People think 🇨🇦 is lax on money laundering because it’s good for the economy. Nope.
It’s so much worse. The lax enforcement turned into organized crime capturing 🇨🇦. The legal system is now too scared to act. Seriously.
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It’s so much worse. The lax enforcement turned into organized crime capturing 🇨🇦. The legal system is now too scared to act. Seriously.
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2/ First off, let’s talk about how extensive 🇨🇦’s organized crime (OG) problem is. The country’s OG intel agency estimates 2,600 groups operate in the country.
Since a gang is 3 people or more, at minimum they’re estimating 1 in 4000 adults are OC members.
Since a gang is 3 people or more, at minimum they’re estimating 1 in 4000 adults are OC members.
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 second—how often do you see high schools across Toronto? Well, you’re more likely to see OC members than a teacher in one.
Think about that for a second—how often do you see high schools across Toronto? Well, you’re more likely to see OC members than a teacher in one.
4/ obviously that scale is going to break things.
The same agency estimates this increases the cost of government contracts by 50%, with the biggest problem being at the municipal level.
But there’s a way bigger issue when you have such extensive government infiltration.
The same agency estimates this increases the cost of government contracts by 50%, with the biggest problem being at the municipal level.
But there’s a way bigger issue when you have such extensive government infiltration.
5/ Authorities in 🇨🇦 are now too scared to investigate.
In BC criminals were running their own casino loan shark operation out in the open. It got to the point they actually had their own priority parking.
People shit on Eby but he was the only person not too scared to stop it,
In BC criminals were running their own casino loan shark operation out in the open. It got to the point they actually had their own priority parking.
People shit on Eby but he was the only person not too scared to stop it,
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1593802047706599424
6/ It’s not just BC. In 🇨🇦, every jokes that driving on a bad road is like visiting Montreal.
When I began working w/anti-corruption orgs, I learned bad roads in cities w/huge road budgets are a sign of corruption.
In 2009, 🇨🇦 got confirmation why.
theglobeandmail.com/news/national/…
When I began working w/anti-corruption orgs, I learned bad roads in cities w/huge road budgets are a sign of corruption.
In 2009, 🇨🇦 got confirmation why.
theglobeandmail.com/news/national/…
7/ Quebec held an inquiry into corruption in 2015.
OC’s penetration of Quebec’s public sector was so extensive they were considered “untouchable.”
Contractors either worked for the mob or were being shaken down by them. Why wasn’t it reported?
theguardian.com/world/2015/nov…
OC’s penetration of Quebec’s public sector was so extensive they were considered “untouchable.”
Contractors either worked for the mob or were being shaken down by them. Why wasn’t it reported?
theguardian.com/world/2015/nov…
8/ People hear public sector workers take relatively small gifts like hockey tickets & bottles of wine for multi-million dollar contracts.
Why’s it so cheap to bribe well paid workers? Clearly we need to pay them more. Maybe, but that won’t stop the corruption…
Why’s it so cheap to bribe well paid workers? Clearly we need to pay them more. Maybe, but that won’t stop the corruption…
9/ There’s usually two kinds of kick backs with mob construction.
Higher level, mostly untouchable bureaucrats often get additional but less obvious kickbacks. A firm doing a multi-million renovation to their home for a few grand is one example.
The other is plata o plomo.
Higher level, mostly untouchable bureaucrats often get additional but less obvious kickbacks. A firm doing a multi-million renovation to their home for a few grand is one example.
The other is plata o plomo.
10/ Plato o plomo literally translates from Spanish to silver or lead.
It’s a common term heard in narco states, coined by the apparent poet & drug lord Pablo Escobar.
It means we’re not telling you to do something. We’re offering you money or consequences.
It’s a common term heard in narco states, coined by the apparent poet & drug lord Pablo Escobar.
It means we’re not telling you to do something. We’re offering you money or consequences.
11/ take the money, you’re now a part of the crime. You’re in it forever.
Reject it & you face consequences—from actual harm to being fired by a superior who is being intimated.
If you’re a public sector worker, you’ve probably seen this more than you realize.
Reject it & you face consequences—from actual harm to being fired by a superior who is being intimated.
If you’re a public sector worker, you’ve probably seen this more than you realize.
