I want to start this article and subject off by saying that I’ve been following this topic for some time. In my article “Intersectionality of Marxism and Mass-Migration” was a building block to this topic.
However a new report just hit the news which prompted me to get to writing. Below is the article.
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The discovery is among the first overt connections between Chinese nationals aligned with the CCP and the sprawling network of illicit drug trafficking sites located throughout rural Maine. BY STEVE ROBINSONMAY 15, 2024 Article found here
“In the town of Dexter, Maine, a seemingly abandoned property on Highland Avenue that once operated as an illicit marijuana cultivation site sits less than a mile from the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center on Prospect Street.
In the driveway of that abandoned drug hub sits a BMW containing t-shirts affiliated with the Sijiu Association of NYC — a Chinese national group with ties to the Chinese consulate in New York and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).”
“Photographs obtained by the Maine Wire show the t-shirts strapped over the driver and passenger side seats in the BMW. In addition to the BMW, there is cargo van at the property that appears to have been customized on the inside with bench seating to transport a large number of individuals.”
More from the article..
“Pro-CCP associations in America function similarly to the pro-Nazi German-American Bund groups active in the U.S. during the 1930s.
The members of such Chinese-American organizations are loyal to the Communist Party, and the groups work to ensure that Chinese nationals living abroad remain faithful to the CCP.
The associations are all linked to the CCP United Front Work Department (UFWD), which is responsible for influence and espionage operations in the U.S.
According to the federal government, UFWD operatives aim, among other things, to gain influence over individuals and organizations.
Individuals and groups operating under the banner of UFWD have been linked to organized crime in Europe, as well as to illegal election influence campaigns in Canada.”
“The Dexter property where the pro-CCP merchandise has been found was purchased by Du Zhen Li of Brooklyn, New York, in Feb. 2021.”
The above continues with additional articles, specifically - https://www.themainewire.com/2024/05/the-restaurateur-bangor-business-owner-linked-to-illicit-marijuana-grows/
Now let’s continue on with “Intersectionality of Marxism and Mass-Migration”
Part 2
SISKIYOU COUNTY, Calif. — Human trafficking is one of the many detrimental effects of Siskiyou County's illegal marijuana cultivation sites.
Human Trafficking to include peonage (debt bondage) is taking place with migrants from China and other countries that have crossed the Southern Border.
•Victims are being forced and/or are recruited to work in the farms of Shasta Vista, one of the county’s largest illegal black market marijuana growing areas.
Sheriff LaRue from Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office explained how the traffickers are finding their victims, on China's primary social media Wechat and sometimes on Craigslist.
•Victims come from all over and are promised prosperity only to learn later that they are not paid, but instead must pay off the debt owed to traffickers for travel or shelter and food or ….. smuggling fee.
Are victims being sold from the smuggling gang to the illegal marijuana cultivation gangs?
Sheriff LaRue Key Points:
Labor trafficking (human trafficking) is a problem that should have caught the attention of all the pertinent agencies, state and federal.
•Are State and Federal agencies enabling human trafficking and illegal marijuana grows by not confronting it?
California County jurisdictions are often left to fight (human trafficking, environmental disaster, social service costs, and remediation) alone
•The victims are often provided shacks or illegal boarded up structures that are illegal, out of code, without proper heating, cooling, sewage and electricity.
oSome of the victims are held against their will or paying off debt (smuggling fee?)
oMany are undocumented or have California Drivers licenses
oSome have passports from foreign countries—China being one of them
oOfficials are seeing a rise in unaccompanied minors who are lured by a “sponsor” on social media apps such as like WhatsApp
California vs Maine:
Maine is getting the feds involved, California is not working with well with Federal Agencies who has the jurisdiction, tools, and resources to combat the Trans-National Criminal Organizational issues.
Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have aided local Sherriff’s departments in Maine.
The have found that the Human Trafficking and illegal marijuana grows are tied to Chinese Organized Crime groups.
In Maine, like California, Human Trafficking of Chinese and other migrants are also taking place in rural counties without limited resources (isolated).
Penobscot, Kennebec, and Bangor Maine are seeing the same issues.
According to NewsCenter Maine:
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/crime/illegal-marijuana-grows-chinese-workers-maine-court-documents-investigation/97-ae363572-3d17-479a-bc90-5ea509eaecfc
Police in Kennebec County received a tip from residents at a suspected grow site in the town of China
•Victims were pleading to be rescued.
According to an affidavit, they told police,
•"We are imprisoned
•we were abducted from China,
•passports were confiscated.
