Vancouver Sun: How B.C. is using ‘unexplained wealth orders’ to pierce the secrets of suspected money launderers

It’s a substantial change in how courts normally treat allegations, where the responsibility is on the Crown to prove defendants are guilty, and until then they’re considered innocent, experts say.

“It’s a fundamental reshaping of the way the law works,” observes University of Manitoba law professor Michelle Gallant.

The B.C. government describes wealth orders as a new tool that can help pierce the secrecy of shell companies and offshore transactions, and assets hidden with family members and associates, in its fight against money laundering.

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