The British Columbia money laundering inquiry heard testimony about how drug traffickers and loan sharks have moved money between Vancouver, Latin America, and Asia through underground Chinese banks. The Cullen Commission heard this Monday about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s (RCMP) “E-Pirate investigation” into drug trafficking and money laundering activities in BC Lottery Corporation casinos involving a suspect named Paul King Jin. RCMP Cpl. Melvin Chizawsky told the inquiry that investigations into suspected money laundering activities between Jin and Silver International Ltd., a Richmond currency exchange, began in mid-2015. While criminal charges against Jin and Silver International were halted in November 2018, Jin and his “Vancouver Model” money laundering network are under another ongoing RCMP probe called E-Nationalize, the Global News reported. According to Chizawsky, the E-Pirate probe reviewed cellphone data that indicated Silver International had access to “cash pools” in numerous locations, including China, Mexico City, and Bogota. Seized records also showed …
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