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B.C. Attorney General David Eby says he is troubled by the continued lack of compliance with anti-money-laundering controls at B.C. real estate firms revealed in the latest deficiency reports.

According to figures obtained by Postmedia News, and reported Monday, Canada’s financial intelligence watchdog found “significant” and “very significant” deficiencies in the money-laundering controls at 88 per cent of 130 real estate entities they examined in B.C. over the last two years.

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The companies were not identified by name.

The finding was similar to one made two years earlier when the watchdog, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada or Fintrac, conducted 79 examinations in B.C.’s real estate sector, uncovering 71 companies — or 89 per cent — with “significant or very significant” deficiencies.

The heads of the Real Estate Council of B.C. and of the B.C. Real Estate Association said they supported Fintrac efforts, but couldn’t say if real estate companies have tightened their controls.