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ABC News
18-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Report finds Cambodian government active in one of the world's most powerful criminal networks
A landmark report has accused Cambodia's ruling party of actively running what could be the world's most powerful criminal network - fuelling a multi-billion dollar cyber-scam industry built on human trafficking and state protection. The US government-funded study warns that Southeast Asia's scam economy - centred in Cambodia - now rivals the scale of entire national economies. And given how lucrative and powerful they've become, the crime syndicates are now almost quote "too big to fail." The report names senior Cambodian officials, including relatives of the Cambodian Prime Minister, as central players in a vast transnational enterprise - whose reach and impunity pose a growing threat to global security and regional stability. Guest: Jacob Sims, report author, and visiting fellow at Harvard University's Asia Centre Producer: Anne Barker
CTV News
09-05-2025
- CTV News
Oakville man facing obstruction charge related to Six Nations investigation
A heavy police presence was reported in Six Nations of the Grand River on Wednesday morning as officers from multiple agencies executed a warrant at a tobacco manufacturing facility. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News) An Oakville man was arrested Wednesday at the scene of a police investigation in Six Nations of the Grand River. Six Nations Police said their officers, along with Ontario Provincial Police, executed a search warrant at a tobacco manufacturing facility on Chiefswood Road. They said it was 'operated by a non-Indigenous criminal network who do not reside on the territory.' Police also said profits from the operation were not invested in or used by the Six Nations community. No further information about the investigation, or any arrests, have been released. One person, however, has been charged. Police said they were maintaining security on Chiefswood Road when, around 2:45 p.m., officers spotted a vehicle in a driveway with deflated tires. According to a media release on Friday, they learned the driver had taken a knife to the tires. Police said it was done for the purpose of 'intentionally blocking the entranceway.' The driver, 47-year-old Francois Cadieux of Oakville, was arrested at the scene and charged with obstructing a police officer.
ABC News
09-05-2025
- ABC News
Five people arrested in Victoria over alleged drug and gun trafficking syndicate links
Police say they have disrupted an alleged criminal network in north-east Victoria following arrests in Cobram and Wangaratta. The investigation into the alleged syndicate began in 2023 and has so far resulted in 298 charges and numerous drugs and weapon seizures. On Wednesday five people were arrested and four firearms were seized, according to police. "This marks one of the most substantial blows on alleged drug and firearms traffickers in our region in recent years," Detective Inspector Anthony Town said. A 32-year-old Wangaratta man was charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of MDMA and possessing a traffickable quantity of firearms. A 36-year-old man, also from Wangaratta, was also charged with the same crimes and remanded to a later date. "We've significantly disrupted an alleged criminal network operating right in our own backyard," Inspector Town said. "Organised crime groups trafficking drugs and firearms have no place in our community. Since the investigation commenced police say they have seized more than 5,000 MDMA tablets, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs including fentanyl, steroids and viagra. Officers say they have also confiscated more than one kilogram of methylamphetamine, 18 guns, a large amount of ammunition and 20 allegedly stolen vehicles. "This outcome sends a clear message — we will continue to go after those who think they can profit from harm and we won't stop until every link in the chain is broken," Inspector Town said.
