Reported by Alan Wooten | The Center 

Carolinas attorneys general believe a social media app originating out of China owned by Tencent is money laundering and tied to fentanyl trafficking.

The drug, a synthetic opioid the CDC says is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, is a key contributing factor to America’s 150 overdose deaths a day. The street names are Apache, dance fever, friend, goodfellas, jackpot, murder 8, and Tango & Cash.

Democratic North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Republican South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson are asking the U.S.-based office in Delaware to respond within 30 days “about what specific actions they are taking to put a stop to the rampant money laundering that is occurring via their platform every day.” 

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