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一 | Sophie 编译 在很多人看来，商人Shuchen “Ace” Liu（以下称“刘某”）在五年前似乎已经达到了成功的巅峰。这位建筑公司老板在奥克兰豪区St Heliers和Kohimarama拥有价值数百万纽币的房子，他开着一辆价值36.5万纽币的法拉利488 GTB，后来又换了一辆价值63万纽币的法拉利488 Pista。
二 | KAMPALA, Uganda -- Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda's capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting through underwear for pairs that seem new or trying on shoes despite getting pushed around in the crush.Downtown Kampala’s Owino Market has long been a go-to enclave for rich and poor people alike looking for affordable but quality-made used clothes, underscoring perceptions that Western fashion is superior to what is made at home. Discarded by Europeans and Americans, these clothes are often purchased from wholesalers and then shipped to African countries by middlemen. It's a multimillion-dollar business, with some two-thirds of people in seven countries in East Africa having “purchased at least a portion of their clothes from the secondhand clothing market,” according to a 2017 U.S. Agency for International Development study, the most recent with such details.Despite the popularity, secondhand clothes are facing increasing pushback. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, a semi-authoritarian leader who has held power since 1986, declared in August that he was banning imports of used clothing, saying the items are coming “from dead people.” “When a white person dies, they gather their clothes and send them to Africa,” Museveni said.Trade authorities have not yet enforced the president’s order, which needs to be backed by a legal measure such as an executive order. Other African governments also are trying to stop the shipments, saying the business amounts to dumping and undermines the growth of local textile industries. The East African Community trade bloc — consisting of Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda — has recommended banning imports of used apparel since 2016. However, member states have not enforced it at the same pace amid pressure from Washington. In Uganda, the president's order has spread panic among traders, for whom such a ban, if implemented, spells disaster. They hawk used clothes in scores of large open-air markets across the country of 45 million people, at roadside stands and even in shops in malls where it’s possible to buy secondhand clothes marketed as new.The clothes are cheap and drop further in price as traders make room for new shipments: a pair of denim jeans can go for 20 cents, a cashmere scarf for even less.At one of Uganda’s Green Shops, a chain specializing in used clothes, apparel reseller Glen Kalungi shopped for items his customers might want: vintage pants for men and cottony tops for women.“I am a thrift shopper,” he said. “I usually come to these Green Shops to check out clothes because they have the best prices around town.”Kalungi likes to visit on clearance days when he can buy clothes for a fraction of a dollar. Then he sells them at a profit.The chain, whose owners include Europeans, unveils new clothes every two weeks at its three stores. Some of the items are sourced from suppliers in countries including China and Germany, retail manager Allan Zavuga said.“How they collect the clothes, we are not aware of that,” Zavuga said of their suppliers. “But (the clothes) go through all the verification, the fumigation, all that, before they are shipped to Uganda. And we get all documents for that.”The Green Shops are environmentally friendly because they recycle used clothes in bulk, he said.The association of traders in Kampala, known by the acronym KACITA, opposes a firm ban on used apparel, recommending a phased embargo that allows local clothing producers to build capacity to meet demand.Some Ugandan apparel makers, like Winfred Arinaitwe, acknowledge that the quality of locally made fabric is often poor. Not surprisingly, many people would rather buy used clothing, she said. "Because it lasts longer,” she said. “It can easily be seen.”In Owino Market, a ban on used clothes is inconceivable to many, including some who say they don't think the president’s threat was serious.Abdulrashid Ssuuna, who tries to persuade customers in the market to stop by his brother’s used clothing business, said a ban would deny him a livelihood.