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Eby testified there were significant information gaps about suspicious cash at casinos during separate briefings with him from officials at the B.C. Lottery Corp. and the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch. He told the Cullen Commission that lottery corporation officials said anti-money laundering efforts were working at casinos, while top bureaucrats at the gaming regulator expressed serious concerns about large amounts of suspicious cash at gaming outlets connected to organized crime. "The gap between the B.C. Lottery Corporation perspective and the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch perspectiv...

Article content Consultant Peter German finished two days of online testimony on Tuesday at the B.C. inquiry into money laundering sure of one thing: everyone’s a critic. Under interrogation by lawyers representing casinos, gaming executives and others, the former senior Mountie was forced to defend his opinions in two “dirty money” reports he authored for the provincial government. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ian Mulgrew: Former senior Mountie grilled on dirty money at B.C. inquiry Back to video “I’m not a casino professional, ...

His lawyer: “Dr. German realizes he is a pariah."

Commissioner Austin Cullen has not heard any explicit admission or allegation of corruption from officials who have testified. However, Cullen has heard testimony that shows regulatory failures and ineffective policy and law enforcement, as a result of alleged wilful ignorance, miscommunication and slow-moving bureaucratic responses. Cullen is expected to draw his own conclusions and determine facts in his final report sometime this year. His mandate is to determine “the extent, growth, evolution and methods of money laundering” in six sectors of the economy, including gambling. Cullen...

Article content Testimony on gaming is coming to an end at the Inquiry into Money Laundering with the main accusation in tatters that B.C. casinos were well-oiled machines for cleaning Dirty Money. At worst, they may have been money-pits for proceeds of crime from crooks who liked to gamble, or those who borrowed money from criminals — both mostly losing the ill-gotten gains. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ian Mulgrew: Money-laundering facts belie accusations Back to video Attorney-General David Eby’s drive against a so-called “Vancouv...