The ‘Cullen Commission’ of inquiry into money laundering in B.C. heard from Doug Scott, manager of the Gaming Police and Enforcement Branch (GPEB) between 2011 and 2013, lower right. Justice Austin Cullen, top, is the commissioner, who is assisted by lead counsel Patrick McGowan, bottom left
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An ex-RCMP officer turned manager of gambling regulations for the B.C. government says he had lost confidence in the federal police organization to effectively tackle financial crime such as money laundering occurring in the province’s casinos.
“I left [the RCMP] with my belief there was no capacity in the RCMP, specifically in financial crime, or proceeds of crime, that would be able to garner the attention to have an investigation done,” Doug Scott, manager of the Gaming Police and Enforcement Branch (GPEB) between 2011 and 2013, told the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C