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“Right now I think we have the information we need to put a real dent in this activity,” Eby said.

“And so the only piece that would be left on the table is the accountability piece of the people who are involved.”

Accountability is a polite way of saying the NDP would like to name and shame those who turned a blind eye to, or through sheer incompetence or negligence allowed, money laundering to proliferate for more than a decade.

Photo by Police documents filed in BC Supreme Court / PNG

B.C. had hoped some names would come out in court against Vancouver-based Silver International Investments Ltd., as part of a high-profile E-Pirate RCMP investigation into alleged money laundering, underground banking and VIP Chinese casino gamblers. But federal prosecutors stayed charges in November. The lack of explanation from Ottawa left B.C. fuming.

“There are people who didn’t participate in German’s review because they did not have any subpoena powers so they just refused to call back,” said Eby.

“That’s one piece. Broadly though, the big piece around a public inquiry that’s different from what we’ve done today is that for none of the reports did we ask who knew what when and exactly who are these people. Can you identify them? Is it business leaders, is it high profile people, is there some way to identify who is responsible for this?

“And that’s sort of a public accountability piece, whether it’s politicians, or regulators, or those who were involved in the activities, that has never taken place yet.”