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THIRD PARTY RULE – DO NOT DISTRIBUTE WITHOUT CONSENT OF ANALYSTJan Whyte RCMP E DivisionSurrey, British Columbia 604 999 [email protected]
Date: February 22, 2015
To: Ken Schultz
Re: BC Bud Distributors
From: Jan Whyte, Forensic Intelligence Analyst
BC Bud Distributors is a company incorporated pursuant to the laws of British Columbia and has a registered and records office at 12345 Shady Lane, Vancouver BC. Its place of business is also listed as 12345 Shady Lane, Vancouver BC, however this is a vacant lot.
Analysis
An analysis of the BC Bud activities we have been able to piece together from import/export transactions and financial statements is set out at Appendix “A”. You will see that the company is well organized with bank accounts, technology, customers and cash flow.
A closer look at the activities revealed that the company’s goods suppliers are actually marihuana cultivators in the BC Interior. When we checked the export documentation for the CN rail container, it was revealed that the importer was a division of the Gambino crime family in New York.
Conclusions
BC Bud Distributors is a British Columbia marihuana trafficking conspiracy. It involves over 15 grow operation situated throughout BC, inside workers at transportation companies in Canada and the US and is tied to organized crime in the USA.
Proceeds from the sale of goods are laundered by the BC co-conspirators through Canada, USA and Caribbean bank accounts.
Recommendations
It is not clear at this time whether the BC Bud Distributors company imports any goods (drugs) into Canada. This could be a further avenue for analysis/activity flow charting.
New York State police should be made aware of the trafficking activity that will most likely occur from the Gambino Poultry Farm.
Jan WhyteForensic Analyst