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The 2025 federal budget will include plans for a new financial crimes agency that will target money laundering and online fraud, the government announced today

Bill Curry reports that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne outlined the initiative on Parliament Hill as part of a series of announcements the government is making ahead of the Nov. 4 budget.

Champagne said the new agency is inspired by similar investigation teams in Italy, Britain and the United States.

The new office will investigate sophisticated schemes that are often linked to organized crime.

It will also be part of a broader federal anti-fraud strategy that will include legislation updating the Bank Act.

The legislative amendments would r

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