BC Law Society crackdown on money laundering recalls career of Martin Chambers, godfather of lawyers gone bad

Chambers 'toiled for decades in the city's underworld as a financial facilitator for the Hells Angels, Russian mobsters and myriad other people who worked on the edge of the law.'

Martin Chambers in 2012. CBC photo.

A recent Law Society of BC crackdown on money laundering through lawyers’ trust accounts—often involving tens of millions of dollars—provides further evidence of the size and power of the crime organizations active in the province.

The latest cases recall the notorious career of cocaine trafficker and money-launderer Ma…