Canadians ought to be worried about whether crowdfunding websites could be used to finance hate groups and other extremist organizations, financial crime and security experts warn.

As the so-called “freedom convoy” enters its second week of protests in Ottawa, hard questions are being asked about a GoFundMe campaign set up by convoy organizers and whether any of the $10 million raised so far might have come from malevolent sources keen on wreaking havoc in Canada. Read more: Trudeau: Ottawa residents need their ‘lives back,’ won’t commit to negotiate with truckers Security experts also say they’re worried about the lack of transparency surrounding the fundraiser and whether any of the donations could end up in the hands of hate groups or people who promote hateful ideologies, including people who attended the protests carrying Nazi flags and the flags of known terrorist groups. “The way that we’re sort of talking about this now, this event, is sort of like an extremism event.

So I would argue that this is sort of a component of extremist financing,” said Jessica Davis, a financial crimes expert and president of Insight Threat Intelligence.

Davis said there’s too little information known about donors to the GoFundMe campaign to say for sure who is behind the donations.

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Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia amid Ukraine invasion

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