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British Columbians should prepare for a “mind-blowing” experience when David Eby releases a bombshell report this week on the extent and scale of criminal money laundering in B.C. casinos.

That’s the word from the province’s crusading attorney general as he prepares to unveil a long-awaited 250-page report containing 45 recommendations to clean up dirty casino operations in the province.

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“When I was first briefed on this problem, it was truly mind-blowing,” Eby said. “I want to give British Columbians, as much as possible, the same type of briefing I got: Where we’re at, where we’re going and why changes are so badly needed.”

The report — prepared by former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German and set for release Wednesday — will explain how B.C. became notorious around the world as a money-laundering hotbed, Eby said.

“It raises squarely the issue of British Columbia — and specifically Vancouver — as a hub of international money laundering and the chronology of how we got there,” he said.