🇨🇦’s wild these days.
- Money laundering capital of the world
- the global fentanyl “command & control center”
- home to transnational organized crime heads
- at least 1 in 7,800 residents are members of organized crimes.
How did this happen so fast?
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- Money laundering capital of the world
- the global fentanyl “command & control center”
- home to transnational organized crime heads
- at least 1 in 7,800 residents are members of organized crimes.
How did this happen so fast?
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2/ first of all, most folks in 🇨🇦 don’t realize how bad things are yet, they’re just dealing with the consequences.
Soaring housing costs. Rising car thefts. Unaffordable housing, Overdoses in your hood. Violence in your streets.
All related.
Soaring housing costs. Rising car thefts. Unaffordable housing, Overdoses in your hood. Violence in your streets.
All related.
3/ 🇨🇦’s home prices soared in the mid-2010s due to laundering.
Fentanyl proceeds were washed in casinos, then layered w/housing. It’s now called the Vancouver model.
Home prices surged since comps were skewed, & launderers WANT to pay more.
Dive into this later.
Fentanyl proceeds were washed in casinos, then layered w/housing. It’s now called the Vancouver model.
Home prices surged since comps were skewed, & launderers WANT to pay more.
Dive into this later.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1300222309760811009
4/ Speaking of casinos & housing—let’s talk about car thefts.
In 2017 🇨🇦’s fin crime intel warned the gov that the world’s largest car theft gang set up shop in ON.
It was washing cash in *drumroll* casinos & housing. Total mystery how that played out.
In 2017 🇨🇦’s fin crime intel warned the gov that the world’s largest car theft gang set up shop in ON.
It was washing cash in *drumroll* casinos & housing. Total mystery how that played out.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1593692894551998469
5/ Fentanyl has been a wild controversy since we’re pretending it isn’t because the 🇺🇸 is.
Asia’s “El Chapo” was from Toronto’s burbs. 🇨🇦’s largest banks have been implicated in operations. The head of the trade is a former Team 🇨🇦 snowboarder.
Monthly super lab busts.
Asia’s “El Chapo” was from Toronto’s burbs. 🇨🇦’s largest banks have been implicated in operations. The head of the trade is a former Team 🇨🇦 snowboarder.
Monthly super lab busts.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1885184973268832436
6/ things are so wild in 🇨🇦 rn that it had to arrest its top spy for working with a global money launderer.
It tired to bury the story. & I don’t thin hens serving time in prison. He’s preparing to appeal since 🇨🇦 doesn’t have laws to address its highest spy working against it.
It tired to bury the story. & I don’t thin hens serving time in prison. He’s preparing to appeal since 🇨🇦 doesn’t have laws to address its highest spy working against it.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1539993956028747778
7/ speaking of free range criminals, 🇨🇦 is the only place where you can see war criminals mingle with mafia dons, dragon heads, & terrorists.
Global crime considers it neutral territory, so they meet here.
Heck, top global assassins have even arrived on student visas recently.
Global crime considers it neutral territory, so they meet here.
Heck, top global assassins have even arrived on student visas recently.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1814134771351433670
8/ the prevalence of organized crime & apathy around it led to the capture of government.
🇨🇦’s intel agency estimates organized crime groups infiltrated government & inflate contracts by 50% on avg.
We know QC has a problem because it looked into it. Places like NS never will.
🇨🇦’s intel agency estimates organized crime groups infiltrated government & inflate contracts by 50% on avg.
We know QC has a problem because it looked into it. Places like NS never will.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1887893646084616614
9/ It gets wilder. Organized crime is now so powerful in 🇨🇦 that law enforcement & gov are too scared to pursue it.
Seriously. It won’t even try to pursue charges for certain crimes in some regions, and provinces like Ontario drop most charges.
Seriously. It won’t even try to pursue charges for certain crimes in some regions, and provinces like Ontario drop most charges.
https://twitter.com/stephenpunwasi/status/1887893627227041822
10/ all of these problems can be targeted with a single tool—RICO laws.
They allow the pursuit of criminal orgs based on a pattern of associates. It makes it easier to prosecute.
Even if not used, they become a major deterrent. 🇺🇸’s implementation cleaned up NYC in the 70s.
They allow the pursuit of criminal orgs based on a pattern of associates. It makes it easier to prosecute.
Even if not used, they become a major deterrent. 🇺🇸’s implementation cleaned up NYC in the 70s.
11/ 🇨🇦 has really wanted to implement RICO laws too, but it couldn’t find the time in the past 50 years.
I was surprised to see that @PierrePoilievre suggested RICO-like laws in his platform today.
I didn’t even see it in the NDP platform, & that seems right up their alley.
I was surprised to see that @PierrePoilievre suggested RICO-like laws in his platform today.
I didn’t even see it in the NDP platform, & that seems right up their alley.
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