Authorities are seeking to seize any alleged proceeds of crime from a super yacht tour operator linked to a deadly $20 million cocaine haul in Newcastle.
James 'Jimmy' Blee is the only person so far charged in relation to the alleged transnational drug shipment in May.
His Cairns-based super yacht company boasts luxury tours and an "intimate understanding of the Australian coastline".
Police discovered the Newcastle drug shipment after the body of Brazilian diver Bruno Borges, 31, was found floating in the Port of Newcastle.
They allege Mr Borges was left for dead when the mission failed and Mr Blee and another diver fled.
Fifty kilograms of cocaine were found near Mr Borges' body and police said an additional 50kg made it into the community, but some remnants were found.
Mr Blee was arrested in May while trying to board a plane from Cairns to Singapore, and faces criminal charges of importing more than 100 kilograms of a border-controlled drug.
He is also facing proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court, with the state's Crime Commission making a "proceeds of crime" application.
The NSW Crime Commission can sue people in the Supreme Court to identify assets and recover proceeds of crime, and does not require a criminal conviction.
The application, if successful, would remove any proceeds of crime from being available to him or any associates.
The application will be heard in the Supreme Court on September 19.
Mr Blee, who is currently in custody, is due to appear in connection to his criminal charges in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney on October 5.
An Interpol alert is current for a second alleged diver, Brazilian Jhoni Fernández Da Silva, 32.
An unknown woman is also being sought and police have released CCTV vision of both her and Mr Da Silva.
