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Chinese money launderers are facilitating the fentanyl epidemic and helping international drug traffickers, like Mexican cartels and the Italian mafia, launder the proceeds of crime. The FT investigates the connection between capital flight from China and global organised crime #moneylaundering #drugtrafficking #crime #china #organisedcrime #drugtrade #fentanyl #crime 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - The rise of Chinese money brokers 03:06 - Fentanyl epidemic 04:51 - Ray Donovan 07:05 - All roads lead to Flushing 11:40 - Chinese money laundering goes global 12:32 - Italian mafias 13:46 - Ndrangheta 14:26 - Port of Gioia Tauro 16:26 - Illegal money collection centres 18:40 - Vanishing remittances 21:12 - Fentanyl deaths 25:07 - Project Sleeping Giants 27:35 - Xizhi Li 29:54 - Renewed cooperation with China 31:25 - Rise of triads 32:17 - Capital flight See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► Check out our Community tab for more stories: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes/community ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes'