Brian McAdam

Mother of all 'Snakeheads' gets 35 years

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Brian McAdam, Organized crime, Human trafficking
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Mata Press Service – March 27, 2006

The memo was prescient. Written by former Canadian Immigration control officer Brian McAdam, it warned that Cheng Chui Ping, who was later to become infamous as the "Mother of all Snakeheads," was operating a thriving people smuggling operation from China’s notorious Fujian coast.

McAdam said he was based in Hong Kong in 1991 when he learned about Ping aka " Big Sister Ping" who was bringing in large numbers of illegal immigrants to North America.

Corruption and cover up

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Brian McAdam, Foreign Affairs, RCMP, Immigration
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CTV News – March 27, 2004

In the 1990s, before Hong Kong was reverted from British to Chinese control, millions of residents were looking to relocate on the chance that things went bad after the handover. Canada, with its huge expat communities in Vancouver and Toronto, quickly became a desirable destination.

Day after day, people lined up at the Canadian High Commission in Hong Kong, waiting to apply for visas. Many of those seeking landed immigrant status were people looking to come to Canada for the right reasons, but according to former Royal Hong Kong Police Chief Detective Inspector Sandy Boucher, Canada was also gaining a reputation in organized crime circles as a haven for those mixed up in shady dealings.

A Canadian scandal made in Hong Kong

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Brian McAdam, Foreign Affairs, RCMP, Sidewinder report, Immigration
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Asian Pacific News Service – October 2, 2003

A RCMP investigation that tracked the lives of some of Hong Kong's top tycoons, civil servants and gangsters with strong ties to Canada has been condemned by the police forces own security watchdog.

Now the Jean Chretien-led federal government is facing accusations of pressuring the RCMP to shut down the investigation which was originally sparked by allegations of corruption and organized crime infiltration at the Canadian High Commission in Hong Kong, (see The Asian Pacific Post, April 25- May 8, 2002).

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