More than six years after Australia first lodged a request, former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is extradited from Israel to face sexual abuse charges in Australia.
Suspected members of the organisation also have high level links to governments across the region, having invested in large infrastructure ventures under the Chinese Communist Party’s Belt and Road Scheme, a massive economic project that aims to build trade and transport links from East Asia to Europe. A 2012 briefing from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission described The Company’s members “well-established network of contacts across many governments as well as legitimate business and company structures, that enables them to mask and support their criminal activities . Last year, AFP deputy commissioner Karl Kent described the organisation as “being a huge threat to Australia … not only in terms of illicit drugs but in terms of people smuggling, in terms of firearms.” In a
Asia s El Chapo Tse Chi Lop arrested at Amsterdam airport, Australian police to request extradition
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Tse Che Lop s was attempting to board a flight back to Canada when he was arrested in Amsterdam.
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Australian Federal Police (AFP) are seeking to extradite an alleged Asian drug syndicate leader, compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, who has been arrested boarding a plane at Amsterdam s Schipol Airport.
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AFP issued an arrest warrant for Mr Tse in 2019 over his connection to a drug syndicate
He is wanted for his alleged connection to the trafficking of heroin and methamphetamine into Australia
Tse Chi Lop was arrested without incident at Amsterdam s Schiphol Airport. (file pic)
Photo: 123RF
Tse Chi Lop was arrested by Dutch police on Friday local time at the request of the AFP, after an arrest warrant and Interpol Red Diffusion request was issued for the Chinese-born Canadian national.
Tse is listed as one of the world s most-wanted fugitives, with the AFP claiming his organisation dominates the $AU90 billion-a-year Asia-Pacific drug trade.
The 57-year-old is wanted in Australia for his connection to Operation Volante, which dismantled a global crime syndicate operating in five countries.
According to the AFP, the AFP-led operation resulted in the arrest of 27 people for importing and trafficking substantial quantities of heroin and methamphetamine into Australia in 2013.