changjiang currency exchange（长江换汇） 2023.10.26……【press】【australia】afp takes down alleged sophisticated chinese money laundering syndicateafp alleges the changjiang currency exchange was a front for an elaborate money laundering syndicate, allegedly laundering at least $229 million of illegal funds.➤【澳大利亚】长江换汇拘捕：在联邦警察捣毁价值 2.3 亿澳元的洗钱行动中七人被逮2023 年 10 月 26 日 – 下午 3:31澳大利亚联邦警察(afp)称，长江换汇是一个精心策划的洗钱集团的幌子，涉嫌洗钱至少 2.29 亿澳元的非法资金。afp在对涉嫌洗钱活动的调查中突袭捣毁了该网络。周四，35 岁的朱静 (jing zhu) 和 35 岁的曲叶 (ye qu) 夫妻俩与同案被告 40 岁的王鼎 (din wang)、33 岁的王京 (jin wang)、28 岁的卢洁 (jie lu) 和 37 岁的段飞 (fei duan) 一起被带到墨尔本地方法院。随后，六名被告集团成员的代表律师告诉法庭，这是他们的当事人第一次被拘留，使他们“处于弱势”。法庭获悉，卢女士是一位新妈妈，目前有一个 21 个月大的婴儿由她的母亲照顾。她请求法官史蒂文·罗利（steven raleigh）允许她在关押期间与母亲通电话，以便检查婴儿的健康状况。在听证会上，罗利先生向代表afp的律师约翰·桑德尔发出警告，称他“最好让”警方准备一份有关犯罪行为的简明摘要，因为他收到的是“中篇小说”。“这不是摘要，而是中篇小说，”他说。另一位同案被告陈卓 (zhou chen)，37 岁，来自博文 (balwyn)，周三晚上出庭受审。法院公布的指控单显示，每名被告涉嫌共谋处理 1000 万澳元或以上的犯罪所得。 – 博爪-九游会j9备用网址

changjiang currency exchange arrests: seven named as federal police dismantle $230m alleged money laundering operation
from private jets to expensive wine, new details have emerged about the lavish high-end lifestyles of seven alleged criminal gang members as they are named in court.

october 26, 2023 – 3:31pm

afp takes down alleged sophisticated chinese money laundering syndicate
afp alleges the changjiang currency exchange was a front for an elaborate money laundering syndicate, allegedly laundering at least $229 million of illegal funds.

alleged chinese gang members accused of laundering almost $230m through shopfronts across australia drove around in $400,000 cars, flew on private jets, drank saki and wine valued at tens of thousands of dollars and dined at high-end restaurants, according to law-enforcement officials.

but the lavish high-end living is now on hold for seven alleged syndicate members after the australian federal police swooped to bust up the network, seizing more than $50m worth of property and luxury cars in an investigation into the alleged money laundering operation “hiding in plain sight”.

husband and wife duo jing zhu, 35 and ye qu, 35, were brought before the melbourne magistrates’ court on thursday alongside co-accused din wang, 40, jin wang, 33, jie lu, 28, and fei duan, 37.

successively, lawyers representing the six accused syndicate members told the court it was their client’s first time in custody, making them “vulnerable”.

ms lu, the court was told, is a new mum with a 21-month-old baby currently in the care of her mother.

she asked magistrate steven raleigh for permission to have phone calls with her mother from lock up so she could check on the infant’s welfare.

during the hearing, mr raleigh shot a warning across to barrister john saunder, representing the afp, saying he’d “better get” police to prepare a concise summary of the offending because what he’d been supplied was a “novella”.

“that’s not a summary, that’s a novella,” he said.

another co-accused, zhou chen, 37 from balwyn, faced court on wednesday night.

charge sheets released by the court indicate each accused allegedly conspired to deal with $10m or more that was, or they believed it to be, the proceeds of crime.

police will allege they are involved in an alleged chinese crime syndicate, “secretly” operating the changjiang currency exchange – a registered money remitter that has handled more than $10bn since 2020.

while most of the transactions were lawful, police will allege the exchange facilitated a system for organised criminals to transfer more than $228m in unlawfully-obtained money in and out of australia over the same period.