e-2073 (Criminal justice system)
- Keywords
- Corruption
- Inquiries and public inquiries
- Money laundering
- Seizure of assets
- Trust funds and trustees
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- It has been reported by the BC Coroners Service that fentanyl overdose have killed at least 4,000 people in BC, and police reports indicate that drug traffickers have laundered $5 billion through the Vancouver real estate market since 2012;
- According to the Peter German report, a minimum of $100 million was laundered through BC Casinos over 10 years, in what became known as the 'Vancouver model';
- According to a 2016 report form anti-corruption group Transparency International, 46 of Vancouver's 100 most valuable properties have their ownership obscured, 29 are held through shell companies, 11 are held through nominees and 6 are held in trust for anonymous beneficiaries;
- In 2017, the Financial Transaction and Report Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) fined an unnamed bank $1.15 million for violating anti-money laundering regulations; and
- With Vancouver now recognized internationally as a hub of transnational money laundering, it is imperative to discover to what extent corruption has been involved in a system that has either turned a blind eye to, or taken advantage of, criminal money laundering in large sectors of BC's economy.
- Open for signature
- March 7, 2019, at 11:51 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 5, 2019, at 11:51 a.m. (EDT)