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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.

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  Dec 23, 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.

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  Oct 19, 2021
  
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• 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.

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  Oct 15, 2021
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• 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.

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  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.

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  Mar 3, 2021
• ‘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
• RCMP warned B.C. govt capital flight from China related to organized crime and drug cartels: inquiry

  The RCMP officer warned that 'we also know the cartels are close to Chinese networks.' But the BC Lottery Corporation didn't share the RCMP's concern, the Cullen Commission heard.

  Feb 12, 2021
• BC Lottery Corp. CEO ignored federal anti-money laundering direction on bags of cash: inquiry

  Commission lawyers have been building the case that Lottery Corp. and casino managers sought revenue from foreign high rollers despite warnings of money laundering at B.C. casinos.

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  Feb 11, 2021
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• Great Canadian Gaming staff tried to ‘smooth’ over sexual assault involving high roller: inquiry

  Wednesday was Day 2 of examination for Great Canadian Gaming's acting CEO Terrance Doyle at the Cullen Commission, looking into B.C. casinos money laundering concerns.

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  Feb 10, 2021
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• Great Canadian Gaming tried to tap Chinese capital fleeing Xi Jinping’s corruption probe, inquiry hears

  At the Cullen Commission, the acting CEO of Great Canadian Gaming was asked about numerous times in which management pushed back on investigations of VIP gamblers.

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  Feb 9, 2021