Senior member of Cambodia-based crime syndicate Prince Group arrested in Japan

A senior member of a Cambodia-based Chinese-affiliated group sanctioned by the United States and Britain as one of Asia's largest criminal networks has been arrested in Japan, investigative sources said on June 22.



The Tokyo police suspect the executive of Prince Holding Group of filing a fraudulent change-of-address notification after moving to Japan, the sources said, adding the act allegedly violated the law against making and using false electronic official records.



Prince Holding Group is believed to lure people from various countries with fake job offers promising high pay, confining them and forcing them to take part in cross-border fraud and other criminal operations, according to the sources.



The executive, who used several names including Chen Xiao'er, was identified as a 44-year-old Chinese-born Cypriot national. The suspect, who is accused of filing the fraudulent notification in April with Tokyo's Chuo Ward, was arrested on June 14.



The suspect told investigators that he moved his resident registration to Tokyo to obtain permanent residency in Japan and left the procedure to an agent, the sources added.