Van is known as the leader of the 14K Triad, described by the US Treasury as “one of the largest Chinese organized criminal organizations in the world,” including drug trafficking, illegal gambling, rectoring, human trafficking and many more. Criminal activities. ”
Under sanctions, U.S. Any property in will be frozen and American citizens are prohibited from doing business with it.
Born in the Portuguese colony of Macau, he became the most powerful criminal in the region, advancing in a row of triangles, becoming a regular occurrence with bombings, shootings and stabbings. He was jailed on several charges in November 1999, shortly before the colony was handed over to China.
In Hong Kong and Macau, Ga is closely associated with triangular activity, and in the U.S. No. 14K accuses the “Broken Tooth’s World Hongman History and Culture Association of using it as an attempt to legitimize itself.”
“The World Hongman History and Culture Association has managed to select select individuals in Malaysia and Cambodia. The Treasury statement said, using an acronym for the Chinese Communist Party.
The statement added that the World Hongman History and Culture Association has spread across Southeast Asia, established a powerful business network involved in cryptocurrency, real estate development and startups, and more recently is a security company specializing in securing BRI investments.
CNN could not reach the association to comment on Treasury’s allegations. The van could not even reach.
As part of the International Anti-Corruption Day, sanctions against Van are part of a larger effort against global corruption. On Wednesday, the U.S. also appointed a Liberian legislator and a Kyrgyz man under Executive Order 13818, targeting corruption and serious human rights abuses.
Belts and links to alleged road crimes
In Tannery’s statement, especially in Cambodia, the activity led by Van is similar to that of another alleged Chinese criminal boss, Zhao Weni.
“The Chinese ventures behind the BRI project have a lot in common: they have links to criminal networks led by them or artists involved in illegal activities in other parts of Southeast Asia, as well as China; they have pre-existing involvement in casinos and cryptocurrencies.” They advertise themselves online for being associated with the BRI in Beijing and for explicit links with Chinese government agencies; and all of these have set up associations that actively seek to help Chinese citizens.
CNN B.R.I. The Chinese government has been reached for comment on Treasury statements on the projects.
In addition to blacklisting the van individually and the World Hongman History and Culture Association, the U.S. also approved the Palau China Hung-Moon Cultural Association and the Hong Kong-based Dongmi Group, both of which said they owned or controlled the van.
Joshua Berlinger of CNN contributed to the report.
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