•Only work but no salary,"
According to the report, while raiding a cultivation site in February, police interviewed Guanshi Yani, who allegedly said he was taken to Maine against his will from New York.
•Sixty-seven-year-old Xisen Guo of New York was arrested for Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled drugs and an investigation is still ongoing, according to the Penobscot Sheriff's Office.
Question: What happed to the victims after they told authorities about being abducted and imprisoned at the grows?
Did they get their passports that were confiscated by the gangs back?
What can transnational gangs do with the passports?
Find relatives?
Retaliate?
Silence them?
Nothing to see here, move along.
SISKIYOU COUNTY Sheriff LaRue continues his calls for help from California Agencies such as Department of Cannabis Control, CAL EPA, the Waterboard, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cal OES. Sheriff LaRue has also requested help from the Office of Governor.
•LaRue stated that the State of California has helped a bit, but described it as ancillary.
•LaRue’s request for support from the legislature or executive orders from the Governors office, or additional funding to combat the issues has fallen on deaf ears.
Sheriff LaRue cannot understand why State or Federal Agencies are not responding with the level of support seen previously.
In Siskiyou, illegal grow sites with Trafficked victims are overwhelming the county resources. As soon as one grow is remediated, another one pops up. Siskiyou county efforts have only been able to address 6-8% of the total illegal grow sites each year.
•Trans-national criminal organizations making billions from illegal activity are overwhelming limited resources found in Counties like Siskiyou.
To combat organized crime and Human Trafficking there needs to be a unified effort that leverages State and Federal law enforcement tools to uncover and go after the leaders.
•Are foreign led Chinese Triad Gangs, Mexican Cartels, and alien smuggling networks working together?
California State leadership has essentially said that we need to have strong environmental laws, then refuses to enforce the laws they champion.
The Governors task force came up to Siskiyou County during the summer to help with eradication, but Sheriff LaRue says it was only for a couple of days to serve search warrants, seize $65 Million in marijuana crops, and assist with some site remediation.
•"it's just gotten so out of control"
•"it's an environmental disaster”
“one week in the year … it’s not enough to get anything done," Sheriff LaRue said.
Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up throughout the US not just in Maine.
“Having personal knowledge of how long it takes to investigate, target, litigate, and ultimately deport transnational gang leaders/members is going to take 10-25 years. The Marxist (commonly referred to as progressives) know, understand, and are desperate to achieve their goals as fast as possible. Before the peasants wake up, and revolt en mass.
Shout out to Maine. Are they the only states noticing and doing anything about the problem or it is “classified” by XYZ agency?
All of the following is from the Maine Wire’s reporting which you can find here
https://www.themainewire.com/triad-weed/
Since the Maine Wire started reporting on the locations of this illicit drug trafficking hubs and identifying the owners and operators, law enforcement has increasingly begun to crack down on the criminal operations.
Although more than 200 sites remain operational in rural Maine, here’s a running list of the properties where law enforcement agencies have executed search warrants, arrested drug traffickers, and seized illegally grown cannabis.
[RELATED: Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Brother Helped Transfer Nine-Acre Black Market Cannabis Grow to Chinese National “Mother” Living in Guangdong Province…]
TRIAD WEED
Carmel Bust: June 23, 2023
Over 3,400 marijuana plants and 111 lbs of processed marijuana seized;
Four arrests: Yong Chao Huang, 53; Weihan Huang, 51; LuMing Chen, 51; Jun Zheng Luo;
All four charged with Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana.
Wilton Bust: November 28, 2023
1,311 live marijuana plants, 200 lbs of illegally cultivated dried marijuana seized;
No arrests made public, general manager said the facility was operated by four Asian men who said they were from Calif., Wash., N.Y., and Mass.;
Property (128 Weld Rd., Wilton) owned by Travis Gray Trucking, said he had no knowledge of the grow operation.
Machias Bust: December 14, 2023
2,607 live marijuana plants and more than 100 lbs of processed cannabis seized;
Three arrests: Ming Li, 52, of Machias; Dong Yang Li, 60, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Peng You Phang, 61, of Machias;
All three charged with Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana and Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs;
Property (434 E. Kennebec Rd., Machias) purchased by HBA Properties, Mass.-based company in 2021 — company officers are Fanny Sun, Qiao Yi Wu, Sinh Phat Voong, and Zhan Su.
