Today, under the direction of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, USDA orders states to tighten SNAP identity and immigration verification following $10.5B in improper payments; states must strengthen ID checks, deter SSN fraud, and use the DHS SAVE system, now available for free.

A $30 million indictment in South Carolina reveals that Communist China-backed money brokers in Georgia worked with Middle Eastern mafia cells to launder fentanyl profits for Mexican cartels. Drug cash was converted into electronics and exported to Hong Kong and Dubai to disguise its origins.

The case highlights a broader pattern involving Communist China-based laundering networks believed to have ties to the CCP regime. These networks moved proceeds from fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and cannabis into global trade through shadow banking, trade-based money laundering, and underground financial systems controlled by Triad bosses in Communist China, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Toronto, and New York.

Puquan Huang, a Communist Chinese national, organized cash collection for Middle Eastern cells and connected U.S. traffickers with PRC-based underground bankers. Communications with conspirators in Communist China were key to coordinating the laundering, using informal currency exchanges and false invoicing to convert dollars into yuan.

Homeland Security reports show that Communist China-linked laundering networks span the U.S. East Coast, using the I-95 corridor for narcotics and cash trafficking. Investigators have also documented links between CCP diplomats and diaspora crime networks.

Electronics purchased with drug money were shipped to Hong Kong and Dubai, long-established hubs for laundering operations. DEA investigations show these cities, along with Mexican border towns, are consistent nodes in Communist China- and Iranian-linked underground banking networks.