US senators warn of China-cartel links forming a global ‘Silk Road of Crime’

Dec 9, 2025 | INVESTING

Lawmakers from both parties are warning that Chinese criminal groups have helped build what officials call a “Silk Road of Crime”, a global network that launders Latin American cartel profits and supplies the chemicals used to make fentanyl bound for the United States.
At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, members of the Caucus on International Narcotics Control said Chinese money brokers and Latin American cartels have merged their operations into a system that blurs the line between trade and…

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