China Desk: Interview with ICAIE’s John Cassara

China Desk (Federal Newswire) June 2023 Interview with ICAIE’s John Cassara on his new book China – Specified Unlawful Activities: CCP Inc., Transnational Crime and Money Laundering. Cassara is an expert in anti-money laundering and counter-terror finance, with special expertise in money laundering in the Middle East and the growing threat of alternative remittance systems and forms of trade-based money laundering and value transfer. A 26-year veteran of the federal government intelligence and law enforcement communities, he is an industry advisor for SAS, as well as author and co-author of numerous articles and books. Find the China Desk Interview with John Cassara here.

The book examines the 12 categories of CCP Inc.’s multi-trillion dollar criminal activities, as well as exposing money laundering methodologies with “Chinese characteristics,” CCP Inc. mercantilism and corrosive capital, and various pernicious enablers.  Cassara puts it all together and explains the convergence.  The totality of CCP Inc.’s transnational criminality and money laundering is truly staggering. And it impacts all of us.  Combining facts, straight-forward explanations, case studies, as well as the author’s personal experiences, views and commentary, this book is valuable to the public and private sectors, the financial intelligence community, law enforcement, policy makers, as well as students and concerned citizens. 

John Cassara also recently testified in the U.S. Congress on “Follow the Money: The CCP’s Business Model Fueling the Fentanyl Crisis” before the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions.