Date: 03Nov 2017
From terrorism financing to large-scale frauds and drug-related offences, issues related to money laundering and proceeds of crime cross borders. Canada makes no exception. In this presentation, Sébastien Lafrance will present the legal framework applicable in Canada for money laundering and proceeds of crime. He will also talk about the impact of and the challenges posed by these offences.
Sébastien Lafrance, LL.B. (Law – UQÀM), B.Sc. (Political Science – University of Montreal), Russian and Slavic Studies (McGill University), polyglot, is currently a Crown prosecutor for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He was a part-time professor of law at the University of Ottawa where he taught different courses in law. He clerked for the Honorable Marie Deschamps of the Supreme Court of Canada and also for the Honorable Michel Robert, Chief Judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal. He also worked as counsel for the Law Branch of the Supreme Court of Canada. Sébastien also published articles on constitutional and labour law, one of which was awarded a national first prize. He won the first international prize of a public international law moot court competition.
