Money Laundering Inquiry

• Massive, multi-year B.C. money laundering investigation ends without charges

  A special prosecutor found the suspect's activities 'highly suspicious' but said Canadian laws as currently written didn't leave a substantial likelihood he would be convicted.

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2023
  
• 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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• Money laundering public inquiry finds ‘no evidence’ of political corruption in B.C.

  Cullen concluded money laundering in the province's casino's persisted over the tenures of multiple ministers responsible for gaming.

  Politics

  Jun 15, 2022
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• Money-laundering inquiry must judge whether corruption reached top of B.C. government

  Justice Austin Cullen has heard from 198 witnesses in hundreds of hours of hearings that produced bombshell testimony and 70,000 pages of evidence.

  Crime

  Dec 23, 2021
• B.C. grants Cullen Commission six more months to file money laundering report

  An inquiry commission has received a six-month extension to file its final report into money laundering in British Columbia.

  Crime

  Nov 26, 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
• B.C. government waited 9 years to heed recommendations to reject drug cash in casinos, inquiry hears

  Lawyers representing the federal and B.C. governments argued a stunning set of facts and assertions in closing arguments for the province’s money laundering inquiry on Friday.

  Crime

  Oct 15, 2021
• Former B.C. cabinet minister denies saying government knew about casino crime

  Kash Heed denied telling a gaming investigator that members of the BC Liberal government knew about illegal activities at casinos and were doing little to prevent the crimes.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2021
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• Ex-B.C. gaming minister denies turning blind eye to casino crime and influencing RCMP

  Rich Coleman, former B.C. Liberal gaming minister, told the Cullen Commission Wednesday that he didn't turn a blind eye to warnings of suspected money laundering in B.C. casinos.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2021
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• Former cabinet minister says BC Liberal government took money laundering seriously

  Mike de Jong told a public inquiry today that serious efforts were made to understand and address the issue of money laundering at casinos.

  Crime

  Apr 23, 2021