Researching and writing this book has been eye opening. In sum, I am staggered by the totality of CCP Inc. criminality, Chinese-centric money laundering methodologies, and whole-of-society enablers.
I use a law enforcement prism to peel back the PRC’s hidden involvement in the global illicit economy. The book begins with Part I’s exploration of China’s involvement in the top 12 categories of transnational crime or specified unlawful activities for money laundering. They include Counterfeit Goods; Narcotics; Intellectual Property Theft and Trade Secrets; Human Trafficking; Wildlife Trafficking; Illegal Logging; Illegal Fishing; Illicit Tobacco; Trade Fraud; Arms Trafficking and WMD Proliferation; and Organ Harvesting. CCP Inc.’s involvement in the above SUAs total approximately $2 trillion a year or roughly half of the money laundered globally. Part II covers China-centric money laundering methodologies including Flying Money; Black Market Exchanges; Chinese Underground Banking Systems; Capital Flight; Gambling; Real Estate; and Offshores and Secrecy Jurisdictions. Part III covers Chinese corruption (also a SUA) and details how it is exported abroad via mercantilism, corrosive capital/predatory lending, and its Belt and Road Initiative. Part IV discusses a few important enablers such as Chinese Organized Crime; Espionage; Social Monitoring, a Cashless Society, the Rise of a Chinese National Digital Currency; Free Trade Zones; the lack of Enforcement and AML Compliance; Communism and Immorality; and the Complicit West.
I conclude the book with some final thoughts and recommendations.
I would like to thank David Luna of International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) for writing the foreword.
As I make clear in the Introduction, this book is not about bashing China, Chinese, or Asians. This book is about the CCP’s involvement in criminality. The Chinese people themselves are primary victims.
I hope you find the book insightful. Let me know.