12/ Ever report something concerning like false invoices or junk contractors, & your boss says don’t worry about it?
Clearly not OC but it seems weird to not be alarmed? It’s more common than people think, their boss has been threatened or knows their boss was. Not worth it.
Clearly not OC but it seems weird to not be alarmed? It’s more common than people think, their boss has been threatened or knows their boss was. Not worth it.
13/ there’s probably two thoughts right now. Why don’t we hear about corrupt gov officials?
Well, there’s Cameron Ortiz—🇨🇦’s #2 spy. The former director of intel had access to Five Eyes info & alleged to tip off launderers. Media ban means it only the arrest & end is covered.
Well, there’s Cameron Ortiz—🇨🇦’s #2 spy. The former director of intel had access to Five Eyes info & alleged to tip off launderers. Media ban means it only the arrest & end is covered.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1373304234330972168
14/ you know how 🇨🇦’s car theft issue surges in 2022? Why wasn’t the port catching it?
Friends in law enforcement explained the docs are real. There’s nothing for the ports to catch.
The reason the thefts happen primarily in Ontario is criminals worked at ON’s DMV.
Friends in law enforcement explained the docs are real. There’s nothing for the ports to catch.
The reason the thefts happen primarily in Ontario is criminals worked at ON’s DMV.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1592899918838272001
15/ About 2 years later the gov figures it out when the Fed pressures them.
More questions should be asked about the ON gov’s rush to expand privatization of its ID & registration services while this was happening.
Low wage employees w/high trust roles. What can go wrong? 🤷♂️
More questions should be asked about the ON gov’s rush to expand privatization of its ID & registration services while this was happening.
Low wage employees w/high trust roles. What can go wrong? 🤷♂️
16/ but why aren’t more people being killed? 🇨🇦 has a notoriously low murder rate, but it has an insane number of missing people.
The gov’s response to me when I said this was “most are found!” Even if 90% are found, it’s still a lot higher than California. Data controls.
The gov’s response to me when I said this was “most are found!” Even if 90% are found, it’s still a lot higher than California. Data controls.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1803996696461893962
17/ a million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I waited tables in uni & a regular was a pathologist.
He taught me about data input veracity.
Japan has almost no murder but notoriously violent OC. How does that work? There’s no murder but a LOT of “suicide.”
He taught me about data input veracity.
Japan has almost no murder but notoriously violent OC. How does that work? There’s no murder but a LOT of “suicide.”
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1318001739757477888
18/ shot in the back & no suspect? Our assumption is a murder. 🇯🇵 argues you need to prove it wasn’t a talented suicide.
Officials don’t like a worried public.
🇨🇦’s murder problem ramped up, & so did its Japanification. Maybe the body disassembled itself? 🤷♂️
Officials don’t like a worried public.
🇨🇦’s murder problem ramped up, & so did its Japanification. Maybe the body disassembled itself? 🤷♂️
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1765160411496673790
19/ only the friends & family of a dead or missing person notices.
Vancouver police were just investigated for claiming a person died on the property she was found & it wasn’t suspicious… they neglected to mention she was in a locked up vacant home.
Results are sealed. 🤪
Vancouver police were just investigated for claiming a person died on the property she was found & it wasn’t suspicious… they neglected to mention she was in a locked up vacant home.
Results are sealed. 🤪
20/ it even happens to exceptionally wealthy pillars of their community though.
Maybe the billionaire disconnected the security cameras, killed his wife, committed suicide, then dragged their dead bodies to pose like the sculpture in the next room? Prove it didn’t happen. 🤷♂️
Maybe the billionaire disconnected the security cameras, killed his wife, committed suicide, then dragged their dead bodies to pose like the sculpture in the next room? Prove it didn’t happen. 🤷♂️
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1570162624821882883
21/ To reiterate:
- capture of gov by OC
- contracts inflated by the OC
- law enforcement scared to investigate
- people terrified of reporting
- OC controls everyone’s gov IDs
- surge of “missing” people & “suicides”
🇨🇦 is a narco state w/a really good PR team.
- capture of gov by OC
- contracts inflated by the OC
- law enforcement scared to investigate
- people terrified of reporting
- OC controls everyone’s gov IDs
- surge of “missing” people & “suicides”
🇨🇦 is a narco state w/a really good PR team.
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