Canada Money Laundering Inquiry

• Ex-B.C. premier Christy Clark says she wasn’t warned of ‘spike’ in money laundering until 2015

  Clark was the first of a number of senior B.C. politicians to testify at the public inquiry, with Mike de Jong, Rich Coleman and David Eby coming up next.

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  Apr 20, 2021
  
• Banned casino dealer denies introducing high roller to gang suspect, B.C. inquiry hears

  The Cullen Commission heard from former Vancouver Edgewater Casino worker Qi "Coco" Li, who admitted making numerous suspicious cash and chip drops for River Rock baccarat players.

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  Mar 3, 2021
  
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• Real estate lawyers may have helped high rollers buy Vancouver homes like casino chips: inquiry

  An anti-money laundering specialist says his investigations suggested high rollers could have been buying homes through loan sharks in the same way they were buying chips.

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  Mar 2, 2021
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• ‘Vancouver Model’ money laundering connects B.C., Las Vegas and Macau casinos, inquiry hears

  The Cullen Commission heard new details about the RCMP’s E-Pirate investigation into suspected drug-money laundering in BC Lottery Corporation casinos.

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  Mar 1, 2021
• Former Great Canadian Gaming managers admit company pushed back on investigations of high-rollers

  Former managers at Richmond's River Rock casino testified that executives complained about investigators probing foreign high-rollers for suspected drug-cash transactions.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2021
• Gangs made B.C. casinos too dangerous to investigate for money laundering, inquiry hears

  The Cullen Commission also heard allegations that casino employees may have worked with "well-known" loan sharks in organized crime.

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  Jan 22, 2021
• B.C. money-laundering commissioner rebukes Ottawa for failing to provide important records

  Austin Cullen issued his first interim report on Thursday, commenting on the inquiry's mandate and evidence produced so far.

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  Dec 10, 2020
• RCMP unit commander warned B.C. government that organized crime would run casinos ‘with impunity’

  Insp. Wayne Holland told a public inquiry into money laundering that in 2008, he presented a report that showed how organized crime, money laundering and loan sharking were deeply embedded in B.C. Lottery Corporation casinos. His unit was disbanded in 2009.

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  Dec 2, 2020
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• Former BC Liberal minister and RCMP caused ‘tsunami’ of casino money laundering, inquiry hears

  The Cullen Commission released some of the transcripts of recorded conversations between former solicitor-general Kash Heed and former RCMP officer Fred Pinnock.

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  Nov 30, 2020
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• B.C. Lottery Corp. investigator complained that CEO ignored possible money laundering

  Mike Hiller, a former anti-money laundering investigator, said managers at the Crown corporation cast doubts on his concerns about the River Rock Casiso.

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  Nov 9, 2020