A startling exposé by ProPublica has revealed the pervasive influence of Chinese organized crime within the illegal marijuana trade in the United States. Many victims of the drug trade are smuggled acorss the southern border.
The investigation highlights a series of drug-related incidents currently unfolding in Oklahoma, including a violent shootout by a Chinese immigrant at a marijuana farm in Kingfisher County, resulting in the tragic loss of four lives.
According to Donnie Anderson, Director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Chinese criminal syndicates have "taken over marijuana in Oklahoma and the United States,” per ProPublica. Many victims of the drug trade are Chinese immigrants who have been smuggled across the southern border to work on cannabis farms in abusive conditions.
