"Chinese actors play a significant role in #laundering money for Mexican cartels through informal financial and #trade networks. Of particular note is the rise of payment in kind: in exchange for drug precursors, Mexican #cartels provide Chinese traffickers with coveted black-market products, especially timber and protected wildlife. The potential damage to economic sustainability, food security, and global #biodiversity is severe."
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/mexico/why-america-struggling-stop-fentanyl-epidemic by Vanda #FelbabBrown #fentanyl