Agent Brian Clark still remembers a breakthrough case a decade ago.
His team at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested a Chinese money launderer at a U.S. airport where the individual had a layover.
The person had coordinated money pickups and drop-offs for the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. Mexican law enforcement identified him while he had lunch with a cartel leader in the country. The two of them discussed a then-recent DEA seizure of cash in New York.
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The Chinese money launderer later cooperated with law enforcement and provided extensive information about how the laundering operation worked….