{"id":163832,"date":"2021-02-08T13:06:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=163832"},"modified":"2021-02-08T15:09:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:09:17","slug":"triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Arrests High-Ranking Triad Who Laundered Drug Money at Crown Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reputed triad drugs boss accused of laundering millions through the Crown Melbourne Casino\u2019s VIP rooms was arrested in Thailand in December, authorities in the southeast Asian nation said.<\/p>\n

\"Lee
This grainy, low-resolution image is allegedly one of the few photos of high-ranking triad Lee Chung Chak. (Image: Brisbane Times<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lee Chung Chak is believed to be a high-ranking member of the 14K triad and of the notorious criminal organization \u201cthe Company.<\/a>\u201d Also known as Sam Gor, the Company is a super-syndicate formed by an alliance of previously warring triad factions. He is also believed to be the right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, dubbed “Asia\u2019s El Chapo.\u201d Tse is the reputed leader of the Company. He was arrested last month in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

The two men were imprisoned together in the US in the 1980s after they were convicted of smuggling heroin into the country.<\/p>\n

Lee, 65, was apprehended in October at his apartment in an affluent district of Bangkok, authorities said. Both men were detained after Australian federal police put out a notice to international law enforcement agencies demanding their arrests.<\/p>\n

Lee is currently fighting extradition to Australia, claiming mistaken identity, while Tse is in prison in the Netherlands, where a court has yet to rule on his extradition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Billions in Revenues<\/h2>\n

The arrests represent a huge coup for Australian law enforcement against one of the biggest narcotics smuggling organizations in the world. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates the Company made up to US$17 billion from methamphetamine trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region alone in 2018.<\/p>\n

The Company is believed to be responsible for up to 70 percent of all illegal drugs trafficked into Australia over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

\n

The two men are expected to be charged in Australia with importing illicit drugs a decade ago, according to Reuters. Authorities have them on tape discussing supplying a Melbourne drugs ring with millions of dollars\u2019 worth of heroin and methylamphetamine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Police say they cracked the code the Company used to communicate with the gang. Its leader, a Melbourne greengrocer named Suky Lieu, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2015 for importing illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

Drug Money Washed Via Junket Account <\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to court records, Lieu and an associate, Ray Moo, laundered drug money through the Crown Melbourne via a VIP account owned by an Indonesian junket operator, the Madam Ang Junket Group, which employed Moo.<\/p>\n

The money was then wired to several Bank of China accounts controlled by an individual named Kevin Zhang, who was an associate of Lee\u2019s and would withdraw the money on Lee\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

The ease with which Crown Resorts allowed itself to be exploited by organized crime for the purposes of money laundering has prompted a public inquiry in New South Wales. That jeopardizes the company\u2019s Sydney license.<\/p>\n

A decision that will decide the fate<\/a> of the $1.7 billion Crown Sydney is expected tomorrow, Feb. 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A reputed triad drugs boss accused of laundering millions through the Crown Melbourne Casino\u2019s VIP rooms was arrested in Thailand in December, authorities in the southeast Asian nation said. Lee Chung Chak is believed to be a high-ranking member of the 14K triad and of the notorious criminal organization \u201cthe Company.\u201d Also known as Sam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":163833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTriad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Triad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-08T21:06:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-08T23:09:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/\",\"name\":\"Triad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-08T21:06:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-02-08T23:09:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"This grainy, low-resolution image is allegedly one of few photos of high-ranking triad Lee Chung Chak. (Brisbane Times)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thailand Arrests High-Ranking Triad Who Laundered Drug Money at Crown Melbourne\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\",\"name\":\"Philip Conneller\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Philip Conneller\"},\"description\":\"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Triad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested","description":"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Triad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested","og_description":"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2021-02-08T21:06:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-02-08T23:09:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Conneller","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgphilc","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Conneller","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/","name":"Triad Who Laundered Drug Money Through Crown Melbourne Arrested","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-08T21:06:01+00:00","dateModified":"2021-02-08T23:09:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b"},"description":"Lee Chung Chak, 14K triad, Sam Gor, and right-hand man of Tse Chi Lop, laundered millions at Crown Melbourne, arrested in Thailand.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/lee_chung_chak.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"This grainy, low-resolution image is allegedly one of few photos of high-ranking triad Lee Chung Chak. (Brisbane Times)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/triad-who-laundered-drug-money-through-crown-melbourne-arrested\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thailand Arrests High-Ranking Triad Who Laundered Drug Money at Crown Melbourne"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b","name":"Philip Conneller","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-5-1-96x96.png","caption":"Philip Conneller"},"description":"In Philip Conneller\u2019s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation. Philip was the original features editor for poker\u2019s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites. His news stories for Casino.org\/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others. Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John\u2019s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic. He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist. Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC. Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/philip-conneller","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/philip-conneller-1495a48\/?originalSubdomain=uk","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgphilc"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/phillip-conneller\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}