Yes, the money was walked in the front door. That's the way the money was coming into the casinos. It wasn't in armoured cars or some sort of official channel. People with a shopping bag full of $20 bills would walk up to the cage. This is what was taking place in casinos, and the casino service providers, in their defence, were doing everything that the provincial government asked them to do in terms of reporting, filling out forms, and disclosing this. Obviously it's a human activity. There are problems with the reporting from time to time, and so on, but the issue is not, in my opinion, with the reporting. The issue was that, if you walked the money into the casino, then it appeared to be no problem.
There is a very interesting story that broke about a gentleman named Michael Mancini. The allegation in a newspaper article was that Mr. Mancini had a significant amount of money in his car. The allegation is that he was involved in a car accident, was pulled over by police, and they found a significant amount of money. He was on his way to the casino, and when he was stopped by police they seized money from him. He also allegedly had drugs in the car.
It seems to me that, if you were able to get the money in the front doors of the casino, it was almost like getting it into the embassy. It was a whole different world from driving down the street and being stopped by a police officer and having a duffle bag full of $20 bills in the back seat. That would have been seized, but if you were in the casino, it wouldn't be. I don't know why that is. I don't know why it was treated so differently.
When I was briefed about it, just as for you, it was beyond my comprehension that this had been taking place for so long and so openly.