What about Apple and Tim Cook?
- Apple threatened to remove Facebook from its App Store after a report about an online slave market.
Category Archives: Drug Cartels
6500 Felons Go Free, DA’s Refuse to Prosecute
Primer:
The White House on Thursday proposed removing certain penalties associated with trafficking of fentanyl-related substances (FRS), prompting criticism that it would weaken illicit drug enforcement.
President Biden and former President Trump temporarily placed FRS under schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Thursday’s proposal would make that change permanent while removing certain quantity-based mandatory minimums.
In a letter to Senate leaders reviewed by Fox News, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) described the plan as the result of collaboration with the Justice Department (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Heartless, Biden Admin Closes Office that Helps Victims of Crimes
In full disclosure, I personally have met several of the victims in recent years in Washington DC.
Biden admin closes office that helps victims of crimes committed by immigrants, opens immigrant services center
On Friday, the Biden administration announced that it would be closing a government office set up to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants, to be replaced with an office aiding in immigration services, according to the Associated Press.
VP Harris Trip Results in Joint Task Force Alpha
In part from USA Today: GUATEMALA CITY – Vice President Kamala Harris, during a trip to Guatemala, announced initiatives Monday to address corruption and human trafficking in Central America and urged people from the region not to come to the U.S.-Mexican border. Harris announced that a task force would be created to work with the Justice, Treasury and State Departments to investigate corruption in the region. U.S. officials will train law enforcement in Guatemala to conduct their own investigations.
The Under Reported Threat to the US of Smuggling Chinese
We have watched for years the chaos at the U.S. Southern border with Mexico. While there is has been a single focus on Latin Americans crossing into the United States, very little has been reported about the volume of Chinese. This should stimulate some critical thinking and questions.
Is this espionage, operatives or the building of a force for other reasons? In February of 2020, NBC News was asking some of the same questions.