Global financial crime auditors visit Canada after record bank fine

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TORONTO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Global financial crime auditors interviewed Canadian financial companies and 13 government agencies over three weeks in November, five sources with knowledge of the visit said. Sign up here. What would normally be a routine once-a-decade review has caused concerns in Ottawa and in Toronto’s financial sector, the sources said, as Canada reckons with TD’s $3 billion fine. The visit also coincided with new indictments against fugitive Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding. A negative report from the Financial Action Task Force, an international crime watchdog, could hurt Canada’s foreign investments and the…