Nightly News Films: Captives of Cannabis Part II

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3.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff takes an in-depth look into the illegal marijuana industry across the U.S. and its potential ties to international organized crime and human trafficking. The report follows Jacob’s year-long “Captives of Cannabis” investigation.

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0:00.0	Tonight, a rare look inside a vast and sophisticated criminal network, harvesting illegal marijuana, and using vulnerable migrants to do it.
0:11.0	You haven't been paid.
0:12.0	Yeah.
0:13.0	We travel to the heart of where these victims are being recruited.
0:16.0	They came from here.
0:17.0	Yeah.
0:18.0	And uncover a shocking scheme bringing together two giants of the criminal world.
0:22.0	Hey, Sinaloa Cartel, let me introduce you to Chinese organized crime.
0:26.0	I'm Jacob Soberov.
0:28.0	This is captives of cannabis for two, mass murder, migrants, and money laundering.
0:36.0	Body.
0:37.0	Body.
0:38.0	Multiple bodies.
0:39.0	A shocking scene in rural Oklahoma.
0:42.0	Are there other people inside?
0:44.0	Yeah.
0:45.0	Okay.
0:46.0	Four killed execution style and one wounded on what authorities say is an illegally operating marijuana farm.
0:52.0	Search the fence!
0:54.0	Search the fence!
0:57.0	Port documents filed during the suspects arrest said the killings were an act of revenge.
1:01.0	We don't know where shooter is.
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