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\"Sheldon
Sheldon Adelson has spent millions buying US politicians, and the public has a right to know where that money came from, argue two motions filed in a Las Vegas court. (salon.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/i>A Las Vegas judge has been asked to disclose the contents of a report compiled as part of the wrongful termination lawsuit brought against the Las Vegas Sands<\/a> by its former employee, Mark Jacobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vickers Report,\u201d compiled by Steve Vickers, former head of the Royal Hong Kong Police\u2019s Criminal Intelligence Bureau, may or not contain damning evidence that Sheldon Adelson\u2019s LVS had business dealings with the Hong Kong Triads as part of its operations in Macau.<\/p>\n

Either way, two organizations, the UK\u2019s Guardian newspaper and non-profit watchdog the Campaign for Accountability (CFO), want to know about it, and have filed separate motions to that effect.<\/p>\n

Jacobs, the former president and CEO of Sands China, claims he was fired for \u201cwhistleblowing on improprieties,\u201d while Adelson claims Jacobs has made such allegations in order to blackmail LVS.<\/p>\n

Dirty Money<\/b><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, it\u2019s common knowledge that triads have infiltrated the VIP junket operations from which Macau casinos derive a large portion of their revenue, but did LVS wittingly have business ties to organized crime?<\/p>\n

The Guardian and CFO believe that it\u2019s in the public interest to find out. CFO in particular is concerned about the extent to which Adelson \u201chas used money acquired through criminal activity in Macau casinos to make campaign contributions to candidates for public office.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cGiven the extent to which Adelson\u2019s<\/a> wealth derives from his Macau casinos, and the extent to which the Macau casinos derive their profits from the junkets, which are controlled by the triads and are heavily involved in money laundering, it is quite possible Macau organized crime funds have wound up in the coffers of candidates for federal office and\/or in the treasuries of so-called dark money groups supporting them,\u201d reads the motion filed by CFO.<\/p>\n

Public Interest<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201cAccess to the requested documents will inform and enhance public awareness of Mr. Adelson\u2019s role in electoral politics and provide the transparency necessary for the public to hold responsible the officials and candidates for public office who accept his money.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow a publicly traded Nevada corporation is operating, including its influence of or by foreign entities, is of utmost public interest,\u201d declares the Guardian motion. \u201cThe public has a right to see the contents of these reports, not only to allow it to evaluate this public corporation and its official oversight, but also to help it assess the actions of the judicial system and its litigants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Todd Bice, Jacobs\u2019 attorney, told the Las Vegas Review Journal that he objected to the sealing of the reports. LVS had \u201ctried to make some sort of confidentiality claim\u201d for nearly every document in the case, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Las Vegas judge has been asked to disclose the contents of a report compiled as part of the wrongful termination lawsuit brought against the Las Vegas Sands by its former employee, Mark Jacobs. \u201cThe Vickers Report,\u201d compiled by Steve Vickers, former head of the Royal Hong Kong Police\u2019s Criminal Intelligence Bureau, may or not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":29355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReveal Truth about LVS and the Triads, Judge Told<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Court documents that may or not contain evidence of links between LVS and triads in Macau must be disclosed.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reveal Truth about LVS and the Triads, Judge Told\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Court documents that may or not contain evidence of links between LVS and triads in Macau must be disclosed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/\" \/>\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=\"2015-06-10T20:06:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-10T20:09:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheldon_adelson.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\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\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/\",\"name\":\"Reveal Truth about LVS and the Triads, Judge Told\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheldon_adelson.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-10T20:06:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-10T20:09:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"Court documents that may or not contain evidence of links between LVS and triads in Macau must be disclosed.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/reveal-truth-about-lvs-and-the-triads-judge-told\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheldon_adelson.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sheldon_adelson.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Las Vegas Sands Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson speaks during a news conference in Tokyo February 24, 2014. 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