Evidence from Canada’s highest levels of law enforcement and natsec/financial intelligence is the backbone of Wilful Blindness 👇chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/wi…

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3 Jun
1. Some translation: @David_Mulroney @Dave_Eby

Mr. Ding Guo believes that Canada is very important for China in the long run. The potential of Canada to contribute energy to China's economic development is unmatched by any other country. Canada is in high demand for immigration
2. and is the most important destination for Chinese people going overseas. Canada has no global strategy and no possibility of conflict with China. The United States, Japan, Russia, the European Union and even India all have global strategies, which inevitably have factors of...
3. conflict with China, who also has global strategies. However, Canada does not have a global strategy, and it will not confront China politically, economically or militarily, so it will not become a threat to China.
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2 Mar
NEW: ‘Vancouver Model’ money laundering connects B.C., Las Vegas and Macau casinos, inquiry hears | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7670514/c…
2. “My name is money," Jin bragged to RCMP, about his credit in Las Vegas and Macau casinos. "I call … (Jin laughs) they give money, right? I collect million, two million. They deal right away.”
3. Interesting tidbits from Paul King Jin, aka Shibao JIA aka XB. Casinos give rebates to whales that lose enough money. In other words, (from my own research) whales like the Mexican-Chinese national that was high-level Sinaloa Cartel, get money back for losing drug money.
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12 Feb
RCMP warned B.C. govt capital flight from China related to organized crime and drug cartels: inquiry | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7637459/r…
2. And the RCMP saw a link between casinos and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering. But the Lottery Corp. was still arguing "no one has been convicted in terms of money laundering in casinos," Meilleur testified.
3. And the RCMP officer, Calvin Chrustie, warned one official “we also know the cartels are close to Chinese networks.”
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12 Feb
Breaking: Evidence email RCMP Calvin Chrustie warned BCLC and GPEB in June 2015 that the Mainland China "financial elite have close ties to organized crime and we also know the cartels are close to Chinese networks," and BCLC wasn't paying attention to large cash transactions.
2. The evidence is about a June 2015 @BCLC 'AML Summit' and Chrustie felt that "it is a complex issue, but as stated yesterday, while the flight of capital issue is a key concern,"
3. Chrustie felt that indicators of money laundering were strong in the "Chinese money lending culture," in Vancouver, but BCLC was not seeing it that way on 'unsourced cash' former GPEB Len Meilleur says, he agrees 'not everyone in the room' at the summit agreed w. Chrustie
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BC Lottery Corp. CEO ignored federal anti-money laundering direction on bags of cash: inquiry | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7635314/b… @FINTRAC_Canada @BCLC @CullenInquiryBC
1. A former BC Lottery Corporation CEO drove his executives to increase revenue via high-limit gambling but didn’t follow a direction from Canada’s anti-money laundering watchdog that required B.C. casinos to establish the source of massive cash transactions.
2. Commission lawyers have been building the case that Lottery Corp. and casino managers hungered after revenue from foreign high rollers, even after being warned by investigators that B.C.’s casinos were being used to launder money by Chinese transnational drug gangs.
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3 Feb
Hearing about sexual assault at River Rock Casino by a VIP player on a female staff, and BCLC Ross Alderson writes a report that GCG manager Pat Ennis felt BCLC had no authority to interfere, and that GCG didn't call police, and VIP was allowed to continue play; and GCG
2. VIP program manager Lisa Gao acted inappropriately. The VIP had assaulted another River Rock employee too. Alderson wrote the staff sexually assaulted by the VIP didn't get any support from Great Canadian.
3. @CullenInquiryBC quickly jumped to a question back in 1999 regarding "China's most wanted" LAI Changxing. Ennis says he's not sure if Great Canadian allowed LAI to continue playing, despite reports in media LAI is criminal suspect.
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