An Australian investigation into money-laundering and drug trafficking has uncovered a powerful triad syndicate with top Asian politicians and police involved, according to a report.
The four-year intelligence inquiry by the Australian Crime Commission describes a multi-billion-dollar international drug and money-laundering network that poses “a significant threat to the Australian community”.
The Sydney Morning Herald said a briefing outlining the findings of Operation Dayu put senior Asian officials in the frame and exposed a triad-led global criminal entity known as the “grandfather syndicate”.
It said intelligence was uncovered that the syndicate had infiltrated a high level of government “in both law enforcement agencies and political circles” in Asia, including China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Macau.
…One example involved a “high-placed triad associate” of the grandfather syndicate “attending an Interpol conference in New York”.
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