Green Thumbs Fund Chinese Criminal Networks Embedded in the US

Marijuana is China’s gateway to infiltrating the US. Three witnesses delivered testimony before Congress this week, warning that Chinese nationals are dominating the illicit marijuana trade in the US, with vast criminal networks tied to execution-style killings, sex trafficking, money laundering, prostitution, and fentanyl distribution. In Oklahoma alone, Chinese organized crime groups have turned black-market marijuana into a $153 billion industry. All three witnesses described the situation as a national security threat influenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Not only are these networks scattered across the country, nearly in plain sight, but some locations appear to double as...