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Revelations that B.C. casinos may have been used by Chinese high-rollers to launder massive wads of cash that could be “proceeds of crime” come as no surprise to Sandy Garossino.

The co-founder of Vancouver Not Vegas said the contents of a government report, released Friday after freedom of information requests by Postmedia, are “consistent” with everything she’s learned after fighting the proliferation of casinos for more than five years.

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“The crime comes with the industry,” she said.

Garossino hopes the independent review of money-laundering controls ordered by Attorney General David Eby helps to address the problem, but she warned it would need to “rise above politics.”

“The B.C. Lottery Corporation has, in a very short time, become a behemoth in the provincial government,” she said. “We’ve become dependent on that revenue.”

Eby said his government is “serious” about identifying money laundering activities and ensuring there are policies in place to prevent it in B.C casinos.