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Cannabis and Human Trafficking: Modern Slavery

Some Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO), with direct ties to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), engage in human trafficking to staff their cultivation sites for workers in the United States.  These victims of human trafficking are often deceived by traffickers with promises of good work and money by tending plants in the United States. Once […]

Chinese Nationals & Illicit Marijuana in America

In the United States, there has been an increase in illicit cannabis trafficking by some individuals or organized groups with ties to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) that represents a multi-billion dollar a year criminal enterprise. How much of that money is directed back to the PRC is unclear. These Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) […]