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The United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on what they designated the Zhao Wei Transnational Criminal Organization (Zhao Wei TCO) in 2018 for its alleged involvement in laundering money and assisting in the storage and distribution of heroin, methamphetamine, and other narcotics for illicit networks, including the United Wa State ...
In January 2018, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions against what it called Zhao's transnational criminal organisation, naming two registered Hong Kong companies under the Kings Romans Group as its corporate fronts and identifying the group's owners Zhao Wei and his wife Su Guiqin as the organisation's leaders. The department said ...
[108] [109] Zhao was charged with conspiracy and receipt of a bribe by a public official in August 2023. His indictment was announced at the same time as Jinchao Wei's, though the cases are separate. Zhao is accused of passing information to Chinese officials, including about a radar system in Okinawa and a Pacific Ocean military exercise. [11]
Beijing’s crackdown on the Chinese entertainment industry continues. Zhao Wei, one of China’s most well-known actresses and the face of Fendi, appears to have been banned by government agencies.
Zhao attained major stardom in the late 1990s with TV series “My Fair Princess,” starred as the leading lady in John Woo’s epic “Red Cliff” and directed 2013 hit YA film “So Young.”
Born and brought up in Wuhu, Anhui, Zhao is the second child to Zhao Jiahai (Chinese: 赵家海; pinyin: Zhào Jiāhǎi), an engineer, and Wei Qiying (Chinese: 魏启颖; pinyin: Wèi Qǐyǐng), a primary school teacher, [11] She has an elder brother Zhao Jian (Chinese: 赵健; pinyin: Zhào Jiān; born 1969), who is her business partner and a major shareholder of production company Zhejiang ...
Targeting the organizational structure and prominent members of Zhao Wei's criminal enterprise engaging in drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, bribery, and wildlife trafficking, much of which is facilitated through the Kings Romans Casino in Laos. [75] Mexico
The most popular of these is arguably My Fair Princess, which ran from 1998 to 2003, and launched the careers of actors Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, and Fan Bingbing. The period drama was set in the 18th ...