The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) published its 2025–26 annual report, recording its highest annual totals for financial intelligence disclosures and supervisory activities. Notices of violation issued during the year totalled more than CAD 247 million, the largest amount in the Centre’s history. FINTRAC generated 7,214 financial intelligence disclosure packages based on a record 3,007 unique disclosures. Its intelligence contributed to 348 complex investigations and hundreds of other investigations in Canada and internationally. Support for police investigations into extortion included 122 disclosures identifying 336 subjects of interest and detailing criminal networks, financial flows and emerging extortion methods. Compliance oversight comprised a record 4,874 assessment and monitoring activities, including hundreds of targeted and full scope examinations under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and associated regulations. FINTRAC issued 35 notices of violation, up 52% from the previous year, and disclosed 31 cases of noncompliance to law enforcement for potential criminal investigation. It also revoked the registrations of 82 money services businesses, compared with 12 the previous year.
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada reports record intelligence disclosures and over CAD 247 million in violation notices for 2025–26
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada’s 2025–26 annual report records unprecedented intelligence output and more than CAD 247 million in notices of violation. The Centre generated 3,007 unique financial intelligence disclosures, including 122 supporting extortion investigations. It undertook a record 4,874 assessment and monitoring activities and issued 35 notices of violation, up 52% from the previous year.