“It’s like they want to chase us out of the country,” he said of the president’s order. “From these old clothes, we get what to eat. If you say we leave this business, you are saying we go into new clothes. But we can’t afford to go there.”Ssuuna approaches people in Owino Market to urge them to visit the stall where his brother sells used jeans. The market is aggressively competitive, with merchants sitting behind heaps of clothes and shouting words of welcome to possible customers.If he helps his brother sell clothing, “I get something,” said Ssuuna, who started this work after dropping out of high school in 2020.The market is always full of shoppers, but business is unpredictable: Traders must try to anticipate what customers are looking for before they are lured by other sellers. Some days are better than others, said Tadeo Walusimbi, who has been a used-clothes trader for six years. A government ban is simply untenable, he warned. It “will not work for me and for so many people,” Walusimbi said.。
三 | 但是，据披露，在他炫目的生活背后暗藏的是一个非法集团，专门在新西兰进口、制造和广泛贩卖冰毒和摇头丸（MDMA）。 Advertise with us 昨天，刘某站在了奥克兰地方法院的被告席上，承认了一系列指控，并承认是法庭文件中描述的该贩毒集团的头目。他的妻子Xiuxiu Hao站在他身边，对一项具有代表性的洗钱指控表示认罪。 警方的国家打击有组织犯罪集团部门（National Organised Crime Group）于2020年开始调查刘某，当时新西兰毒品市场充斥着危险的“粉红色保时捷（Pink Porsche）”迷幻药片。 调查截获了他和手下之间的通信，以及在St Johns仓库外的秘密监控，该仓库由刘某租用，并被改造成大规模生产MDMA和冰毒的秘密工厂。
四 | 有人看到刘和其他人带着与制造冰毒有关的设备和材料，比如丙酮和烧碱，进进出出。这处工厂一度拥有两台进口压片机，用于生产粉红色保时捷药片，原材料是从采购的粉末和晶体状的MDMA中获取的。 “压片后，刘某就会将这些药片分成各种交易规模的数量/重量，每次至少1000片，并通过加密的应用程序安排贩卖……比如Wickr。”该案的事实概要指出。 调查人员发现，在刘某于2020年10月被捕之前的几天里，他进行了多次对话，其中似乎公开讨论了大宗毒品交易。
五 | “嗨，兄弟，我能来拿1000片粉色药片吗？”10月23日，一个人问刘某，然后把数量改成了“1200”。 几天后，使用“popkakaka”这个用户名的刘某夸了一名疑似制毒者的“漂亮的药片”，并指示他：“也请看看有没有人想买我们的E药片，哈哈……我是说不好的那个……不过还是值6.6万啊，哈哈。” 在其他信息中，他讨论了以每公斤4.5万纽币到5万纽币的价格购买MDMA。他后来承认，他通常以每盎司5500纽币的价格出售冰毒。 在长达数月的秘密调查结束时，警方对刘某的多处房产进行了突袭检查，在他位于St Heliers的房子里发现了一个背包，里面装有近1公斤冰毒、30克粉末状MDMA、一把口径9毫米的手枪和20.8万纽币现金。
六 | 他们还发现了MDMA纯度检测工具和一个有粉红色染料痕迹的搅拌机。
七 | 在他位于Kohimarama的家中，警方发现了14400粒粉红色保时捷药片，约1公斤粉末状MDMA和62公斤甲基-乙酰苯基乙酸甲酯——一种通常被称为MAPA的物质，可以制成冰毒。 刘某昨天承认了制造冰毒、供应冰毒、持有冰毒以供应和进口冰毒的指控，这些罪行类似但是不同的罪行，每项罪名最高可判处无期徒刑。他亦承认持有MDMA以供应、供应MDMA及持有麻黄碱以供应，均可判处最高14年监禁，以及非法持有枪支弹药、持有用于制毒的物质及洗钱等指控。
八 | 警方表示，他与妻子一起洗钱，包括购买两辆法拉利，以及试图购买一辆福特F150 Shelby Super Snake皮卡，但最终因他的逮捕被挫败了。
九 | 警方发现了他第二次购买法拉利时的微信消息，刘某请求一个不知名的人帮助从此人的银行账户中支付买车费用，他给此人现金。 “我一周只交20个小时的税，”他在聊天时配上了一个笑脸表情，“我换车需要4.5万纽币。我存了太多的现金。我有现金。但不能用。” 检方在法庭文件中解释说，这是指“刘某‘现金充裕’，但需要电子支付来使他的购买看起来合法”。 他承认了所有的毒品指控，这些指控都附带了警方在突击搜查中收集到的毒品的具体重量。而且，每一项指控还包括一些附加说明，即刘某在之前的活动中处理了“未知买卖数量”的毒品，而这些并没有被调查人员记录在案。 当刘最终向警方承认他是幕后主使时，他被问及动机。 “他解释说他是为了赚钱。
十 | ”法庭文件上说。 刘某合法的建筑公司Bullmark Construction Ltd上个月进入清算。 法官June Jelas将他还押入狱，等待7月份的判决。 相关阅读： 走私香烟和贩毒，奥克兰一华人被判入狱 华人男子遭抛尸案：冰毒集团头目因谋杀罪被判终身监禁 奥克兰机场缉毒行动后续：行李搬运工等团伙成员身份曝光 毒品走私案：警方搜查奥克兰20处房产，14人面临指控，机场员工涉嫌参与其中 奥克兰大毒枭姓名公布！伙同机场员工走私冰毒，涉毒人员分布在这些地区 又与帮派有关，警方捣毁制毒团伙，收缴现金枪支... 奥克兰男子“油漆”中藏16kg冰毒 被捕时欲将手机冲下马桶 华人巨额冰毒走私案破获 逾百万纽币现金藏豪车 一名男子被控进口冰毒和洗钱，数套房产、豪车、百万纽币被查获 法庭判决：没收华人毒枭妻子位于奥克兰的房产、豪车、奢侈品 注：本文为编译/原创，欢迎转发分享；但严禁复制等未经授权的非法使用。违反上述声明者，本网将追究其相关法律责任。使用授权请联系[email protected]。 chineseherald.co.nz All Rights Reserved 版权所有 (责编：Sophie) 相关内容 奥克兰北岸绑架案：一男一女在酒吧被捕，绑架动机是...... 彩虹活动被取消、人行道被破坏，新西兰仇恨犯罪又回来了？ 可怕！北岸发生绑架案！还有人开枪！ 疫情通报：过去一周新西兰新增3399例 总理公布未来三个月的“行动计划”，重点关注三个领域 新西兰“宝藏半岛”命运未决 知名大导演斥巨资购买取景地 36岁男子在奥克兰一加油站持械威胁要杀人，并袭击警察，已被捕 过去五年车牌盗窃案大增，去年9000多个车牌被盗。
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