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Chinese organized crime groups infiltrate Oklahoma’s marijuana industry, engage in human trafficking: report

 

By Roberto Wakerell-Cruz

 

Senator James Lankford, R-Okla., warns that Chinese criminal organizations are buying up land in the state and using it to produce illegal drugs. 

Chinese criminal gangs are turning Oklahoma into a violent crime hub as they take advantage of cheap land and relaxed growing requirements, according to authorities.

The state now has 6,300 licensed marijuana grow farms, but almost half of them are under investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics for possible links to illegal black-market sales, NewsNation reports.

Recently, one operation in Ottaway County was raided and authorities seized over 26,000 plants and 900 pounds of processed marijuana, with an estimated street value of $24 million.

These illegal operations also appear to be linked to human trafficking and prostitution on a large scale, with Jian Lin and Jianfa Zhou arrested for running an illegal grow operation and sex trafficking undocumented Asian women…

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