Global Financial Crime Auditors Visit Canada After Record Bank Fine


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By Nivedita Balu 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. The interviews included executives at TD Bank , which last year paid the largest-ever fine to settle a ?U.S. money laundering case. 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…