China Bust: December 30, 2023
970 marijuana plants and “many seedlings” seized;
Three arrests: Changgeng Chen, male, 36; Bing Xu, male, 41; Aiqin Chen, female, 43;
All three charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs;
Property (1144 Route 3, China) purchased by Yuzhen Chen, 41, in October 2023.
Belgrade Bust: January 2, 2024
Two operations, 2,300 live marijuana plants seized;
Two men arrested: Yequan Chen, 44, of Mass.; Lin Min Chan, 66, of Fla.;
Both men charged with Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana and Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs;
First property (24 Guptill Rd., Belgrade) purchased by Ying Ci Mei, 50, of Brooklyn, N.Y., in February 2021;
Second property (130 Point Rd., Belgrade) purchased by Siu Yin Huang, 65, of Uncasville Conn., in Aug. 2021.
Whitefield Bust: January 10, 2024
1,014 plants seized;
No arrests. Police issued an arrest warrant for Xiangming Yi, 61, who fled the scene before police arrived;
Property (34 Clover Lane, Whitefield) purchased by Hongxia Kuang of Brooklyn N.Y. with mortgage originated by Yingchan Weng at Quontic Bank;
Raid carried out by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office.
Cornville Bust: January 17, 2024
750 plants and 90 pounds of processed marijuana seized;
Three arrests: Huansheng Mai, 74; Yuling Mei, 63; Yiming Hu, 68;
All three charged with Illegal Cultivation of Marijuana and Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Chelsea/Whitefield Busts: January 31, 2024
Weihuan Liu, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y.: Arrested during the raid of 91 Jefferson Road. More than 700 plants and 40 lbs of processed marijuana seized;
Huan Ying Li, 57, formerly of NYC. Arrested during the raid of 333 North Howe Road, Whitefield. Nearly 30 pounds of processed marijuana seized. According to Lincoln County property records, Li purchased the property in November 2019;
Zhen Zhong Chen, 45, the property owner of 170 Rockland Road, Jefferson, was arrested at his residence after the seizure of 820 plants;
Ming Da Li, 41, of Brooklyn, N.Y., arrested at 754 Cooper Road, Chelsea, after the seizure of nearly 900 plants. According to property records, the residence was purchased Aug. 2020 by Xinqiao Huang of Brooklyn, N.Y.;
Wan Ting Xiao, 50, of San Gabriel, Calif., arrested at 19 Abby Lane, Whitefield, after the seizure of 2,294 plants and 40 pounds of processed marijuana;
Ding Zhan Liao, 49, of Brooklyn, N.Y., also arrested at 19 Abby Lane;
61-year-old Xiangming Yi fled Whitefield grow and was arrested nearly two weeks later along with Hongxia Kuang, 52, whom he implicated;
Total: 6,600 marijuana plants seized. Eight arrests.
Turner Bust: January 31, 2024
2,500 plants seized;
Police responded after the fire department was called when neighbors believed they saw a large amount of smoke coming from the property, which firefighters believed was actually steam coming as a biproduct of marijuana cultivation;
No arrests;
Property (2509 Auburn Rd., Turner) owned by Liming Yu, 27, of Quincy Mass.;
In 2023, Chaoming Lei claimed to be the owner of the property and requested upgrades of the electrical system;
Raid carried out by the Androscoggin Sheriff’s Department.
Norridgewock Bust: February 8, 2024
2,000 plants and 10 lbs of cultivated marijuana seized along with a 2016 Ford Transit and other, unspecified drug paraphernalia;
No arrests;
Property located on Riverside Dr. Norridgewock;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Corinna Bust: February 9, 2024
3,770 plants seized;
No arrests;
Neighbors were pressured to sell their properties by the criminals operating the grow;
Property (9 St. Albans Rd., Corinna) purchased by 336 Apex LLC, a company owned by Wen Hui Li, who also owns other properties in Maine;
Raid carried out by the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department.
Mercer Bust: February 9, 2024
553 Plants and an unspecified amount of dried marijuana seized;
No arrests;
Property (204 Rome Rd., Mercer) Yong Yuan Wu, 43, of Brooklyn, using a Quontic Bank mortgage originated by Ying-Chan Weng;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Sangerville/Guilford Bust: February 9, 2024
2,200 plants seized;
One male arrested, police did not reveal his name;
First Property (8 Manhanock Pond Rd., Sangerville) purchased by N.Y. based 934 Real Property, LLC, owned by in Chi Xu, 53, and Xing Xiu Guan, 56;
Second Property (522 Water St., Guilford) owned by Yuanwei Huang, 39, of Quincy, Mass. who purchased it in cash;
Two Warrants were also executed on North Dexter Rd., Sangerville, which was subject to a later bust;
Raid Carried out by the Piscataquis Sheriff’s Department.
