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Chinese Money Launderers Are Central to Cartels’ Fentanyl Trade: Rep. McClain

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Chinese Money Launderers Are Central to Cartels’ Fentanyl Trade: Rep. McClain
Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) departs from a press conference on vaccine mandates for businesses with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 18, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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China’s communist regime is overseeing massive money-laundering operations being conducted by Chinese nationals to support drug cartels that are flooding the United States with lethal opioids.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) gives cover to schemes that support the production of synthetic drugs responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans, according to testimony given during a House Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing on April 26.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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