Wilful Blindness

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1. tenpiesAug 2023
   Canada's utopian conditions for most types of crime are something of an open secret. Most of these crimes then rely on Canada's national industry - money laundering - to clean the money or move it out of the country.

   Anyone interested in the tip of the iceberg should read Wilful Blindness by Sam Cooper. And that's relatively old. And mostly just the CCP's part. You still have a rich diaspora of organized crime operating in virtually every corner and geography of Canada, including First Nations, some of which are conveniently located in just the right places to facilitate smuggling of all things between the US and Canada.

   And the absoltue best part? It's almost guaranteed that this involves even the Prime Minister's Office. Or at least it seems very clear Trudeau has something to hide due to his absolutely willingness to sacrifice all things in order to avoid a public inquiry into CCP election interference.

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2. icantbebotheredAug 2023
   > read Wilful Blindness by Sam Cooper

   All Canadians should read it. It should be part of the high school curriculum.

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3. moistlyDec 2022
   Highly recommend Wilful Blindness: How a Criminal Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West by Sam Cooper. Canada-focused, and an excellent bit of journalism.

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57427971-wilful-blindnes...

   There are plenty of good investigations into corruption:

   https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/135465.Best_Books_About_...

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4. newscluesOct 2022
   Check out Wilful Blindness by Sam Cooper about the Vancouver model of OC money laundering
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5. system16Jul 2022
   If you're curious about the seedier underbelly of financial crime and money laundering through casinos and real-estate in Vancouver, Willful Blindness by Sam Cooper (https://www.amazon.ca/Wilful-Blindness-network-tycoons-infil...) is a pretty shocking expose. Be warned that the complicity of the British Columbia and Canadian governments is rage-inducing.
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6. moistlyAug 2022
   Wilful Blindness by Sam Cooper provides endless evidence that the government is corrupted. “We investigated ourselves and found that we are not corrupt” is not a ringing endorsement. Money is power and in BC the criminal GDP is as valuable as any of our legitimate business sectors, like fishing or forestry.

   https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-sam...

   https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2017/04/10/BC-Liberal-Falsehoods-...

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