The report specifically focused on money laundering in the province’s casinos, and alleges the funds were often the proceeds of illicit fentanyl sales.
In the year immediately after the report, casinos adopted more strict protocols and observed a 30% decline in gambling revenues.
The second part focused on how the funds ended up in everyday consumer goods, such as real estate and luxury vehicles.
[5] It also reveals real estate and luxury vehicle purchases are frequently used to launder money in the province.
[6] In 2017, then BC Attorney General David Eby hired former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German to conduct an independent investigation into money laundering rumors.