"Resident Magistrates’ Court in Dar es Salaam, accused of illegally collecting 81 elephant tusks. Yu petitioned for leniency, citing his several dependants and lack of criminal history, as he entered a guilty plea. Senior Resident Magistrate Devota Kisoka imposed a fine of 9,781,204,900 Tanzanian shillings, in default of which Yu is detained in Tanzania pending appeal of a 20-year sentence. Chinese officials have taken steps to curb the influx of illegal ivory—of the 900 ivory seizures performed annually in China, 90% involve items uncovered in hand inspections of travellers' luggage—and they are not known to have offered legal-, financial-, or"
"linked to illegal human smuggling activities for prostitution since 2006. Several night club owners who are Fijians of Chinese origin such the Wei Zhang and his wife Liu Da Jun (East Court Reastaurant), Billy Chen and Lum Moon Woot (Angel Night Club) and Yan Xiu Hua (Signals Night Club) have been accused of involvement in allowing mainland Chinese prostitutes to solicit for businesses within their premises from mainland Chinese fishing crews. Well-known persons of whole or partial Chinese descent include former Cabinet Minister Pio Wong, former Senators Kenneth Low and James Ah Koy, Peter Lee (former long serving General Manager"
"Ong Kean Swan Dato’ Sri Peter Ong Kean Swan (born 7 November 1982) is a Malaysian-Chinese businessman and philanthropist. His companies were essentially pyramid schemes, and have been banned in China, Malaysia and Taiwan due to alleged fraud. In 2007 Ong was working as a distributor for the multi-level marketing company Melilea, a company selling health and beauty products. In a defamation lawsuit he was charged with breaking his distribution contract and disclosing proprietary information. While the newspaper and other defendants were found to be not guilty of defamation, judgment was rendered against Ong and the other two distributors. Ong"
"due to their frequency, could constitute a major source of supply."" Chinese nationals on the ground in Tanzania have been jailed in connection with large-scale interdictions. In November 2013 three Chinese nationals were arrested in Dar es Salaam with a stockpile of 797 tusks. Growing purchasing power among Chinese ""tuhao"" and ""baofahu"" has combined with corruption among Tanzanian rangers and police to devastating effect. Between 2010 and 2013, over three tonnes of ivory has been seized in Tanzania, and two-thirds of the elephants at Selous Game Reserve—Tanzania's largest—have disappeared. According to the United Nations report, the link between Chinese demand"
"invest about USD3 billion to develop the Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore projects in the south of the country. It was also announced in August 2012 that China National Gold Corp are in talks to purchase mining assets in Tanzania from African Barrick Gold, in a deal that could be worth more than £2 billion. In November 2012, the Tanzanian government announced investigations into allegations that mining investors in the country were harassing and on some occasions, killing residents around mining sites. The government-owned Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) dominates the electric supply industry in Tanzania. The country"
"arrested on charges of tax evasion in November. Yang Bin was then formally sentenced in July 2003 for 18 years, and was fined for 2.3 million renminbi. Many of the charges were related to the building of Holland Village, a 220-hectare Netherlands-themed development project in the suburbs of Shenyang. Included among the charges was the building of properties on land originally acquired for agricultural use. Yang Bin (businessman) Yang Bin (; born 1963) is a Chinese-Dutch businessman who was formerly listed as the second richest man in China by Forbes for 2001. He once held assets in the horticulture and"
"as the highly lucrative illegitimate trade in opium and other unsavory drug enterprises. Sino-Burmese industrialists such as Lo Hsing Han and Kyaw Win continue to control Burma's major banks, airlines, teak logging companies, and gemstone mining concessions. Lo's son, Steven Law is also a prominent businessman well known for being at the helm of Burma's largest conglomerate company Asia World, whose investments include a container shipping operator, port buildings, and toll road authorities. Law also has business holdings in sports, where he is the majority owner of Magway FC, a Burmese soccer team. Law also has holding's in Burma's gem"
"Yang Mao-liang Yang Mao-liang (; ; also spelled Yang Mouliang) is a high-ranking member of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). He was ousted by Feng Jiasheng from MNDAA and Kokang. He also controls an enterprise called Peace Myanmar Group, which holds the franchise for Mitsubishi Electric in Burma and operates a paint factory and liquor distillery (producing local brands like Myanmar Rum and Myanmar Dry Gin). Peace Myanmar Group is used to launder and reinvest MNDAA's drug profits in the legal economy. Yang's brother, Yang Mao-xian, was executed in 1994 by China for his involvement in trafficking heroin"
