So why were so many bank employees LOL-ing it up while it was happening under their noses?

Dr. Michelle Gallant, a professor of law at the University of Manitoba who studies financial crimes such as money laundering spoke with CBC about the bogger impacts of money laundering. 

To listen to the full conversation, please follow the link here with CBC: The Cost of Living.

Sul said MLL has discussed the possibility of excluding players, but there are concerns people who have done nothing wrong could be wrongfully banned.

McGuire said it appears Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries security took the right steps in Hoque’s case by identifying suspicious behaviour, seeking information on the money’s origins and, ultimately, getting the RCMP involved.

To read the entire article, please follow the link here with the Winnipeg Free Press.

Reported transactions are not necessarily evidence of any crime, and Fintrac’s report does not say whether lawyers involved in those transactions are believed to have acted improperly.

But Michelle Gallant, a University of Manitoba law professor whose areas of expertise include money laundering, says the fact Fintrac sent disclosures based on those reports is significant.

“When they disclose, it means they’ve looked at something and they have enough reason to believe that maybe there’s some hints of wrongdoing or tainted finance,” Gallant said.

To read the full story, please visit CTV Vancouver. 

Professor Gallant also is featured in this article from CTV Montreal: Who’s watching lawyers? An expert weighs in on money laundering

“It’s a fundamental reshaping of the way the law works,” observes University of Manitoba law professor Michelle Gallant.

The B.C. government describes wealth orders as a new tool that can help pierce the secrecy of shell companies and offshore transactions, and assets hidden with family members and associates, in its fight against money laundering.

To read the full story, please visit the Vancouver Sun.