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Wait, There’s More: Money laundering in B.C.’s real estate market

Prices are cooling, but it’s still one of the most expensive places on earth to buy a house. The average price of a home in Vancouver is around $925,000. Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS

The real estate market in B.C. is one of the most unaffordable real estate markets in the world.

In May, a panel of experts found that the impact of alleged money laundering in B.C. pushed up real estate prices by 3.7 to 7.5 per cent.

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On this episode of Wait, There’s More, host Tamara Khandaker speaks with Sam Cooper, Global News reporter, about his investigation into money laundering in B.C.’s real estate market.

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Cooper explains how alleged criminals use something called bare trusts to launder money through anonymous real estate deals. “They have made B.C., especially in Canada, a tax haven and a money laundering haven for international corruption suspects, the international elite and criminals.”

 

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