We are all concerned for our safety, and we feel we need to document these activities for our own well-being,\u201d Labine wrote in her journal in August 1998. \u00a0\u201cWe feel the baccarat pit is getting out of hand and that the casino is ignoring our warnings \u2026 staff are becoming more aware of the gangs that are now working amongst us \u2026 supervisors are feeling intimidated and overwhelmed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Authorities now believe Chinese criminal underground banks were able to exploit weak BC financial regulations to launder drug money. This was often made from the sale of narcotics shipped to Canada from South America and the fentanyl factories of China\u2019s Guangdong province. Money would be washed through BC\u2019s casinos and through the purchase of real estate in Vancouver.<\/p>\n
Disgruntled Employee?<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhile Great Canadian Gaming simply said it \u201crefused to comment on employee matters\u201d when contacted by Global News<\/em>, Great Canadian\u2019s vice-president\u00a0at the time, Adrian Thomas, agreed to an interview.<\/p>\nHe said he had never had any indication loan sharks were laundering drug money and described Labine as a disgruntled and troublesome employee who was motivated to lie because she has been turned down for promotion.<\/p>\n
Labine says she fears being sued by Great Canadian but is speaking out because it is the \u201cright thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
British Columbia has been rocked by financial scandal following revelations that its casinos had become \u201claundromats for organized crime\u201d over the past decade, with Chinese criminal gangs transforming the province into a global money-laundering hub with links to the fentanyl epidemic. But the scandal may go back further than a decade, to the late 1990s, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":104032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,10,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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