The Cullen Commission heard that compliance director Robert Kroeker was alleged to have directed his team to "loosen rules" around scrutiny of casino cash transactions.

Robert Kroeker was in charge of compliance for a Richmond casino that under-reported suspicious transactions, B.C.'s inquiry into money laundering heard Tuesday.

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

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

A 2014 probe originally targeted international money launderers. It eventually exposed an RCMP mole.

Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Ottawa was spending close to $100 million to set the teams up in Canada's four largest provinces.

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

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.

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

B.C.'s public inquiry into money laundering has heard from a former official with the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch, who says he tried to warn the then-minister responsible.