"including Foreign Affairs Committee and Public Accounts Committee for the period of 5 years each. Nyalandu also served as the Chair of the Tanzanian-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the Tanzanian Young Parliamentary Association. In his capacity as a Minister, Nyalandu had to work with both local and international partners in the fight against elephant poaching. As the world’s leading country with over 130,000 tons of ivory stockpile, Tanzania has a key role to play in the fight against global cartel of ivory trade. In this respect, Nyalandu invited the United Kingdom government to join his Ministry in creating a transparent"
"Hanlong Group Hanlong Group (汉龙集团) is a Chinese conglomerate with holdings in solar energy, communications, chemicals, mineral exploration, and other industries. Sichuan Hongda (四川宏達; ) is a mining company and subsidiary of Hanlong listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. In 2011, Hongda announced a $3 billion investment in coal and iron mining Tanzania, making it the biggest investor in East Africa. Under the deal, a sub-project is to build a major coal plant and supply chain to provide an ample supply of electricity in Tanzania, removing the one of the biggest roadblocks to manufacturing foreign investment. To build Tanzanian power"
"into southern China. Yang Mao-liang Yang Mao-liang (; ; also spelled Yang Mouliang) is a high-ranking member of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). He was ousted by Feng Jiasheng from MNDAA and Kokang. He also controls an enterprise called Peace Myanmar Group, which holds the franchise for Mitsubishi Electric in Burma and operates a paint factory and liquor distillery (producing local brands like Myanmar Rum and Myanmar Dry Gin). Peace Myanmar Group is used to launder and reinvest MNDAA's drug profits in the legal economy. Yang's brother, Yang Mao-xian, was executed in 1994 by China for his involvement"
"discovered during an audit of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, which has led to an investigation of the ones who should have been safeguarded that amount of ivory. As a result, five of the Wildlife Authority staffers have been suspended so far. Major centers of ivory trafficking in Vietnam include Mong Cai, Hai Phong, and Da Nang. One of the major traffickers of illegal ivory from Togo is a Vietnamese, Dao Van Bien. A 22-month sentence was imposed. In terms of retail trade of elephant ivory, Hong Kong is the largest market in the world, and has been criticised for fueling"
"of the illegal wildlife trade is China. Due to the burgeoning economies of both China and Vietnam in recent years, the expanding middle class, with larger disposable incomes, created a surge in demand for wildlife trade products such as rhino horn and tiger bone paste. Two species of pangolin, believed to be the most trafficked mammal in the world and native to Vietnamese forests, are particularly under threat. Many thousands are caught and traded between China and Vietnam every year. Pangolin scales are in demand for use in traditional medicine, and the meat is served in restaurants as a high-end"
"was a main product in the triangular trade in 1934. Starting on 1 May 2007, doctors involved in commercial trade of organs will face fines and suspensions in China. Only a few certified hospitals will be allowed to perform organ transplants in order to curb illegal transplants. Harvesting organs without donor's consent was also deemed a crime. On 27 June 2008, Indonesian, Sulaiman Damanik, 26, pleaded guilty in Singapore court for sale of his kidney to CK Tang's executive chair, Tang Wee Sung, 55, for 150 million rupiah (S$22,200). The Transplant Ethics Committee must approve living donor kidney transplants. Organ"
"delivered to prison-like brothels in the North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The organizers of the trade are varied, as well: it's a strange alliance of the Japanese Yakuza, Chinese Triad, Russian and Italian Mafia, eastern European gangsters, Albanian kingpins, Latin American cartels, Nigerian warlords, Asian businessmen and American financiers and subcontractors. Cecilia Flores Oebande, the president of Visayan Forum Foundation, says child trafficking is a lucrative business. ""It is, next to drugs and arms smuggling, the second most profitable business here in the Philippines"". A court in Zamboanga City sentenced a member of a trafficking syndicate to"
"made selling of organs illegal as of July 2006 and claims that all prisoner organ donors have filed consent. However, doctors in other countries, such as the United Kingdom, have accused China of abusing its high capital punishment rate. Despite these efforts, illegal organ trafficking continues to thrive and can be attributed to corruption in healthcare systems, which has been traced as high up as the doctors themselves in China and Ukraine, and the blind eye economically strained governments and health care programs must sometimes turn to organ trafficking. Some organs are also shipped to Uganda and the Netherlands. This"
