The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) was acknowledged as a partner in a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) enforcement case that served a CAN$36.9 million penalty on an Ontario business owner for failing to declare more than 2,300 used vehicles exported from Canada. The investigation, led by CBSA’s Criminal Investigations Section in Halifax, began in 2021 into an exporter suspected of shipping used vehicles from Canada to West Africa without completing required export declarations. Search warrants executed in London in July 2023 led to the seizure of business and financial records and digital devices; after analysis of more than 750,000 records, the CBSA served a Notice of Ascertained Forfeiture in August 2025 for not reporting exported goods under section 95 of the Customs Act, requiring payment equivalent to the full value of the vehicles. The CBSA also cited support from US Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Investigations, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, the Forensic Accounting Management Group, and the London Police Service.
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada 2025-12-08
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada collaboration supports Canada Border Services Agency CAN$36.9 million penalty for undeclared used-vehicle exports
FINTRAC was involved in a CBSA enforcement case resulting in a CAN$36.9 million penalty against an Ontario business owner for failing to declare over 2,300 used vehicles exported to West Africa. Initiated in 2021, the investigation led to the seizure of extensive records and a Notice of Ascertained Forfeiture under the Customs Act. The CBSA received support from multiple agencies, including US Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations.