A bold new tool is targeting money laundering. But it may be violating Canadians’ basic rights

First, authorities moved to seize a house on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island, bought for $1-million cash by the former spouse of a man accused of having ties to a global pump-and-dump stock scheme.

Next, they went after millions of dollars held in the trust account of a recently disbarred lawyer on behalf of an alleged participant in a securities fraud involving a Bob Marley-themed coffee venture.

Then there was the downtown Vancouver safety deposit box stuffed with cash, gold bars and luxury watches belonging to the co-founder of a defunct cryptocurrency exchange.

These asset seizures were carried out with a new legal tool that some Canadian provinces are

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