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Requirements that Canadian real estate developers better identify their customers and that casinos record and report large disbursements went into effect Monday. The expanded rules, meant to shake out money launderers, require that home builders obtain proof of a customer's identity, as well as maintain records and report instances when customers pay developers with $10,000 or more in cash. Canadian casinos must record disbursements and collect personal information on those who collect them. Under the regulation, first announced in February, individuals and organizations who don't comply face up five years in prison and $500,000 in fines. The rules bring Canadian...