Senior police investigating money laundering had concerns about sharing information with BCLC and BC government

Documents obtained by Global News reveal concerns that senior police in BC had about sharing information with the BC Lottery Corp. and possibly others in BC’s government, as police mounted massive investigations into organized crime suspects in legal and illegal casinos in 2015. Distrust was building by September 2015, and that was before a series of Richmond raids in mid Oct.ober 2015, targeting an alleged kingpin, Paul King Jin, that according to documents, were compromised.

The story will track back to the start of discussion between BCLC and RCMP about the E-Pirate operation targeting organized crime, and several key meetings leading up to the raids, and an investigation into ‘integrity’ of gaming that has since occurred.

Guest: Sam Cooper

Global News investigative reporter

Documents obtained by Global News reveal concerns that senior police in BC had about sharing information with the BC Lottery Corp. and possibly others in BC’s government, as police mounted massive investigations into organized crime suspects in legal and illegal casinos in 2015. Distrust was building by September 2015, and that was before a series of Richmond raids in mid Oct.ober 2015, targeting an alleged kingpin, Paul King Jin, that according to documents, were compromised.

The story will track back to the start of discussion between BCLC and RCMP about the E-Pirate operation targeting organized crime, and several key meetings leading up to the raids, and an investigation into ‘integrity’ of gaming that has since occurred.

Guest: Sam Cooper

Global News investigative reporter