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France and Canada to Share Terrorism Financing intelligenceBy Victor Comras
France and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding, February 1, 2005, to share intelligence related to suspected money laundering and terrorism financing activities. The agreement is between the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) and its French counterpart, La Cellule Traitement du Renseignement et Action Contre les Circuits Financiers Clandestins (TRACFIN). Canada reports that it has entered into similar agreements with some 19 countries. This is a very positive step and hopefully can serve as an example to other countries. Prior to the Madrid bombings, most countries were quite reticent to share intelligence information. During my work as one of five international monitors overseeing the implementation of the U.N. Security Council measures against al Qaeda, I was dismayed by the absence of any systematic information sharing between countries facing the threat of al Qaeda. I heard numerous complaints from government officials and investigators that I spoke with in several countries that they were simply unable to obtain information they needed from other governments. The information they did receive was often so censored as to be unusable. It seemed to go beyond the understandable reluctance countries have to providing operationally sensitive information. The United States and European Union countries were often cited as the culprits. This lacuna made it more difficult to trace and stop al Qaeda attacks. It also stimied several key investigations, including those underway against known al Qaeda financiers such as Youssef Nada and Ahmed Idris Nasreddin. Information sharing between countries continues to be controversial, even in Canada as was demonstrated recently in the Maher Arar Case. For more on the gap in information sharing see my Op-ed last summer in the Washington Post.
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