China-Linked Company Was at ‘Core’ of Money Laundering in BC, Inquiry Hears

China-Linked Company Was at ‘Core’ of Money Laundering in BC, Inquiry Hears
B.C. Attorney General David Eby gestures while showing a video of bundles of cash brought to a casino by an individual, during a news conference in Vancouver on June 27, 2018. An inquiry into money laundering in B.C. resumed this week. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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A company heavily implicated in money laundering in British Columbia was “core” to a scheme that allegedly scrubbed billions in drug money from China at casinos in the Lower Mainland, according to expert witness testimony at an inquiry to determine how to combat industrial-scale money laundering in the province.

Silver International had been charged as part of a massive RCMP investigation of alleged underground bankers in Richmond, B.C., but charges were stayed in 2018.