Welcome back to the podcast, bribe, swindle, or steel.

I'm Alexandra Rogi and I am in Vancouver for the launch of VATCHI, the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute.

My guest is Peter German. Peter is the president of EICLEAR, the International Center for Criminal Law Reform,

where VACI is based. Peter is a lawyer and member of the Ontario and British Columbia Bars and

previously a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, where he served as its Director General

of Financial Crime. He's also the author of Dirty Money and Dirty Money in Part 2, reports commissioned

by the Attorney General of BC,

relating to allegations of money laundering in the casino, real estate, luxury vehicle,

and horse racing sectors. Peter, there's a lot going on this week, International Anti-Corruption

Day, the Summit for Democracy, and the launch of Vatchi. Thank you for joining me.

It is just a pleasure to be back with you,

Alexander. Thank you for the invitation. Why don't you start with the basics for those who haven't

heard of the initiative? What is Vatchi? Vatchi stands for the Vancouver Anti-Corruption Institute,

and this is something new for Canada. We are launching VATI, as we refer to it, out of the I-Clear International

Center domain. It will remain an integral part of I-Clear, but our intention is really to propel

corruption into the mainstream thought in Canada as much as possible. We see VACI as a necessary

entity in Canada. It's civil society. It's an NGO.

It is an Asian-oriented, an America's oriented organization. And we're building really on the success of I-Clear, which has existed since 1992.

I-Clear has done phenomenal work.

Why don't you just give us a little bit of information on Iclear for context, as that

will be Vatchy's home?

Iclear was formed in 1992 by really committed individuals in the federal and provincial

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