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Canada Struggles in Uphill Battle Against Money Laundering, Fentanyl Crisis

A heavy human cost from Canada’s inability to contain money laundering is the fentanyl opioid crisis, which resulted in 2,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 alone.
Canada Struggles in Uphill Battle Against Money Laundering, Fentanyl Crisis
An anti-fentanyl advertisement is seen on a sidewalk in downtown Vancouver in this file photo. New government figures show that between January 2016 and September 2018, more than 10,300 Canadians died from apparent opioid overdoses, with men the most likely victims and fentanyl the primary culprit. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
Rahul Vaidyanath
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NEWS ANALYSIS

A heavy human cost from Canada’s inability to contain money laundering is the fentanyl opioid crisis, which resulted in 2,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 alone, based on data released April 10 by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The battleground is in British Columbia—a haven for money laundering, especially from China—where police forces are ill equipped to shut down wealthy, sophisticated criminals.
Rahul Vaidyanath
Rahul Vaidyanath
Journalist
Rahul Vaidyanath is a journalist with The Epoch Times in Ottawa. His areas of expertise include the economy, financial markets, China, and national defence and security. He has worked for the Bank of Canada, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., and investment banks in Toronto, New York, and Los Angeles.
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