Four members of an alleged Chinese criminal gang, accused of laundering more than $39 million dollars in illicit cash, have been charged as part of a joint law enforcement investigation in Melbourne. In January 2023, AFP investigators attached to Taskforce Avarus – a multi-agency operation combatting criminal networks laundering money in Australia and overseas – commenced targeting a Chinese criminal syndicate involved in laundering millions of dollars of proceeds of crime. Codenamed AVARUS-SINAI, the operation also involved assistance from Victoria Police and AUSTRAC. Authorities will allege the Chinese criminal ... (full story)