The City of Victoria is no longer interested in hosting a casino in the downtown core.
In 2015 council directed staff to write to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) saying that they would want to be considered as a host for a new casino.
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Since then, more information has come forward that prompted Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps to retract the cityB次元官网网址檚 interest. Helps explained this decision in a report coming up for discussion at this weekB次元官网网址檚 Committee of the Whole meeting:
B次元官网网址淪ince 2015, there have been substantial issues uncovered with regard to money laundering in B.C. casinos as well as potential links to the trafficking of fentanyl,B次元官网网址� the report reads. B次元官网网址淭he B.C. government is taking this issue seriously and is taking significant action to remedy this situation. Nonetheless prosecution of these offences is difficult. This new information that has arisen since councilB次元官网网址檚 motion in 2015 has changed the landscape with regard to VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 willingness to host a casino.B次元官网网址�
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The decision comes after a report was released in March 2018 by Peter German, a lawyer and RCMP veteran, which stated that casinos in the Lower Mainland were determined to have B次元官网网址渦nwittingly served as laundromats for the proceeds of organized crime.B次元官网网址�
German put forward 48 recommendations to help curb the illegal activity, and BCLC confirmed that most of these changes began coming into effect in January 2018.
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