A Chinese national and naturalised US citizen has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least US$30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of global drug trafficking organisations.

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) was used extensively by Xizhi Li, who along with co-conspirators dealt directly with members of drug trafficking organisations or their representatives to obtain and service “contracts” to move their drug proceeds.

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