Fraud Factories and Pig Butchery: Chinese Triads go Pacific

Chinese triads have been making a Pacific play, notably in the tiny nation of Palau. There a notorious triad boss - nicknamed Broken Tooth - reinvented himself as a CCP-linked businessman trying to set up a 'gangster-themed' casino, while police busted a Chinese 'fraud factory'. In Palau, this scam scheme was linked to businessmen touting United Front credentials, who are also involved in local politics and media outlets. To examine the ties between Chinese gangsters and the Communist Party, Louisa and Graeme are joined by Aubrey Belford, the lead Pacific editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and freelance journalist Bernadette Carreon. Image: Downtown Koror, Palau’s largest town. Image c/- Richard Brooks Transcripts available at

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Fraud Factories and Pig Butchery: Chinese Triads go Pacific is an episode from The Little Red Podcast by The Little Red Podcast.

This episode is 46:33 long.

This episode was published on Jun 12, 2024.

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