The emergence of new forms of criminality, including online scams, highlights the underlying themes in this report: the attractiveness of Sihanoukville for criminal enterprise, the adaptability and changing nature of criminality, and the relative impunity that criminal enterprises enjoy. [...] In addition to showing Sihanoukville’s enduring role as the source of and the transit hub for illegal timber for Asian and global markets, the data reveals that some seizures relate to Sihanoukville as the destination of other shipments, including ivory and plastic waste (noting, of course, that it is also possible that Sihanoukville is an intermediary destination, 9 The container terminal is a ke. [...] Executive Bo Chen of the PlusToken scandal, and the embarrassment it caused (not to be confused with Chen Bo of Cambodia Airways) both the Chinese and Cambodian governments, was a factor formed part of the team who relocated to Cambodia.43 The in the adjacent regulatory changes. [...] The rapid growth of the casino industry in Sihanoukville from 2015 saw a swift increase in the number of casinos being built and registered in the coastal city. [...] Just as a well-connected lion owner the Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and acting had his case thrown out by Hun Sen himself, manifestly illicit head of the Chinese consulate in Sihanoukville, Hu Wei, met businesses such as the notorious ‘China Project’ operated in with the governor of Sihanoukville and the commander of the plain sight with negligible attention from the authoritie.
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