Anti-Corruption Advocate Hopes New Financial Crime Body Can Start ‘Scaring Bad Guys’

Anti-Corruption Advocate Hopes New Financial Crime Body Can Start ‘Scaring Bad Guys’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Anti-corruption advocate James Cohen says Canada’s reputation has for years been “hammered” over its weak record of prosecuting financial crimes.

But now the executive director of Transparency International Canada is hopeful there’s political will to tackle the problem, and that the establishment of the Canada Financial Crime Agency will finally start “scaring the bad guys.”