Fentanyl Kingpin Jailed in Cuba to Be Extradited to US

Washington's most wanted Chinese drug lord was finally arrested in Cuba and is now waiting to be extradited to the United States through Mexico. The US government is accusing him of supplying fentinel to the two biggest Mexican cartels and building a multi-continental criminal network whose operation spread across America. The Chinese narco broker's name is Jang Dong Ji, also known as brother Wong. He was born in Beijing. US authorities say Jang had built a massive narot traffic network which directly supplies to two Mexican cartels for nearly a decade. The Trump administration designated the two cartels as terrorist groups earlier this year. The US government says Jang's operatives are scattered across states like California, Georgia, as well as Latin America, Europe, and Asia. This way, Dang's organization smuggled nearly 4,000 pounds of fentinyl, and over 2,000 pounds of cocaine from Mexico into the US. Such a massive amount of fentinel can kill approximately 900 million people, almost triple the US population. The Trump administration has doubled down its pressure on Beijing to stop fueling the opioid crisis, especially fentinel, and even slapped 20% tariffs on Chinese goods as punishment. But despite the tariff in place, US federal agencies last month intercepted 1,300 barrels of precursor chemicals shipped from China before they could poison Americans. >> These 1,300 barrels were shipped from Shanghai, China to Mexico. We intercepted these precursors on the high seas and now the Sinaloa cartel will not be able to use them to make methamphetamines. And the bottom line is this. Whenever there is an effort on the part of foreign terrorist organizations to create drugs that are killing Americans, we will seize them. Whether it's on the high seas or whether it's in the country or a foreign country. Back to Jang's story. The drug trafficking business is only half of his business model. As an operator of Jangs, who was arrested in the US disclosed after Jang's Mexican operatives collected money from drug dealers. They used Jang's shell companies based in China and the US for money laundering. US officials say Jang has 150 shell companies and almost 200 bank accounts. An indictment against Jang says he laundered $20 million in the US within one year. Court documents show Jang tends to start bank accounts with reputable banks like Bank of America, JP Morgan or Wells Fargo. But what's really raising eyebrows is Jang's connection to the Chinese Communist Party. The bureau reported that Jang Wong flew into Canada's Vancouver back in 2017, and he saved contacts from the Chinese embassy and consulate in Ottawa and Vancouver in his phone. Now, the US has never been this close to bringing the Chinese drug king to justice after he managed to escape the last arrest. Media reports say Jang will be extradited to the US as soon as he touches Mexican soil after the Cuban authorities finish their current interrogation.