Norridgewock Bust: February 14, 2024
1,310 Plants and an unspecified amount of cultivated marijuana seized;
One arrested: Zunjie Wu, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y. was charged with Cultivation of Marijuana and Trafficking Scheduled Drugs;
Property (108 Betterment Rd., Norridgewock) owned by Tiffany Zhu, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, who also owns a property on Round Top Road in Bingham;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Passadumkeag Bust: February 22, 2024
40 lbs of processed marijuana seized, and an unspecified number of live plants, along with $4,700 in cash and a small amount of methamphetamine;
One arrest: Xisen Guo, 67, of N.Y.’ police also detained two other men, but released them for unspecified reasons;
Operators buried waste from the operation near local pond;
Guo charged with Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled drugs;
Property located at 549 Main Rd., Passadumkeag;
Raid carried out by the Penobscott Sheriff’s Department.
Madison Bust: February 22, 2024
1,476 plants and an unspecified amount of processed marijuana seized;
No arrests;
Property located on East Madison Rd., Madison;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department in conjunction with numerous state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Madison Bust: February 26, 2024
449 plants and 52 lbs of processed marijuana seized;
No arrests;
Property (22 Foss Rd., Madison) owned by the N.Y. based 22 Foss Inc. which is registered to Qing Chan Zhu, 41, of Brooklyn;
Police found an abused dog at the property and sent it to the Madison Animal Welfare Office;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department with aid from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Border Patrol agents.
Sangerville Bust: February 29, 2024
2,200 plants and 100 lbs of processed marijuana seized;
No arrests were made;
Property located on North Dexter Rd., Sangerville;
Raid carried out by the Piscataquis Sheriff’s Department with support from two local police departments, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP), and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and Sangerville Animal Control.
Skowhegan Bust: March 1, 2024
4,760 plants along with $7,000 in cash and a 2022 Toyota Tacoma;
Three arrests: Yao Bin Cheng, age 61, Ying Xia Liao, age 59, and Xi Qiang Zhao, 56, all of Brooklyn, N.Y. All three were charged with Unlawful Trafficking of Scheduled Drugs and Cultivation of Marijuana;
All three were issued $10,000 bails, and given a court date in June;
Property on Waterville Rd, Skowhegan;
Raid carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Guilford/Abbot Bust: March 7, 2024
2,580 plants and 52 lbs of processed marijuana seized along with a 2015 Audi SUV and $11,280 in cash;
One arrest: Jing Kang Zhu of N.Y.;
First Property located on Glass Hill Rd., Guilford;
Second Property (9 Bates Rd., Abbot) purchased by Steven Chen of Edison, N.J. and transfered to the N.Y. corporation 9 Bates Inc., owned by Yong Qiang Chen of Brooklyn N.Y.;
Raid carried out by the Piscataquis Sheriff’s Department with support from two local police departments, the DHS, OCP, and DEA.
Madison/Norridgewock Bust: March 25, 2024
900 plants and 30 lbs of processed marijuana seized along with $39,000 in cash, a 2022 Toyota SUV, and various drug paraphenalia;
Jiamin Liao, 29, was arrested and charged with Unlawful Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs, but almost immediately posted the $10,000 cash bail and was released;
First Property (107 Perkins St., Norridgewock) raided on March 18, owned by Patrick Yam of East Elmhurst, N.Y. with a mortgage from Quotonic Bank;
Second Property (114 Upper Main St, Norridgewock) owned by Liao who purchased the property with cash;
Third Property (571 Thurston Hill Rd., Madison) also owned by Liao who listed a N.Y. address on the deed but a California address on the mortgage papers;
Raids carried out by the Somerset Sheriff’s Department.
Totals:
43,632 plants and 895 lbs of dried marijuana seized along with $61,980 in cash and
31 arrests, although many have been released on bail;
31 properties raided.
In many cases, the Chinese nationals arrested in connection with the grow sites are released when their colleagues pay the relatively low cash bails set for their release.
The criminals then fail to appear for their court dates and are free to return to their illegal activities.
Currently, only one person has faced federal charges in connection with the illegal operation which has infiltrated rural Maine.
[RELATED: TRIAD WEED: First Chinese National Faces Federal Charges for Weed Operation in Maine…]
67-year-old Xisen Gou, arrested during a February raid on a grow site in Passadumkeag, is currently being held without bail and faces federal drug trafficking charges.
