Hundreds of Australian people smugglers, fraudsters, drug kingpins and a former Macquarie banker jailed for dealing ecstasy are named on a leaked Chinese database, pointing to Beijing's use of organised crime figures for gathering intelligence and running foreign interference operations.
The database compiled by military contractor China Zhenhua, revealed by The Australian Financial Review on Monday, contains notes on more than 400 Australian criminals and dozens more sanctioned by the corporate regulator or connected with corruption.
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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com
