Putin's Fixers: $300M Deal Failed - Jason Jay Smart
⚡⚡Moscow Payments FAIL: How the Sinaloa Cartel and Russian GRU Merged. A $3000 drone just paralyzed a $300 million shadow pipeline deal.
In this special report, Jason Jay Smart reveals the hidden economy where Russian military intelligence (the GRU) and international syndicates like the Sinaloa Cartel share offshore bankers and shadow contractors. While the world watches the front lines, a logistics of lawlessness has created a global protection racket involving Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. We dive deep into how the Soviet collapse pioneered this state crime fusion and why the current sanctions environment actually benefits the Putin mafia personally.
From the archetype of Viktor Bout to the corporate camouflage of shell firms and trade based laundering, you will learn the operating logic of deniable logistics. This is the truth about how sanctioned regimes use cryptocurrency and shadow fleets to survive.
0:00 How a $3k Drone Stops a $300M Deal
1:15 Defining the "Shadow Pipeline" in 2026
2:45 The GRU-Sinaloa Alliance: Shared Bankers
4:10 The Rogue State Network (Iran, NK, Venezuela)
6:30 The Fentanyl-to-Drone Sensor Pipeline
8:15 Why Global Sanctions are Failing the System
10:00 The Heartbeat: Can the Choke Point be Cut?