In 1990, the DEA discovered that a very large exchange office, the National Foreign Exchange Office, established in the heart of downtown Montreal, was used to launder large quantities of money from drug trafficking. As this money feeds drug networks in the United States, the American ambassador in Ottawa complains to the Canadian government.

It was enough for the Canadian government, concerned about its relations with the Americans, to ask the RCMP, the Canadian federal police, to solve the problem. This is how the Contract project was born, which later became the Compote and Creditor projects.

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This podcast isn’t just a listening experience; it’s also a game.

That’s right; while we’re telling you some of the wildest and most mind-blowing true crime stories, we’ll also be leaving easter eggs in the podcast that links to CrimeTrip, a game where you can literally step inside crimes in Augmented Reality. So check out the CrimeTrip app on the ⁠⁠⁠AppStore⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠GooglePlay⁠⁠⁠ Happy hunting, you perverted little crime-trippers.

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Prologue Studio - Podcast credits

Executive Producer: Léa Nguyen Creative Director: Jonathan Rouxel Investigative Research: André Cédilot Junior Producer: Kevin Falardeau Audio Production: Parade Sound Design and Mixing: Homy Studio - Gabriel Gagnon Music: Epidemic sound English Voice-Over: Derek Séguin With the financial participation of/ Avec la participation financière de Canadiand Media Fund and SODEC