In a multi-part investigative series, Global News follows the money, revealing how organized crime groups and small-time operators alike are making a killing peddling fentanyl.

A study of more than 1,200 luxury real estate purchases in B.C.’s Lower Mainland in 2016 found that more than 10 per cent were tied to buyers with criminal records.

It all began as a drug-trafficking investigation.

An ounce of fentanyl can explode in a community like a bomb leaving behind a trail of overdoses and shattered families.

The discussion comes in the wake of a series of Global News investigations that laid bare how local and international criminal groups are making a killing from the fentanyl trade.

"We recognize that this is a crisis that is continuing in Canada and indeed getting worse," Trudeau said.

Behind the scenes, sources say Canadian frustration is growing over China’s inaction in the fight against fentanyl.

Global News follows the money, revealing how organized crime groups and small-time operators alike are making a killing from fentanyl.

If it was in Colombia or Mexico, the secluded five-acre property on Chadsey Road might pass for the set of a Netflix narcos drama.

Evelyn Pollock and Angie Gorog continue to work and advocate in the community following the overdose deaths of their sons.