Donations to Charities: Organized Crime Organizations

organized crime organizations: There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations that launder money through charities, and make donations to charities, he said during a media conference in Toronto on Friday, according to The Chronicle Herald. The finance minister did not offer specifics on what measures would be taken, but said hes not concerned about suggestions that changing rules for charities would be perceived as a way to silence critics of the government and Jim Flaherty says he will outline the governments plans to curb the link between terrorists, organized crime and charities, as part of stricter rules for charities that will be outlined in the new federal budget next week. Thats not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we re becoming increasingly strict on the subject. You ll see some more on Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.