BC Money Laundering Inquiry Begins Amid Hopes for Answers, Accountability

BC Money Laundering Inquiry Begins Amid Hopes for Answers, Accountability
Former B.C. attorney general and housing minister David Eby listens in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito
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VANCOUVER—British Columbia’s attorney general hopes an inquiry into money laundering will answer lingering questions about how the criminal activity flourished in the province and identify those who allowed it to happen.

David Eby’s government commissioned three reports that revealed B.C.’s gambling, real estate and luxury car industries were hotbeds for dirty money, but he said an inquiry will be able to dig deeper because it can compel witnesses to speak.