{"id":2019616,"date":"2023-09-01T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-mexican-drug-cartel-shoplifting-connection\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T16:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:41:30","slug":"the-china-mexican-drug-cartel-shoplifting-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-mexican-drug-cartel-shoplifting-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Mexico&#8217;s drug cartel and shoplifting link."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-china-mexican-drug-cartel-shoplifting-connection%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Commentary<\/h2>\n<p class=\"s3\"><em>Americans for many years have \u2062been inflamed about the violent crime that accompanies\u2063 the millions of illegal immigrants who become permanent U.S. residents via our unsecured \u2063southern border. \u200dFor \u200cinstance, the \u2063four young men \u2064bused into \u200dNew York City from Texas who a few months ago drove to \u200cLong Island and allegedly stole \u2062close to $12,500 worth \u2062of\u200d merchandise from a Macy\u2019s. All were \u2063freed to continue to live illegally within the United States; two were released without \u200cbail \u2062while the other \u2064two posted bonds for modest amounts.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Several aspects of the radicalism that\u2064 now dominates the Democratic Party are at play here:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The de-facto decriminalization of illegal entry into America<\/li>\n<li>Tolerance to the point\u200c of implicit encouragement of shoplifting and rioting since the death while\u200d in police \u200ccustody of George Floyd in 2020<\/li>\n<li>Numerous \u2064George Soros-financed &#8220;soft on crime&#8221; prosecutors who squelch the \u200brequirement of cash bail and unleash violent offenders back onto the street soon after their arrest, rendering police impotent and humiliated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/bipartisan-lawmakers-ask-blinken-to-step-up-efforts-to-combat-flow-of-fentanyl-from-china-5445301\">Bipartisan Lawmakers Ask Blinken\u200c to Step Up Efforts \u200dto Combat Flow of Fentanyl From China<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/4\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/bipartisan-lawmakers-ask-blinken-to-step-up-efforts-to-combat-flow-of-fentanyl-from-china-5445301\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/schumer-seeks-new-bipartisan-sanctions-against-china-over-fentanyl-5404759\">Schumer Seeks New Bipartisan \u200cSanctions Against China over Fentanyl<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/17\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/schumer-seeks-new-bipartisan-sanctions-against-china-over-fentanyl-5404759\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>But it goes far beyond a mere domestic political agenda:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic urban lawlessness<\/li>\n<li>The import of\u2063 dependable votes \u200cfor Democrats<\/li>\n<li>A perpetual racial discord begging the heavy \u2064hand\u2062 of big government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"s3\">It should shock and alarm \u200cAmericans to \u2064recognize that two enemies\u2062 of this country, and the ordered liberty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-i-could-buy-my-freakin-groceries-at-home-depot-i-would-critics-rip-boycott-of-home-depot-for-not-slamming-ga-voter-law\/\" title=\"\u2018If I Could Buy My Freakin\u2019 Groceries At Home Depot, I Would!\u2019: Critics Rip Boycott Of Home Depot For Not Slamming GA Voter Law\">free market system<\/a>, and rule of law on which its way of life is based, \u2062are directly involved\u2062 in \u2063the new epidemic of organized retail crime: the\u200c Chinese Communist\u2063 Party \u200dand Mexican drug\u2064 cartels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">After years of making billions of dollars and killing thousands of Americans through their smuggling of mainland Chinese-made fentanyl\u2063 across\u200b the border, Mexico\u2019s cartels are overseeing \u200cwhat U.S.\u2064 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) describe \u2062over a\u2063 year ago (neglecting to identify the foreign entities behind the crime) as \u201corganized theft groups\u201d who \u201cengage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-mocked-after-saying-california-crime-spree-isnt-looting-but-rather-organized-robbery\/\" title=\"Experts Mocked After Saying California Crime Spree Isn\u2019t \u2018Looting,\u2019 But Rather \u2018Organized Robbery\u2019\">large-scale thefts<\/a> which rely on teams of\u2064 \u2018boosters\u2019\u200c who \u200csteal goods from major retail\u200b stores, \u2018cleaners\u2019 who disguise the origins of stolen merchandise, \u2018fencers\u2019 who resell products through brick-and-mortar fronts and major e-commerce websites, \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-drug-cartels-are-behind-the-surge-in-retail-thefts\/\" title=\"Mexican cartels drive retail theft surge.