Keeping an eye on Communist, Totalitarian China, and its influence both globally, and we as Canadians. I have come to the opinion that we are rarely privy to truth regarding the real goal, the agenda of Red China, and it's implications for Canada [and North America as a whole]. No more can we rely on our media as more and more information on China is actively being swept under the carpet - not for consumption.
Friday, August 31, 2018
Trudeau orders his new gang-busting minister to target money laundering in B.C.
Trudeau orders his new gang-busting minister to target money laundering in B.C.
Aug. 28, 2018
VANCOUVER—The federal government wants to stop money laundering in B.C. and is asking one its ministers to focus on shutting it down.
In his most recent mandate letters to federal ministers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Bill Blair, minister of border security and organized crime reduction, to focus on ending money laundering in B.C.
According to the letter, his “work should include a focus on cutting off money laundering which, as we have seen recently in British Columbia, support our efforts to counter guns, gangs and opioid distribution.” (sic)
The author of the B.C. government’s money-laundering report said he’s pleased with the directive and that Blair needs to ensure he co-ordinates with the provincial government.
“They’ve gotta be working together in lockstep on these issues,” said Peter German, president of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy as well as a former deputy commissioner for the RCMP.
In the letter, Trudeau directs Blair to develop new policies and legislation that will reduce organized crime and gang activity in Canada and to “work closely” with provinces, cities, border agencies, law enforcement and community organizations.
German’s report found that at least $100 million has been laundered through casinos. It recommended creating an independent regulator that could monitor the industry as well as a specialized, around-the-clock police force to battle money laundering.
B.C. Attorney General David Eby asked the federal government for support in March, as authorities have watched hockey bags and shopping bags full of $20 bills get laundered at casino teller wickets in the Lower Mainland.
Solutions to the money-laundering crisis can be found, German said, but a steady flow of information between different agencies will be required.
“The proof is in the pudding,” he said, “and that is working together with local authorities and the province to make change.”
Trudeau appointed Blair, Toronto’s former police chief, to manage border security and organized crime in July. He delivered new mandate letters to several other ministers on Aug. 28 following his July cabinet shuffle.
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