The number of cases reported to police by provincial regulators doubled between 2011 and 2013.
On Thursday, Finance Minister Mike de Jong acknowledged that reports of suspicious transactions at government-licensed casinos has more than doubled since a 2011 government audit identified lax rules in how B.C. Lottery Corporation reports suspicious transactions.
Since 2011, BCLC and the province’s gaming policy and enforcement branch have tightened up how they report and deal with large transactions that could be money-laundering. In 2011, the branch forwarded 459 suspicious cases to police for investigation. By 2013, the number had jumped to 1,013.
Jeff Lee & Rob Shaw – Vancouver Sun – April 10, 2014.
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