Ian Mulgrew: Money laundering bill almost criminal

Three years in the making, last summer’s bloated and pooh-poohed, 1,808-page money-laundering report may yet be remembered for its jaw-dropping cost of $10,300 per page!

Former B.C. Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen concluded the province endured a decade of blatant economic crime because regulators and police failed for various reasons — impotence, personal pique, lack of resources …

Take your pick. Victoria didn’t care as the government was raking in more than $1 billion annually.

The Criminal Intelligence Service, the nation’s network of law enforcement agencies, didn’t even worry about money laundering in casinos.

It believed restaurants, auto services, and construction firms were more likely the conduits favoured by crooks.