Untangling front companies common to CCP influence against the Trudeau Foundation, Hunter Biden and United Nations leaders.

The Bureau podcast: Canadian investigative journalist Sam Cooper joins Jason James (of Brave New Normal) to unpack a “Russian doll” of organized crime, corruption and political influence bankrolled and directed by the Chinese Communist Party.

In one episode after another, The Bureau’s Sam Cooper uncovers the story of our times to expose a web of harm — from fentanyl addiction to high-level influence operations — aimed at undermining Western centers of power and their citizens to advance the global ambitions of China’s Communist regime. 

Cooper’s exhaustive and groundbreaking research reveals a long-term, strategic effort by the CCP to influence and corrupt politicians and elites around the world, including political figures and their families in the United States and Canada. The Party-state’s influence operations go as far back as the 1980s and are alleged to extend beyond North America to international organizations, including the United Nations, as well as political groups and movements worldwide. 

According to Cooper, the CCP has developed the largest “illicit financial crime network in the world,” utilizing global criminals “wittingly” to move money, arms and drugs, as well as human traffic, through front-facing organizations for the CCP, including shipping companies with port facilities in Mexico and Vancouver where the bulk of fentanyl precursors flooding the North American market enter.

The involvement of international crime figures and rackets, and their co-option by the CCP, is a deliberate strategy to blend legal and illegal activities in order to create a murky landscape where the distinction between state-sanctioned actions and criminal enterprises is blurred, says Cooper. This aligns to the concept of “CCP Inc.,” which suggests that the CCP operates as a unified entity with economic, political, and military interests that are not easily disentangled. 

To listen and view the full podcast, follow the link here to The Bureau.

Previous podcasts are available here.