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The probe that started with MP Grewal’s drug addiction and gambling debts is expected to be a bigger investigation to include money-laundering and terrorist financing, as per available information.
The Prime Minister’s Office had last week said that Grewal’s sudden decision to step down as the member from Brampton East was prompted by his gambling problem that led him to incur significant personal debts.
Grewal’s debts came to the attention of the Ontario Provincial Police while investigating some “particularly shady guys” who might be involved in laundering drug money destined for an extremist group in the Middle East or Asia.
“There are wiretaps up on an organized-crime (and) terrorism investigation. And they have people talking about his gambling debts on the wire,” The source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said.
Grewal, who himself is a lawyer, has not been charged with any crime yet. We are awaiting his comments to clear the air around the ongoing affairs. The RCMP also refused to comment unless charges are laid against the Liberal MP.
The federal ethics commissioner began an inquiry last May after two opposition MPs expressed concerns that Grewal might have been in a conflict of interest when he invited a construction executive — who was paying Grewal for legal services at the time — to official events with Trudeau during the prime minister’s trip to India this year.
Grewal has earlier said he will co-operate fully with the commissioner’s investigation.