Gangsters, Money And Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market
Eurasia has to do the reporting for US reporters, Really?
– Analysis: Source: https://www.eurasiareview.com/25042024-gangsters-money-and-murder-how-chinese-organized-crime-is-dominating-americas-illegal-marijuana-market-analysis/
https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/squad-calls-reductions-us-customs-and-border-patrol-budget-0
Any Means Necessary - By Any Policy Necessary - By Any Lie Necessary
Defund the police (but fund our security with your tax dollars)
Defund the Border Patrol and Open the Borders (but not in our neighborhoods)
Bicycles for All (except us)
May 2024: The rate of assaults on U.S. law enforcement officers reached a 10-year high last year, with 79,000 attacks on officers recorded, according to national FBI data released Tuesday.
Sixty officers nationwide were killed last year — one fewer slain officer than the previous year — but
according to the “FBIs” Law Enforcement Killed and Assaulted data collection.
May 2024: The House passed a resolution condemning violence against law enforcement and calls to defund the police on Friday, with 61 Democrats voting against the measure.
Comufornia
Nanette Barragán (D-CA) - 44th District (parts of Los Angeles)
Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) - 29th District (parts of Los Angeles)
Judy Chu (D-CA) - 28th District (parts of Los Angeles)
Lou Correa (D-CA) - 46th District (parts of Orange County)
Jared Huffman (D-CA) - 2nd District (North Coast)
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) - 37th District (parts of Los Angeles)
Barbara Lee (D-CA) - 12th District (Oakland)
Ted Lieu (D-CA) - 33rd District (Los Angeles)
Katie Porter (D-CA) - 47th District (Irvine)
Mark Takano (D-CA) - 39th District (Riverside)
Maxine Waters (D-CA) - 43rd District (parts of Los Angeles)
John Garamendi (D-CA) - 8th District (Sacramento Valley)
Robert Garcia (D-CA) - 42nd District (Long Beach)
Colorado
Diana DeGette (D-CO) - 1st District (Denver)
Florida
Maxwell Frost (D-FL) - 10th District (Orlando)
Georgia
Hank Johnson (D-GA) - 4th District (parts of Atlanta metro area)
Nikema Williams (D-GA) - 5th District (Atlanta)
Illinois
Sean Casten (D-IL) - 6th District (Chicago suburbs)
Jesús "Chuy" García (D-IL) - 4th District (Chicago)
Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) - 1st District (Chicago)
Delia Ramirez (D-IL) - 3rd District (Chicago)
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) - 9th District (Chicago)
Lauren Underwood (D-IL) - 14th District (Chicago suburbs)
Indiana
André Carson (D-IN) - 7th District (Indianapolis)
Kentucky
Morgan McGarvey (D-KY) - 3rd District (Louisville)
Maryland
John Sarbanes (D-MD) - 3rd District (Annapolis)
Glenn Ivey (D-MD) - 4th District (Prince George's County)
Massachusetts
Katherine Clark (D-MA) - 5th District (Greater Boston area)
Jim McGovern (D-MA) - 2nd District (Worcester)
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Richard Neal (D-MA) - 1st District (Springfield)
Michigan
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Minnesota
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New Jersey
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) - 12th District (Trenton)
New Mexico
Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) - 1st District (Albuquerque)
New York
Yvette Clarke (D-NY) - 9th District (Brooklyn)
Daniel Goldman (D-NY) - 10th District (Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn)
Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) - 7th District (Brooklyn and Manhattan)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) - 14th District (Bronx and Queens)
Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) - 16th District (Bronx and Westchester County)
Jerry Nadler (D-NY) - 12th District (Manhattan)
Oregon
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) - 1st District (Portland)
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) - 3rd District (Portland)
Pennsylvania
Summer Lee (D-PA) - 12th District (Pittsburgh)
Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) - 5th District (Philadelphia)
Texas
Greg Casar (D-TX) - 35th District (Austin)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) - 37th District (Austin)
Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) - 29th District (Houston)
Al Green (D-TX) - 9th District (Houston)
Vermont
Becca Balint (D-VT) - At-large (statewide)
Virginia
Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) - 4th District (Richmond)
Bobby Scott (D-VA) - 3rd District (Newport News)
Washington
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) - 7th District (Seattle)
Wisconsin
Gwen Moore (D-WI) - 4th District (Milwaukee)
Mark Pocan (D-WI) - 2nd District (Madison)
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