The appellant was convicted of money laundering after an undercover RCMP investigation involving transactions in the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Netherlands.
He appealed his convictions and 30-month sentence, raising issues of extraterritorial Charter application, hearsay exceptions for foreign bank records, jurisdiction, and unreasonable delay.
The Crown cross-appealed the trial judge's refusal to order forfeiture of $3 million allegedly linked to prior uncharged drug offences.
The Court of Appeal dismissed all appeals, finding no errors in the trial judge's rulings on the Charter, evidence, or jurisdiction, and agreeing that the forfeiture provisions require a nexus between the property sought and the offences prosecuted at trial.
