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Former B C gaming minister asked to reflect about money-laundering issue

VANCOUVER — British Columbia s longest-serving gaming minister was asked Wednesday if he would have done things differently to stamp out money laundering at provincial casinos. Rich Coleman, who . . .

B C casinos: Ex-cabinet minister the latest to testify in inquiry on money laundering

  VANCOUVER British Columbia s longest-serving gaming minister was asked Wednesday if he would have done things differently to stamp out money laundering at provincial casinos. Rich Coleman, who first assumed responsibility for gaming in 2001 and held the job off and on until 2013, testified for more than four hours at the Cullen Commission public inquiry into money laundering. The former Liberal deputy premier rejected previous inquiry testimony by former top-ranking investigators who said Coleman was part of efforts to put gaming profits ahead of growing concerns about large amounts of suspicious cash at casinos with ties to organized crime. “As you look back, do you look back and say, Here s a problem that may have developed and I might have done things differently had I had different or better information at the time?” asked Brock Martland, a lawyer for the commission.

B C attorney general tells inquiry about money laundering gaps between B C groups

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 perspective was so significant that I had difficulty understanding which of the organizations I could turn to and rely on in terms of the best recommendations going forward, said Eby.

B C attorney general tells inquiry about money laundering gaps between B C groups

B C attorney general tells inquiry about money laundering gaps between B C groups
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