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Recent news about seizures of tons of Pangolin scales, dozens of rhino horns and this depressing display of elephant body parts make you wonder how rapacious and vast the Chinese demand is for poached wildlife.
Rhino horns...bbc.com/news/world-asi…
Pangolin scales. cnn.com/2019/04/08/asi…
Toucans, conch shells and who knows what else are featured in this clip. China promotes it's crack downs in videos but doesn't mention their stripping and smuggling of resources worldwide. Everything from lumber to humans are smuggled by Chinese nationals.
China also smuggles out everything from money to...well, one million pounds of smuggled pork. All part of to trying to figure out exactly how much legal vs illegal trade occurs. China is just one of the more visible examples but it is a "pull" industry, agweb.com/article/feds-s…
Smuggling moves goods to the highest profit. The cost of smuggling drugs to humans rises as demand or cost increases. Often corrupting entire institutions as the economic benefit dwarfs salaries and encourages risk taking nytimes.com/interactive/20…
The recent bust in Maryland show us that even highly secure facilities with 24/7 scrutiny in first world nations are easily corrupted with both smuggling and bribery becoming common place. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
I see all the hallmarks and signs of corruption in the Trump administration. We appear to be a nation run by a family mafia, hiring on loyalty, bending or ignoring the laws, enriching themselves, befriending dictators, pursuing corrupt agendas and defensive against transparency.
