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    11 months ago

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    Altaf Khanani, a Pakistani national, has been on the radar of international law enforcement since at least 2008, when he was arrested in his home country for allegedly transferring money illegally.

    The U.S. State Department accused Khanani, once described in a media report as “one of the world’s most wanted fraudsters,” of laundering billions of dollars for organized crime and terrorist outfits, including al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

    “Altaf Khanani, based in the UAE, is believed to head up the multi-billion dollar international money laundering syndicate,” said an RCMP report written in September 2014.

    A report from the RCMP’s National Intelligence Coordination Centre, included in the court documents, recommended investigating two Ontario-based businessmen to probe their possible connections to Khanani.

    “That arrest stemmed from an unprecedented level of sharing and operation cooperation among the Five Eyes partners, and the lessons learned from that case are already being applied to subsequent investigations into complex criminal networks,” said FBI spokesperson Randall Coleman in 2016.

    American court records show Khanani accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to commit laundering.


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