Beijing is fueling the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the United States through a sophisticated web involving drug cartels, loan sharks, and foreign casinos, said investigative journalist and author Sam Cooper. How Chinese money was funneled through such a web was described by Cooper as the “Vancouver model” in his book “Wilful Blindness: How a…
China Moves Crime Money to Fuel Fentanyl Crisis in the West, Investigative Reporter Says
Defendant ‘Hums’ in Courtroom to Avoid Hearing Fentanyl Murder Advisement
January 13, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A man who had pled guilty to possession for sale of fentanyl and methamphetamine was directed by his public defender to hum inside the courtroom to avoid hearing an advisement that he could be charged with murder if someone dies from drugs he sells, according to the Orange County district attorney. In court,…
California Senate Committee Strikes Down Bill That Increases Sentences for Fentanyl Dealers
January 11, 2022
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The California Senate’s Public Safety Committee shot down a bill Jan. 11 that sought to crack down on the state’s years-long fentanyl epidemic by targeting drug traffickers. Senate Bill 75, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) and sponsored by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, would add fentanyl to the category of…
Chinese Communist Party Advances Its Agenda to Weaken US Through Stealth Tactics: Expert
January 8, 2022
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Social movements such as promotion of critical race theory, the defund the police movement, and wokeism, as well as stealth tactics like intellectual property theft and drug trafficking, are used in unrestricted hybrid warfare by the Chinese Communist Party to weaken the United States, said Casey Fleming, CEO of BlackOps Partners. Today, the United States is…
Chinese Communist Party Advances Agenda to Weaken US Through Stealth Tactics: Expert
January 8, 2022
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Social movements such as the promotion of critical race theory, the “defund the police” movement, and wokeism, as well as stealth tactics such as intellectual property theft and drug trafficking, are used in unrestricted hybrid warfare by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to weaken the United States, BlackOps Partners CEO Casey Fleming says. Today, the United States…
Border Patrol Reports 1,066 Percent Increase in Fentanyl Seized in South Texas
January 8, 2022
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a 1,066 percent increase in fentanyl seized in south Texas ports during fiscal year 2021. Border agents at eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio said that between Oct. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, they seized 87,652 pounds of narcotics that would have commanded a combined…
Fentanyl From China Is Killing Americans in Record Numbers
Commentary In November, President Joe Biden remembered all those who had died from drug overdoses in 2020—more than 100,000 Americans–a new milestone in the nation’s escalating crisis. However, in remembering the dead, the president failed to call out China. In America, use of drugs, illicit or otherwise, is rampant. Nevertheless, the addiction epidemic plaguing the nation doesn’t take anything away from the fact…
4 Deaths in One Hour From Possible Fentanyl Overdoses in Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Four people in three different incidents died in about an hour of each other in what is suspected to be fentanyl poisonings on Jan 3. While it is thought to be fentanyl-related due to the drug paraphernalia found at the scenes, it is not immediately clear what poisoned the victims, or if they knew…
San Diego Man Indicted for Selling Fentanyl That Allegedly Led to 15-Year-Old’s Death
SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling fentanyl to a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore, leading to the teen’s death earlier this year, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Dec. 28. Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap, 21, is charged with a count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in…
Arizona Drug Bust Nets 1.7 Million Deadly Fentanyl Tablets, Fake Pills
December 29, 2021
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A joint federal and local drug task force seized in mid-December a record 1.7 million fentanyl pills in a sweeping crackdown on illegal drugs entering the United States from Mexico. “As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the (federal) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed a…
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