Canada Money Laundering

• Ottawa moves to create corporate ownership registry to stem financial crimes

  Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Wednesday tabled legislation that would create a corporate beneficial ownership registry.

  Politics

  Mar 22
  
• Cullen Commission report: BCLC boss warned execs of no bonuses if casino revenue targets not met

  Buried in the final report is the possibility that the incentive of individual compensation at BCLC was one of many factors that may have deterred casino investigators.

  Crime

  Jun 17, 2022
  
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• Federal ‘failures’ on money laundering prompt B.C. inquiry to call for provincial watchdog

  The Cullen Commission's final report following a wide-ranging public inquiry says the failures of the RCMP and the federal agency Fintrac allowed money laundering in B.C. to grow.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2022
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• As Canada’s home prices soared during COVID-19, real-estate money laundering audits fell 64%

  As nearly half a billion dollars in sales flooded the Canadian housing market last year, audits conducted by Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog plummeted during COVID-19.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2022
• International students and offshore banking flagged in Canadian real estate money laundering

  Documents obtained by Global News piece together the complex web in which funds found their way into Canadian investments, attracting the attention of regulators.

  Investigations

  Nov 25, 2021
• B.C. casinos used foreign high rollers as money-laundering ‘pawns,’ inquiry hears

  On the final days of the two-year Cullen Commission, federal government lawyers cited RCMP records to counter arguments made by lawyers for the owners of two B.C. casinos.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2021
• BC Lottery Corp. brass bowed to revenue pressure from casino managers, inquiry hears

  Ross Alderson, the lottery corporation's former director of anti-money laundering, was examined Thursday at B.C.’s Cullen Commission.

  Crime

  Sep 9, 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.

  Crime

  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.

  Crime

  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.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2021