Dutch authorities have arrested 57-year old Canadian national Tse Chi Lop at the request of the Australia Federal Police after a long probe into drug trafficking in the Asia-Pacific.

Tse had been on a global most-wanted list and was of “significant interest” to law enforcement agencies in multiple countries, said Dutch and Australian police.

Who is Tse Chi Lop?

Tse - known by his nickname “Sam Gor”, Brother Number Three in Cantonese - is the alleged senior leader of a sprawling transnational drug trafficking syndicate known as “The Company” to its members or, to some police, the...