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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facts</span></a> have lost all meaning</p><p>Via Marisa Kabas</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> plans to issue an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> designating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a> as a "Weapon of Mass Destruction," per copy of EO reviewed by Kabas. Source at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> speculates purpose is to designate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> orgs/justify <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> ops in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> / <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMD</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insanity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order-draft-scoop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fenta</span><span class="invisible">nyl-weapon-of-mass-destruction-executive-order-draft-scoop</span></a></p>
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<p>Hundreds of Shoes, Personal Items and a List of Victims Found In Cartel Crematorium in Mexico</p><p>Among some of the most disturbing items found during the search was a letter written by one of the victims that read: "My love, if I do not return, I want you to remember how much I love you"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DrugTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.latintimes.com/hundreds-shoes-personal-items-list-victims-found-cartel-crematorium-mexico-578008" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latintimes.com/hundreds-shoes-</span><span class="invisible">personal-items-list-victims-found-cartel-crematorium-mexico-578008</span></a></p>
MissConstrue<p>Ok y’all, we’ve talked about stock market manipulation and we’ve talked about crypto fraud and the First Crime Family, but have we talked about Howard Lutnick and how money managed by the chair of Trump's transition team keeps showing up in the hands of drug cartels, terrorists, and fraudsters?</p><p>The Cryptocalypse Chronicles has a multi post series, of which part two is a "follow the money" deep dive into how Howard Lutnick manages roughly $100 billion for <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>, and does business with gangs and sanctioned individuals and nations like Hamas, North Korea and Iran, and funds <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/pigButchering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pigButchering</span></a> scams and illegal weapons and drug trades. </p><p>
<a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cantorfitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cantorfitzgerald</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/SBF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SBF</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/trumps-transition-team-is-tethered" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-transition-team-is-tethered</span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>If Mexico is responsible, as the White House argues, for drugs and migrants crossing the border into the United States, do U.S. arms manufacturers bear responsibility for the guns going the other way? Mexico is telling the Supreme Court yes. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexico</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2025/0304/mexico-gun-border-cartel-supreme-court?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2</span><span class="invisible">025/0304/mexico-gun-border-cartel-supreme-court?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into The American Story <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/the-american-story-u1nco3brz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the-american-story-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p>Lawyers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> argue that US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunManufacturers</span></a> &amp; gun dealers are complicit in what they call an “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IronRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronRiver</span></a>” of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a> pouring into the country &amp; arming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a>. They point to strict controls on gun purchases in Mexico, where civilians are not allowed to purchase the types of rapid-fire, powerful military-style weapons favored by the cartels, as evidence that as many as half a million firearms are smuggled from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> into Mexico each year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has cited <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DrugTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrafficking</span></a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> as one of the factors driving the… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>. His admin has taken a number of steps to push back on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a>, including designating 7 of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> groups as foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> organizations. That move could result in penalties, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> charges, for companies found to be entangled w/the cartels, but it has also raised concerns from the Mexican govt of a potential violation of Mexico’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is proposing constitutional reforms to tackle gun smuggling by foreign citizens. Read more from @Axios@flipboard.com<br><a href="https://flip.it/vILetP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/vILetP</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Sheinbaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheinbaum</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/CentralAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartels</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LowIQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowIQ</span></a> Trumpsters can't understand why <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> won't "cooperate" with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeneralDumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralDumbass</span></a> and just declare the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> "terrorist organizations". "Is she *protecting* the cartels?"</p><p>No. It's b/c Pres. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sheinbaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheinbaum</span></a> KNOWS that if she declares the cartels to be "terrorists", that will give <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeHitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeHitler</span></a> the right to send *the U.S. Military* into Mexico to go after them.</p><p>She's onto him.</p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> maybe worth noting that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Herbalife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herbalife</span></a> is also a huge money laundering vector for the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a>... This is what <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BillAckman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillAckman</span></a> missed with his famous short.</p><p>think about it: it's a cash business. you, a cartel member, have $10,000 you just got selling <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fentanyal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyal</span></a> that you need to launder. you can order $3,000 of Herbalife shakes, dump them in the garbage, and claim you sold them for cash to your friends and family for $10,000.</p><p>voila: $7,000 in clean money.</p><p>(I suspect it's the same for Amway and others; just don't know as much about it.)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113873857688221729" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/113873857688221729</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HLF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLM</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLMs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>profit per employee comparison of:</p><p>- <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a><br>- <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nvidia</span></a><br>- <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GoldmanSachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldmanSachs</span></a><br>- <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a><br>- <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a></p><p>shows very clearly how profitable it can be to run a noncompliant bank / money laundry for terrorists, drug lords, and rogue nuclear states that derives 100% of its income from the government teat (especially when you put the owners of that noncompliant bank / money laundry in the White House and let them write their own financial regulations).</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sanctionsevasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctionsevasion</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iran</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/northKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northKorea</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/howardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>howardLutnick</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cantorfitzgerald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cantorfitzgerald</span></a></p>
