view) and it's the final use that's objectionable.
I'm sure it's covered by the legislation somehow. What's more disturbing is realizing what a giant loophole GoFundMe &c puts in the normal processes for AML.
(I haven't looked at this with my legal-background hat on, but I get training every year as a bank employee.)
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Date: 2022-02-05 09:14 pm (UTC)https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/5/florida-investigates-gofundme-over-canada-trucker-donations
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/04/opinion/startling-trump-interference-points-gofundme-convoy-campaign-manipulation
Also, Ottawa Police, RCMP and FBI are jointly working this file. Probably FINTRAC, too.
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Date: 2022-02-05 09:38 pm (UTC)I'm sure it's covered by the legislation somehow. What's more disturbing is realizing what a giant loophole GoFundMe &c puts in the normal processes for AML.
(I haven't looked at this with my legal-background hat on, but I get training every year as a bank employee.)
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