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Criminals laundering Chinese money through Canadian real estate, agency report says

August 2024 intelligence report says criminals use bogus mortgages to clean dirty cash

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

27 Jun 2025 • 4 min read

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A red and white "For Sale" sign outside a residential home in Vancouver.
An internal Canadian financial intelligence report says there is an "emerging" pattern of criminal groups laundering money from China into Canadian real estate through fake mortgages. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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