A nasty piece of work.
From Sputnik:
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also imposed sanctions on Liberian Senator Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi Sherman over bribery allegations, and former Kyrgyz Republic Customs Service official Raimbek Matraimov for his alleged role in laundering some $700 million.
The US Treasury announced Global Magnitsky designations on Wednesday against a number of "corrupt actors," including Wan Kuok Koi, a member of the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and leader of the 14K Triad, "one of the largest Chinese organized criminal organizations in the world that engages in drug trafficking, illegal gambling, racketeering, human trafficking, and a range of other criminal activities."
The release detailed that 65-year-old Wan, commonly known as "Broken Tooth" was designated "for being a foreign person who is a leader or official of an entity ... that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, corruption."A total of three entities "owned or controlled by Broken Tooth" were also designated: the Cambodia-based World Hongmen History and Culture Association, Hong Kong-based Dongmei Group and Palau-based Palau China Hung-Mun Cultural Association.
"The 14K Triad is utilizing Broken Tooth's World Hongmen History and Culture Association as an effort to legitimize itself," the Treasury release claimed. "The World Hongmen History and Culture Association has managed to co-opt elite figures in Malaysia and Cambodia."...
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Previously on Broken Toof
Cambridge Analytica, Macau Casinos, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Triad Mobster 'Broken Tooth’ Wan Kuok-koi
And while he has a mobster nickname it doesn't really compare with last month's bust of Philadelphia capo Tony Meatballs and others. Or some of the characters rounded up in 2011's big U.S. mob bust:
JOSEPH CARNA, also known as "Junior Lollipops"
VINCENZO FROGIERO, also known as "Vinny Carwash"
ANTHONY CAVEZZA, also known as "Tony Bagels"
