Chinese money laundering criminals team up with Mexican cartels to menace US, officials warn Congress
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U.S. senators on Capitol Hill were warned about Chinese money launderers working with Mexican drug traffickers to use money for the funding of illegal drugs such as fentanyl.
"Criminals based in the People's Republic of China have emerged as the professional money launderers of choice for Mexican drug traffickers seeking to move their funds around the world," Kemp Chester, with the Office of National Drug Control Policy, told lawmakers.
Authorities say Chinese money laundering organizations have grown in recent years, with offenders able to wash dirty money and clean it within minutes, thanks to the help of new technology. Tuesday, DEA and Treasury officials testified that the opioid supply chain is financed in part by money-laundering operations that originate in China.
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