Ian Mulgrew: Dirty-money solutions pivot on trust
Adopting suspicion as a default not only undercuts our values, it has its own very negative consequences.
At several points recently during online hearings of the Inquiry into Money Laundering, Vancouver lawyer Greg DelBigio was asked to gaze out a window.
While he cast his eyes elsewhere, inquiry staff displayed on screen for other participating lawyers documents not yet vetted and approved for public consumption.
Unlike the others, DelBigio was denied access because he represented alleged dirty money-supplier Paul Jin, “in the (commission’s) crosshairs” because of casino shenanigans dating back to 2012 when he was first barred.
DelBigio was trusted to not sneak a peak or snap a surreptitious screenshot.
