Zhao, who was joined at the ceremony last week by Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, is a Chinese national who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018 as the head of a transnational criminal organization. Zhao’s network engages in “drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, much of which is facilitated through the Kings Romans Casino,” the Treasury said.
mandag 19. oktober 2020
Chinese Casino Kingpin Behind New Mekong Port to Serve Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos
A developer owned by a controversial Chinese casino mogul the U.S. has designated a transnational crime boss is building a new port on the Mekong River in Laos near the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, the latest Chinese-backed infrastructure project in the country, sources in Laos told RFA. Featured prominently in state media reports of an Oct. 3 ground-breaking ceremony for Ban Mom Port in northwestern Laos’ Bokeo province was Golden Kings Romans Group Chairman Zhao Wei, the new port’s main investor.
Zhao, who was joined at the ceremony last week by Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, is a Chinese national who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018 as the head of a transnational criminal organization. Zhao’s network engages in “drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, much of which is facilitated through the Kings Romans Casino,” the Treasury said.
Zhao, who was joined at the ceremony last week by Laos’ Deputy Prime Minister Bounthong Chitmany, is a Chinese national who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2018 as the head of a transnational criminal organization. Zhao’s network engages in “drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, much of which is facilitated through the Kings Romans Casino,” the Treasury said.
