Tag: Fentanyl Trafficking

Stop Crypto Crime of Rogue States Like China by Banning Cryptocurrency

Commentary North Korea stole over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency, which funds approximately 50 percent of its nuclear weapons development, according to a Wall Street Journal report on June 11. The massive crypto haul is in addition to hundreds of millions of dollars that the rogue state, supported by Russia and China, has stolen or…


Shipping Container Filled With Illegal Drugs Found by Mexican Navy Refutes China’s Denials on Fentanyl Trafficking

Mexico found fentanyl in a shipping container from China earlier this month, just several weeks after a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said there was no illegal trafficking of the deadly drug between the two nations. On May 5, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that the Mexican navy had intercepted a container of smuggled…


CCP Doing Nothing to Stop Drug-Precursor Sales to the US

Commentary Roughly 90 percent of fentanyl deaths in the United States can be traced back to China, with Mexican drug cartels turning Chinese precursor materials into finished products. However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is doing nothing to stop the sale of Chinese chemicals to the cartels. “At the very top of this lethal food…


US Taxpayers Shoulder Annual Burden of $151 Billion for Illegal Immigration, Study Finds

U.S. taxpayers are footing a $151 billion bill each year to cover the cost of illegal immigration, according to a new study published on March 8 by a Washington-based immigration group. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) study concludes that American taxpayers pay around $182 billion annually to provide services and benefits to about…


Time to Defeat China’s Proxies in Mexico

Commentary Communist China has been conducting a hybrid war against its main enemy, the United States of America, for years. There are multiple fronts in that war, including economic warfare, diplomatic intimidation (“wolf warriors”), espionage, elite capture, suborning international institutions (the World Health Organization), social media (TikTok cultural warfare), etc. A key front that’s frequently…


Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Countering Fentanyl Trafficking

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations holds a hearing at 10:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 15 on  “Countering Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking,”  with testimony from Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Todd Robinson; Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram; and Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Dr. Rahul Gupta. The…