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2023-08-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

There are 270 suspected Chinese illegal marijuana grow operations in Maine worth an estimated $4.37 billion-Linked to Money Laundering For The Mexican Cartels

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 When you use banking laws to limit suspected illegal businesses from dealing with legal ones, they start to deal with each other. Always been true.
They will even deal with competitors to to move goods and services. This is sometimes know as a "gang war".

Posted by ed in texas 2023-08-18 08:57|| 2023-08-18 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Legitimate banks want that sweet, sweet crime gelt. They just want "qualified immunity" for handling it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-18 08:59|| 2023-08-18 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 That’s a pretty abbreviated growing season.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-18 09:56|| 2023-08-18 09:56|| Front Page Top

#4 ^Why Oprah's buying Maui.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-08-18 10:25|| 2023-08-18 10:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Holy Crap Skid, that just gobsmacked me as true when I read it! BFO once you think about it.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-18 11:32|| 2023-08-18 11:32|| Front Page Top

#6 TIL: Asylum Status trumps convictions of non-citizen illegal marijuana cultivations.

"or asylum claims that prevent them from being removed from the country tend to operate such grows"

Posted by mossomo 2023-08-18 12:42|| 2023-08-18 12:42|| Front Page Top

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