We have over $50 million in drug proceeds laundered through this investigation.

通過這次調查，我們掌握了 5000 多萬美元的毒品收益。

Following a multi year effort by U.

經過多年的努力，U.

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Officials, the Department of Justice announcing charges against 24 people accused of being connected to the cartel.

司法部官員宣佈對被控與卡特爾有關聯的 24 人提出指控。

The cartels and Chinese money laundering groups with partnering together to perpetuate a cycle of destruction in this country.

卡特爾和中國洗錢集團合作，使這個國家的毀滅循環永久化。

The investigation, dubbed Operation Fortune Runner, uncovered how 45 year old Edgar Joel Martinez Reyes allegedly ran the sophisticated network suspects, some of them Chinese collected backs of cash from cartel associates in the Los Angeles area.

這項調查被稱為 "財富流竄者行動"，揭露了 45 歲的埃德加-喬爾-馬丁內斯-雷耶斯（Edgar Joel Martinez Reyes）如何經營這個複雜的網絡。

That cash was then deposited into a Chinese bank controlled by a money laundering broker.

這些現金隨後被存入一家由洗錢中介控制的中國銀行。

Investigators say the broker then used that money to purchase goods in China, including precursor chemicals used to make both meth and fentanyl.

調查人員稱，該經紀人隨後用這筆錢在中國購買商品，包括用於製造安非他命和芬太尼的前體化學品。

Chinese associates would then send those purchase goods to Mexico, where they were sold or chemicals further processed into drugs.

然後，中國同夥會將這些購買的貨物運往墨西哥，在那裡出售或將化學品進一步加工成毒品。

The cash from both eventually ended up in the hands of the cartel to pay for smuggling drugs to the United States.

這兩筆交易的現金最終落入販毒集團之手，用於支付向美國走私毒品的費用。

Martinez Reyes attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

馬丁內斯-雷耶斯的律師沒有立即迴應置評請求。

Federal authorities credit China with cooperating with the investigation to make arrests, but Chinese officials still question the extent of their country's involvement.

聯邦當局認為中國配合了調查並實施了逮捕，但中國官員仍然質疑中國的參與程度。

The fentanyl problem is rooted in the U.

芬太尼問題的根源在於美國。

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它自己

Officials say the U.

官員們說，U.

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Fentanyl crisis started from over prescription and developed due to many complicated factors.

芬太尼危機起因於過度處方，發展過程中存在許多複雜因素。

This is not the first time we're seeing ties between China and these criminal organizations have such a desire for U.

這並不是我們第一次看到中國與這些犯罪組織之間的聯繫，它們對美國有如此強烈的願望。

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Dollars in cash that they're getting into a variety of criminal enterprises to create that cash.

美元的現金，他們進入各種犯罪企業來創造這些現金。

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Treasury official told her own Jacob Sober off the Chinese criminal organizations than launder money from cartel meth, fentanyl and other drugs through cash loans sometimes given to unsuspecting Chinese nationals.

財政部官員告訴她自己的雅各布-甦醒（Jacob Sober），中國的犯罪組織通過向毫無戒心的中國公民提供現金貸款，為販毒集團的安非他命、芬太尼和其他毒品洗錢。

By working together, they've been able to get billions, if not into the United States, and they've been able to use a synthetic drug trade to do it.

通過合作，他們已經獲得了數十億美元的資金，甚至流入了美國，他們還利用合成毒品貿易來達到這一目的。

A transcontinental web of crime now coming into focus, but far from being solved.

一張橫跨大陸的犯罪網絡正在逐漸浮出水面，但卻遠未破案。

And Morgan joins us now from Los Angeles.

摩根正在洛杉磯與我們連線。

Morgan, you mentioned authorities have charged 24 individuals in all.

摩根，你提到當局總共指控了 24 人。

Do we have any idea if they are in custody tonight?

我們知道他們今晚是否被拘留了嗎？

Yeah, Allison, it appears authorities are not wasting any time here whatsoever of those 24 that were indicted.

是的，艾莉森，看來當局沒有浪費任何時間 在這24個被起訴的人中。

We know that 22 are already in custody.

我們知道已有 22 人被拘留。

One of them was brought into custody in China back in May.

其中一人於今年 5 月在中國被拘留。

Another track down in Mexico just last week.

就在上週，墨西哥又發生了一起交通事故。

Thanks for watching.

感謝觀看。

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通過 NBC News 應用程序或在社交媒體上關注我們，隨時瞭解最新突發新聞和熱門故事。