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Toby Muse is a foreign correspondent who has spent several years in Colombia. He discussed many observations from his book, "Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cartels—From the Jungles to the Streets." He offers unique insight into the war on drugs.
This episode explores multiple notorious crime figures in South East Asia who have connections to the Chinese government. Some of them are members of China's United Front organizations, which are NGOs closely aligned with the CCP. There is an apparent mutually beneficial relationship in which these criminals are given freedom in exchange for their loyalty to the regime.
Also, the massive explosion in the global supply of fentanyl is no accident. China's government provides tax incentives to these manufacturers and, in some cases, these companies are owned by the state.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2170141/sands-asia-cia-report-redacted.pdf
https://sinoinsider.com/2021/12/what-to-expect-from-chinese-politics-in-2022/
Some of the most high-profile criminals in South East Asia are tied to human trafficking and appear to have links to Chinese intelligence. These gangsters can operate with impunity as long as they publicly support the CCP's agenda.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1206
https://klse.i3investor.com/web/stock/overview/0094
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2170141/sands-asia-cia-report-redacted.pdf
https://progressivevoicemyanmar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gambling-Away-Our-Lands-English.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls8Y-2HmvHI&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish
This is an add-on episode from the last one that profiled how Myanmar has become the global epicenter of illegal drug production.
Horrific crimes have increased since the 2021 coup. The junta profits from one of the most perverse forms of human trafficking.
India and China have advanced their geopolitical agenda by exploiting the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar.
https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/stories/over-168-000-rohingya-likely-fled-myanmar-2012-unhcr-report
https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2024-08-27/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/10/myanmar-military-forcibly-recruiting-rohingya
https://www.unodc.org/roseap/uploads/documents/Publications/2024/TOC_Convergence_Report_2024.pdf
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/FFM-Myanmar/A_HRC_39_64.pdf
Rackets Podcast #26
This episode explores the geopolitics of why Myanmar is now the top producer of opium. Myanmar's military junta launched a coup in 2021 and it profits from this black market, along with other organized crime rackets. A massive humanitarian crisis has ensued from a regime that is guilty of numerous war crimes. Several of the rebel groups also profit from illegal drugs.
Show notes:
https://www.briansaady.com/move-over-afghanistan-myanmar-is-now-the-worlds-top-opium-producer
https://2017-2021.state.gov/wei-hsueh-kang/
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/hp1268
Episode 25
***Breaking News*** Court documents show that the man who is accused of financing the assassination of Haiti's President, Walter Veintemilla, received the legal authorization for that operation from a confidential informant of a US Intelligence agency.
How much information did the US government have about this assassination before it occurred?
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037.754.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037.406.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037.150.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037/gov.uscourts.flsd.610037.3.0_19.pdf
https://cepr.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Coq_Norgaisse_Letter_CTU-1024x661.png
https://insightcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Report-Panel-of-Experts-Haiti_gangs.pdf
https://www.scribd.com/document/519042217/Press-Release-Intriago
https://www.briansaady.com/haiti-assassination-suspects-don-t-belong-in-a-u-s-courtroom
https://www.briansaady.com/did-narco-linked-former-haitian-leader-have-president-moise-assassinated