\">professional money launderers<\/a> who funnel illicit profits to criminals orchestrating schemes. In many instances, organized theft groups resort\u200d to violence or violent threats against employees of retail companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Long before COVID-19, laboratories in Wuhan\u2063 in central China were producing most of the\u2064 fentanyl consumed within the United States. The Drug \u200cEnforcement Administration\u2019s (DEA) 2019 <a><span class=\"s4\">National Drug Threat Assessment report<\/span><\/a>  \u2064 stated that Asian money-laundering organizations (MLOs) \u201care working in conjunction with Hispanic DTOs [drug-trafficking organizations] with increasing frequency \u2026 Various FDs [DEA field divisions] have observed Mexican DTOs increasingly \u200cutilizing \u2064domestic Asian\u200d operatives to facilitate drug money movement across a variety of methods, including TBML [trade-based money laundering], CUBS [Chinese underground banking system], virtual currencies, and even bulk currency storage and \u200dshipment.\u201d The cartels \u2062are also active \u2064in human trafficking and firearm smuggling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">In like fashion, shoplifting rings\u200c run by Mexican\u200b drug cartels resell stolen goods and use Chinese money launderers to send the money made back to Mexico. The\u2064 National Retail Federation\u2019s <a><span class=\"s4\">2022 Retail Security Survey<\/span><\/a>  \u200d found that \u201corganized retail crime (ORC)\u201d and other forms of external theft cost \u201c$94.5 billion in losses, up from $90.8 billion in 2020\u201d for U.S.\u200d retailers. As a direct result, an \u2064average family will have \u2063to pay about\u200d $500 extra every year as retailers raise their prices\u2064 to compensate for losses from stolen goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">ICE\u2019s Homeland Security investigations described \u2064how professional thieves known as \u201cboosters\u201d \u201ctravel in crews throughout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boosters-fencers-and-cleaners-inside-cartels-newest-criminal-enterprise-of-organized-retail-theft\/\" title=\"Inside cartels' latest criminal venture: Organized retail theft by boosters, fencers, and cleaners.\">country utilizing aliases<\/a>,\u200d rental vehicles, and tools such as \u200d\u2018booster bags\u2019 and illegally acquired security keys to steal high-value merchandise.\u201d The booty\u2063 is\u200b then sold cheap to a \u201cfencer\u201d who utilizes e-commerce websites like eBay and Amazon \u2064to pull \u2062in an optimum amount of cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Prosecutors \u200dof Chicago-based Chinese figures working \u200dwith Mexican cartels on\u200c drug money observed in 2021 that \u201ca relatively small network of Chinese money brokers based in Mexico have come to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-mexican-drug-cartel-shoplifting-connection\/\" title=\"China and Mexico's drug cartel and shoplifting link.\">dominate international money-laundering markets<\/a>.\u201d A particular method used, requiring only hours, was a \u201cmirror swap\u201d\u2062 involving Chinese \u200cbusinessmen in \u200bMexico and U.S.-based Chinese brokers who transfer Chinese currency between\u2062 bank accounts in mainland China, with no money \u200cwired directly\u2063 from\u200b the United States to China, thus \u2063bypassing the U.S. banking system. \u200dThe cash\u2019s ultimate destination was Mexico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"s3\">Clearly, Beijing\u2019s out-of-reach financial system has been \u2062making\u200b the cartels\u2019 wide-ranging criminality possible, whether it be selling sex slaves, poisoning Americans \u2062with fentanyl, or retail theft in \u200bthis country\u2019s cities. It\u2019s an axis of enemies waging a disguised war against the United States, an onslaught \u200dfar different from traditional warfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans have long been concerned about the violent crime associated with illegal immigrants entering the US through the unsecured southern border. 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