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This screenshot captured from a video released by the Criminal Investigative Department of Chinas Ministry of Public Security on Jan 8, 2026, shows Chen Zhi, who is brought to China by Beijings Blue Sword Commando Unit (蓝剑突击队), one of the most well-equipped and well-trained Special Police Units. Alleged scam tycoon Chen Zhi (陳志) , founding chairman of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Holding Group, has been arrested and extradited to China, Cambodias Interior Ministry has declared according to channelnewsasia . Chen Zhi then was presented in a video released by the Criminal Investigative Department of Chinas Ministry of Public Security on Jan 8, 2026 by Chinas state media: Handcuffed, hood over head, hood taken away - and escorted by the Blue Sword Commando Unit (蓝剑突击队), the SWAT team of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. They may have taken him to Dongcheng District Detention Center in Beijing. These pictures were shown just days after U.S. special forces had abducte...

Chen Xiao'er (陈小二) (also known by his birth name Hu Xiaowei (胡小伟) and other aliases including Wu An Ming and Hu Shi ) is a Chinese businessman and an alleged key figure in the Cambodian-based "Prince Group Transnational Criminal Organization," which has been linked to extensive cyber-scam operations, human trafficking, and money laundering. He was born in 1982 in China and is reportedly considered the "second in command" under the group's chairman, Chen Zhi. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chen Xiao'er in October 2025 for his partnership in a company called Grand Legend International Asset Management Co., Ltd (大传奇国际资产管理有限公司) , which was developing a luxury resort in Palau with Chen Zhi. Investigative reporting by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) revealed that he uses multiple identities and holds citizenship from Saint Kitts and Nevis. He changed the name on...