tanya tussing<p>The US post- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> " <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freemarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freemarket</span></a> ": </p><p>"As <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopolies</span></a> took over our economy, most government regulators were neutered and captured." </p><p>"This is what changed: the collapse of market, government, and labor constraints, and IP law's criminalization of disenshittifying, interoperable add-ons."</p><p>-- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/cap</span><span class="invisible">italist-unrealism/#praxis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliEcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliEcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Am i the only one who sees a pretty obvious contradiction here?</p><p>The War On Some Fun Drugs is an absolute farce.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mexicanCartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexicanCartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AML</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RossUlbricht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RossUlbricht</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SilkRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilkRoad</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/pardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarian</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TheWarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>North Koreans working with and pretending to be Mexican I.T. workers was not really on my bingo card for 2025.</p><p><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25502987-us-v-jin-sung-il-aka-richard-steward-aka-stewart-conn-aka-kelsey-bane-pedro-ernesto-alonso-de-los-reyes-erick-ntekereze-prince-pak-jin-song-emanuel-ashtor-erick-ntekereze-prince-emanuel-ashtor-aka-ndagijimana-emmanuel-nsd_25105/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/25</span><span class="invisible">502987-us-v-jin-sung-il-aka-richard-steward-aka-stewart-conn-aka-kelsey-bane-pedro-ernesto-alonso-de-los-reyes-erick-ntekereze-prince-pak-jin-song-emanuel-ashtor-erick-ntekereze-prince-emanuel-ashtor-aka-ndagijimana-emmanuel-nsd_25105/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DPRK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DPRK</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>reminder that <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Herbalife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herbalife</span></a> is widely used for mexican cartel money laundering and the CEO is a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporter... suspect we're about to see a lot of "selective enforcement" of whatever this "terrorist" designation means.</p><p>the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> is a factory. the product it makes is <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>. productivity is about to soar.</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5269692/what-happens-when-mexican-drug-cartels-are-classified-as-terrorist-organizations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-52696</span><span class="invisible">92/what-happens-when-mexican-drug-cartels-are-classified-as-terrorist-organizations</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mexicanCartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mexicanCartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fentanyl</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HLF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HLF</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>i see the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> has made their token arrest of an underling for the massive amount of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> facilitated by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TDBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TDBank</span></a>, whose corporate personhood was allowed to plead guilty to the same crime without anyone actually being arrested.</p><p><a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/td-bank-insider-arrested-and-charged-facilitating-money-laundering" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">justice.gov/opa/pr/td-bank-ins</span><span class="invisible">ider-arrested-and-charged-facilitating-money-laundering</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/warondrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warondrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugcartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugcartels</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Wired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wired</span></a> reporting on today's <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a> (and thus Trump cabinet and transition team) related Russian / Mexican drug cartel related <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> arrests. There's a national security angle (among many angles).</p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/Glyue" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Glyue</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartel</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WaronDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaronDrugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Baltics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>It's always <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tether</span></a>. </p><p>"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺-𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 — 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘜𝘚𝘋 𝘛𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 — 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘓𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘊𝘈 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦."</p><p>The money discussed here is managed by the chairman of the Trump transition team and future American Secretary of Commerce.</p><p><a href="https://therecord.media/russian-money-laundering-networks-trafficking-cybercrime-kremlin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/russian-money-</span><span class="invisible">laundering-networks-trafficking-cybercrime-kremlin</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Vlad%C3%ADmirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladímirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cocaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cocaine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Garantex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Garantex</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EkatarinaZhdanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EkatarinaZhdanova</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/2024Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2024Election</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 Monopoly Menace: The Rise and Fall of Cartel Capitalism in Western Europe, 1918–1957</p><p>"I show how governments of all ideological stripes—from liberal Britain to New Deal America, social-democratic Belgium, Third Republic France, Peronist Argentina, fascist Italy and Japan, and Nazi Germany—all began mandating cartelization in hopes that business cooperation on prices and production could cure the Great Depression’s dislocations."</p><p>Hewitt, L. (2024) ‘Monopoly Menace: The Rise and Fall of Cartel Capitalism in Western Europe, 1918–1957’, Enterprise &amp; Society, pp. 1–23. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/eso.2024.38" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.1017/eso.2024.38</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartels</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/WorldWarII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWarII</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/WorldWar2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWar2</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/GreatDepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatDepression</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academics</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
R. Scott Pert<p>Colombia's Cocaine Production Reaches Unprecedented Heights in 2023</p><p>&gt; Colombia’s cocaine production soared to new heights in 2023, setting alarming records. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported a staggering 2,664 tons of pure cocaine hydrochloride produced.<br> <a href="https://www.riotimesonline.com/colombias-cocaine-production-reaches-unprecedented-heights-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">riotimesonline.com/colombias-c</span><span class="invisible">ocaine-production-reaches-unprecedented-heights-in-2023/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colombia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cocaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cocaine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/narcotrafficicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcotrafficicing</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>Just in case you were wondering why yes, there is a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> angle to the massive <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TDBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TDBank</span></a> money laundering scandal. </p><p>Turns out a big chunk of the fines levied by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FinCen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinCen</span></a> for the massive drug money laundering facilitated by TD Bank was because "over $420 million [sent] to a financial institution offering cryptocurrency services in the high-risk jurisdiction of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colombia</span></a>."</p><p>Curious if anyone has any guesses as to what crypto company that is or was.</p><p>edit: my current guess is that the crypto company is <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kado</span></a>, a Colombian company that trades crypto for cash and prepaid debit cards and uses <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FortressTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortressTrust</span></a> (FKA <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PrimeTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimeTrust</span></a>, a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> company long rumoured to be connected to the italian mafia), to do (probably fake) KYC/AML.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugcartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugcartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/stockmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stockmarket</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/canadapol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadapol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/canadianpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canadianpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USDT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDT</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/drugcartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugcartels</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/organizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizedCrime</span></a></p>