Since everyone is interested in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ tax law right now, here's one of the gems I love.

The IRS has a section that tells people which form they need to fill out for income from illegal activities, like illegal drug dealing.

Even drug dealers pay their taxes. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Ransom paid to pirates, and mob extortion is also a tax deductible in the US, up to a certain point.

The Gettys have a notable story in this case, refusing to pay anything more than the maximum amount that could be deducted.

Canadian tax anecdote. I knew an auditor for the CRA, who said if you're nice during audit, they try to help as much as they can.

He then told a story about auditing a drag queen that nearly gave him a heart attack, when he found out they didn't deduct their stage costumes. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Feb 12
Folks in ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ keep explaining to me that we donโ€™t have ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ-like crime.

Itโ€™s true. Hereโ€™s a brief list of the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ crime that never happens in ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ.

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2. in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, their anti-money laundering & enforcement budgets are soaring to deal with crime.

In ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, weโ€™re so confident that thereโ€™s no laundering that politicians confidently slash the budgets. Image
3. In ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ, defunding the police is extremely controversial.

In ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, we donโ€™t hesitate. Ontario immediately cut its financial crimes unit. Image
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Feb 7
People think ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ is lax on money laundering because itโ€™s good for the economy. Nope.

Itโ€™s so much worse. The lax enforcement turned into organized crime capturing ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ. The legal system is now too scared to act. Seriously.

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2/ First off, letโ€™s talk about how extensive ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s organized crime (OG) problem is. The countryโ€™s OG intel agency estimates 2,600 groups operate in the country.

Since a gang is 3 people or more, at minimum theyโ€™re estimating 1 in 4000 adults are OC members. Image
3/ that means the ratio of OC to normal people is higher than the concentration of high school school teachers to people in Toronto.

Think about that for a secondโ€”how often do you see high schools across Toronto? Well, youโ€™re more likely to see OC members than a teacher in one.
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Feb 6
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ: fun story. Two guys fight. One gets murdered. The other gets murdered a year later.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ's intel agencies pursue evidence alleging they were involved w/criminal activity.

Thankfully the intel agencies were redirected by the real expertsโ€”๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ's politicians.

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2/ Good thing. It was the enemies of the politicians all alongโ€”India. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s PM Trudeau notified the public it found "credible rumors.โ€

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ goes from โ€œModi did itโ€ to denying it, then calling one of its own intel agents a criminal faster than a bank bail out.

So weird. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Image
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3/ anyway, not really about India.

Itโ€™s the fact ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s intel agencies are very capable but heavily manipulated by politicians.

They did this w/Sidewinder ~30 years agoโ€”agents had allegations that politicians tried to suppress. Now weโ€™re dealing w/fall out from not addressing it.
Read 4 tweets
Feb 5
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ hiding a lot more fentanyl trafficking.

A whopping 19 FENTANYL TRAFFICKING CASES DROPPED OVER 7 DAYS IN ONE CITY. Why would ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ do that? ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Police bust massive rings, it makes the news, the gov drops charges. What fentanyl trafficking? Thereโ€™s no convictions. ๐Ÿ™„ Image
2/ Hamilton home prices 3x in 8 years, eh? Is it ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s Greenwich, CT?

Love Hamilton but weโ€™re not paying the gov $10k for property records to prove the laundering, only for gov act shocked & ignore it.

Already did that in TO. Iโ€™ll do the analysis, but not paying for records. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Image
Hey @MarkJCarney, does your platform have a plan to deal w/the laundering & fentanyl?

I think ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ would love to hear it since you may be PM in as little as 2 months.

Pierreโ€™s voiced concern. Freeland demonstrated sheโ€™s #TeamFentanyl by hiding the HSBC investigation.
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Feb 3
โ€œ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ doesnโ€™t have fentanyl problem. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ only seized 19 kgs at the border.โ€

lol. Yeah, no. Firefighters accidentally found multiples of that in some dudeโ€™s apartment.

The brother of Torontoโ€™s Danforth Mass Shooter lived thereโ€ฆ

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2/ long story short, firefighters are called to check out a carbon monoxide detector. They see an unreasonable amount of drugs.

They call the police, who find 33 firearms, and 42 kg (92.6 lbs) of carfentanil, a powerful derivative of fentanyl.

globalnews.ca/news/3806457/mโ€ฆImage
3/ Carfentanil is a derivative 100x more powerful than fentanyl, and 10,000x more powerful than morphine.

Sounds like a comically absurd strength of opioid? It is. A grain of sand sized dose is enough to OD.

This guy had 42kg of this stuff? ๐Ÿค”

pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Carfeโ€ฆ
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Feb 1
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s a special place. Regardless of race, creed, or nationalityโ€”the country will accept you with open armsโ€ฆ to wash your money.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ doesnโ€™t just have a money laundering problem. Itโ€™s THE global money laundering hub, leveraging its innocent reputation.

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2/ a lot of people heard about TDโ€™s epic money laundering problem, and the resulting US$3b fine for washing cartel cash.

Few people in ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ realize TD & RBC had freakishly similar allegations here, but the case was botched and fell apart.

occrp.org/en/investigatiโ€ฆImage
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3/ In ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ, folks complain ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ appointing @TulsiGabbard to direct national intelligence is reckless.

Few in ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ know its own intel equivalent was arrested for leaking Five Eyes intel to launderers.

His case referenced a lot of terror cash at ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€™s banks.

thebureau.news/p/toronto-currโ€ฆImage
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