"Pangolin trade The pangolin trade is the illegal poaching, trafficking, and sale of pangolins, parts of pangolins, or pangolin-derived products. Pangolins are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal, other than humans, accounting for as much as 20% of all illegal wildlife trade. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than a million pangolins were poached in the decade prior to 2014. The animals are trafficked mainly for their scales, which are believed to treat a variety of health conditions in traditional Chinese medicine, and as a luxury food in Vietnam and China. The Convention"
"also fell under the anti-graft dragnet. Ling was serving as the head of the party's United Front Work Department at the time, and also was Vice-Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a legislative advisory body. Ling hailed from the prominent Linghu political family from Pinglu County, Shanxi. Several of his relatives were reported as having been investigated beginning in the third quarter of 2014, in what seemed to be another 'encirclement campaign' similar to what was happening with Zhou Yongkang. It was later alleged that Ling served as somewhat of a ringleader for the so-called Xishan Society,"
"taking bribes worth 28.49 million yuan (~$4.14 million) and plundering the public treasury worth 270,000 yuan (~$39,000) by the Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing. Yang Dongliang's son, Yang Hui (), who served as general manager of Ideological and Political Department of CNOOC Gas and Power Group (), was also detained for investigation on August 18, 2015. Yang Dongliang Yang Dongliang (; born January 1954) is a former Chinese politician who spent most of his career in the city of Tianjin in northern China. He has successively served as the vice mayor of Tianjin, and the Director of the State"
"of African elephants is driven by the black market value of elephant ivory. The illicit trade in ivory is primarily in Asia where ivory sells for several thousands of dollars per kilo. Satao's tusks were estimated to weigh more than each. Since 2007, the illegal trade in ivory had doubled. While China is the largest market, the United States, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines are also top markets for illegal ivory. The increase in poaching is driven in large part by organised crime and rebel groups seeking ways to fund insurgencies in Africa. Due to the great value of his"
"men were in fact high-ranking agents of the 610 Office in Shanghai. Sun maintained that he had no knowledge the men he was corresponding with were Chinese intelligence agents, but was he nonetheless convicted of espionage in 2011. According to ""Der Spiegel"", the case demonstrated ""how important fighting [Falun Gong] is to the [Chinese] government,"" and ""points to the extremely offensive approach that is sometimes being taken by the Chinese intelligence agencies."" Chinese authorities reportedly maintain lists of high-profile overseas Falun Gong practitioners, and they use these blacklists to impose travel and visa restrictions on practitioners. Chen Yonglin, the defector"
"nabbed many high-ranking officials and prominent gang members, including judicial and public security official Wen Qiang and the ""godmother"" of Chongqing organized crime Xie Caiping. Wang Lijun became Bo's chief enforcer during the campaign. During his tenure in Tieling, Wang was allegedly involved in a corruption scandal. Details surrounding the case are unclear, though there is speculation that Wang may have been implicated in corruption. Wang's predecessor as director of the Teiling public security department, Gu Fengjie, has reportedly been detained pending investigation on corruption charges. According to later transcripts from court proceedings describing the events, sometime in November 2011,"
"() contains the prohibited food additive copper chlorophyllin complex. The contents of 11 out of 12 alcohol products manufactured by Ta lien Alcohol Company () were found not to match the ingredients listed on their labels as announced by the Department of Finance of Changhua County Government on 28 October 2013. The company was fined NT$ 5.5 million. The chairman of Ting Hsin International Group () was indicted in early November 2013 on fraud charges because of mislabeling products and violating the Act Governing Food Sanitation in connection to adulterated oil purchased from Chang Chi Foodstuff Factory Co. Wei Chuan"
"the United Nations as coltan smugglers denied doing this. Austrian journalist however has documented links between multi-national companies like Bayer and the smuggling and illegal coltan mines. A United Nations committee investigating the plunder of gems and minerals from the Congo, listed in its final report approximately 125 companies and individuals whose business activities breach international norms. Companies accused of irresponsible corporate behavior included Cabot Corporation, Eagle Wings Resources International the Forrest Group and OM Group. Some of the fighters were eventually tried before the International Criminal Court tribunal in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity. Income from"
"allegedly involved in a local corruption scandal. Details surrounding the case are unclear, though there is speculation that Wang may have been implicated in corruption. Wang's successor as director of the Tieling public security department, Gu Fengjie, has reportedly been detained pending investigation on corruption charges. Wang continued his gang-busting streak in Tieling, and was commissioned by the authorities to take his zero-tolerance attitudes to Panjin. Wang conducted massive raids on criminal organizations. A five-million-yuan bounty was placed on his head by various local criminal gangs. Wang gained further recognition for his work, and was awarded a national medal by"
