Zhao Wei (businessman)

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Zhao Wei (Chinese: 赵伟; pinyin: Zhào Wěi; born 16 September 1952) is a Chinese businessman and founder of the Hong Kong-registered company Kings Romans Group (formed in 2007), which owns the Kings Romans casino franchise. His "Zhao Wei Transnational Criminal Organisation" (TCO) is allegedly involved in drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, bribery, wildlife trafficking, and other forms of transnational organised crime. Much of this illicit activity is allegedly conducted through the Kings Romans casino organisation in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in the area of the Golden Triangle, along the Mekong River in Southeast Asia. The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on what they designated the Zhao Wei TCO in 2018 for its alleged involvement in money laundering and assisting in the storage and distribution of heroin, methamphetamine, and other narcotics for illicit networks, including the United Wa State Army...

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