New Book Showcases How ‘Wilful Blindness’ to CCP-Connected Crime Operations Harms Western Democracies

Bags containing fentanyl are displayed as evidence during a news conference at the Surrey RCMP headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Sept. 3, 2020. A search warrant executed at a residence yielded a seizure that included 3.1 kilograms of fentanyl, more than $100,000 in cash, and a drug brick press. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Investigative journalist Sam Cooper’s new book, “Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West,” offers an in-depth look at how massive international crime networks are targeting democracies worldwide and how authorities in some cases have been looking away.

The book follows Cooper’s investigation of suspicious money-laundering activities in Vancouver’s casinos. Following the money trails, Cooper uncovers the intricate connections between drug trafficking organizations in Canada, Hong Kong triad gangs, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).