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Sam Cooper
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Sam Cooper writes The Bureau, a personal blog at thebureau.news about politics and economics. Since 2024, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Sam Cooper's The Bureau for its reporting on Chinese corruption in Canada, including Vancouver money laundering. Neither comment judges the writing itself.
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Investigative Journalism. Anti-Corruption. Whistleblowers. Sunlight.
What Hacker News says?
https://www.thebureau.news/p/chinese-ceo-fired-european-exec... Sam Cooper is the Canadian journalist who has tackled Chinese corruption in Canada after the Vancouver model of money laundering in Vancouver became notorious.
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on “Dutch government takes control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia”Submitted "Fake Chinese income" mortgages fuel Toronto real estate bubble: HSBC bank leaks as a story · 462 points
HN discussionCanadian here, who is also not a Trump fan. It is true that Canada has extremely lax border controls and there are complex organized crime networks that exploit this inside of and through Canada. The US security establishment is aware of this, as is the Canadian security establishment. The 1% fentanyl headline is indeed widely reported, it’s also a red herring. The simple answer is Canada doesn’t really look, so not…
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on “62% of Canadians Plan to Avoid the U.S. for at Least the Next Year”Submitted Mafias co-opted by CCP run money laundering networks through TD Bank in Toronto as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bill C-22 Surveils Ordinary Canadians While Leaving Cartel Networks Untouched as a story · 1 points
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