The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, or Fintrac, has been collecting data on suspected money laundering through the trafficking of wild animals.

An internal 2024 report to the Minister of Finance said roughly a quarter of the 58 reports Fintrac received on that file in 2023 had “potential” links to organized crime, which the report said is "consistent with research that views illegal wildlife trade as a lucrative revenue stream for these groups.”