Beijing is fueling the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the United States through a sophisticated web involving drug cartels, loan sharks, and foreign casinos, said investigative journalist and author Sam Cooper. How Chinese money was funneled through such a web was described by Cooper as the “Vancouver model” in his book “Wilful Blindness: How a Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West,” based on his investigations into crime networks in cities including Toronto and Vancouver. Now, in a recent interview with EpochTV’s “Crossroads” program, Cooper said Chinese organized crimes “have become the major movers of financial crime money around the world,” as the model can be found in major U.S. cities. “We can say that in cities like Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and others, I can see the very same underground banking, Vancouver model activity,” Cooper said, where drug money …