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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Sam gor | History Defined

Australia sentences ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ to 16 years in prison

Judge says ‘lighter’ sentence for Tse Chi Lop dictated by Australia’s extradition deal with Netherlands

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025

‘We do this to survive’: Harvesting opium poppies in Myanmar’s Shan State

Poppy cultivation and methamphetamine production has surged in Myanmar amid the country’s grinding civil war.

Al Jazeera · Jun 7, 2025

Tse Chi Lop: ‘Meth kingpin’ who draws comparisons to El Chapo gets extradited to Australia

Tse Chi Lop is accused of overseeing operations in which £2.45m of meth was trafficked

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

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Alleged crime boss dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ arrives in Australia

Extradited Chinese-Canadian suspect Tse Chi Lop, 59, said to head up the Asian mega-cartel ‘Sam Gor’, or ‘The Company’.

Al Jazeera · Dec 22, 2022

'Asia's El Chapo' extradited to Australia

SYDNEY: The alleged boss of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been extradited to Australia and arrested on drug trafficking charges, police said Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Dec 22, 2022

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