"court for sale of his kidney to CK Tang's executive chair, Mr. Tang Wee Sung, 55, for 150 million rupiah (US$17,000). The Transplant Ethics Committee must approve living donor kidney transplants. Organ trading is banned in Singapore and in many other countries to prevent the exploitation of ""poor and socially disadvantaged donors who are unable to make informed choices and suffer potential medical risks."" Toni, 27, the other accused, donated a kidney to an Indonesian patient in March, alleging he was the patient's adopted son, and was paid 186 million rupiah (US$21,000). Marketing for organ donation must walk a fine"
"capital, where they are subject to exploitation. Tanzanian children and adults are reportedly trafficked to other countries including Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and China. Trafficked children from Burundi and Kenya, as well as adults from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Yemen, are trafficked for forced labor in Tanzania's mining, agricultural and domestic service sectors, and are sometimes also subjected to sex trafficking. The Government of Tanzania does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is"
"Consultative Conference. On May 26, 2014, it was announced that Yang was under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection for ""serious violations of laws and regulations"". The CCDI investigation concluded that Yang had taken bribes, abused his power, and ""committed adultery."" His case was taken up by the Guilin Intermediate People's Court in Guangxi. The court found that Yang took 13.56 million yuan (~$2.13 million) in bribes personally or through his wife, son, and brother-in-law. On November 3, 2015, Yang Baohua was sentenced 11 years in jail for taking bribes. Yang Baohua Yang Baohua (; born September 1947)"
"was being tackled and cuffed by the police. At that time, Yeung was also informed that her daughter has a miscarriage which makes her greatly mad at her father. Ting and Yeung were brought to court and were charged for 28 cases of smuggling and 15 cases of instructing murder during 1974 to 1986. Since their crimes were major, they are not allowed for bail. However, Yeung's lawyer tell the judge that his client is a public figure in Hong Kong who must attend public meetings during the week and may not be locked up. The judge then allowed Yeung"
"tanks. Ye is noted for pioneering a business model known as an “organized economic community”. In November 2017, the US Justice Department accused CEFC of offering a US$2 million bribe to the president of Chad for oil rights and, through its representative Hong Kong pro-Beijing political figure and former Secretary for Home Affairs and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member Patrick Ho and former Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh Gadio, depositing a US$500,000 bribe to an account designated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda. Ho and Gadio were arrested in New York. The energy fund denied authorising Ho to"
"scandal. On 9 October, prosecutors launched an investigation into a unit of Ting Hsin International Group (頂新國際集團) over sale of alleged tainted cooking oil. Prosecutor Tsai Li-yi said Ting Hsin unit Cheng-I Food Co. (正義股份有限公司) is being investigated over allegedly mixing animal feed oil with cooking oil and then selling it for human consumption. Cheng-I Food Co. has an estimated 80 percent share of the lard and lard-based oil market in Taiwan. Wei Ying-chung (魏應充), former chairman of three subsidiaries within Ting Hsin International Group and third of the four Wei brothers controlling the conglomerate, was previously indicted on charges"
"report exonerated him and this was criticised by some Members of Parliament. His retirement in October 2009 coincided with the deliberations of the report. On 16 December 2014, Frederick Werema resigned after he was accused of authorizing the fraudulent transfer of about $120 million from a controversial escrow account. Werema stated that his advice had been misunderstood. Attorney General of Tanzania The Attorney General of Tanzania is the legal adviser to the Government of Tanzania and serves concurrently as an ex officio member of the Cabinet and Parliament. English barrister Roland Brown succeeded J. S. R. Cole to serve as"
"Win has been accused of being involved numerous cases of corruption and extortion during his career as commander of the Northern Regional Command from 2008 to 2010. He has been accused of accepting bribes from companies dealing in jade, timber, and gold, in exchange for concessions from the profits. He was reported to have accepted a 150 million kyat ($149,254USD) bribe from teak businessmen from China's Yunnan Province, in exchange for allowing illicit teak trade on the Myanmar-China border. In March 2010, he ordered Tatmadaw soldiers in Hpakant, Kachin State, to collect military taxes from local jade mining companies. Soe"