Wilful Blindness
Foreign Interference | Elite and State Capture | How a Criminal Network of Narcos, Tycoons and CCP Agents Infiltrated the West |
Sam Cooper author Michel Juneau Katsuya author Michel Juneau Katsuya editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Optimum Publishing International
Published:22nd Oct '24
£22.99
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Wilful Blindness, Foreign Interference, and Elite and State Capture build on the compelling narrative that has cemented Samuel Cooper's reputation as a premier investigative journalist, now under the banner of The Bureau. Hybrid Warfare does not involve firing a single shot but rather winning the hearts and minds of those in power to influence the decision-making apparatus.
Cooper's findings now reveal how the Chinese Communist Party used its network and money to influence the outcome of the 2019 and 2021 elections. As the Hogue Commission unfolds, the government continues to block access to key documents that could shed light on a scandal that won't go away for the Liberal government.
This explosive update makes Wilful Blindness a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the depth of political corruption, elite capture and foreign influence shaping our world today. Cooper also shows readers how China, Iran, and Russia work with organized crime as part of their Transnational Repression Operations worldwide that have targeted diaspora communities from China here in Canada and around the world. However, Canada was the soft underbelly for the PRC to infiltrate and undermine with their eyes clearly on the prize. The USA. In 1982, three of the most influential men in Asia convened in Hong Kong to shape the future of the city’s handover to the People’s Republic of China.
This pivotal meeting saw Chinese business magnates Henry Fok and Li Ka-Shing align with Deng Xiaoping to advance the Chinese Communist Party's domestic and global ambitions. That day's decisions would ripple far beyond Hong Kong, reaching as far as Vancouver and reshaping the world. Soon, billions of dollars in Chinese investments poured into North America’s Pacific coast. British Columbia’s government casinos became conduits for global criminals, facilitating the influx of deadly narcotics into Canada and laundering billions of drug money into Vancouver’s real estate market.
This was no accident.
A web of accomplices—revenue-hungry governments, casino and real estate firms with connections to dubious offshore wealth, complicit lawyers and bankers, and an unresponsive RCMP—allowed organized crime to flourish. The consequences of this greed, corruption, and wilful blindness are staggering. Drug cartels, particularly the Big Circle Boys—transnational narco-kingpins with ties to corrupt Chinese officials and industrial tycoons—have infiltrated significant sectors of Canada’s economy....
Sam Cooper started exposing the CCP's malfeasances abroad long before "China reporting" was a popular thing to do. Thanks to his and a few others' selfless perseverance, Canadians and others worldwide have opened their eyes to the reality of the multiple threats posed by authoritarian China to the freedoms and values we hold dear. Doing so is not without a cost, as Chinese dissidents and diaspora communities around the world know all too well. Sam has and continues to bear that cost, head held high. We owe him and those who worked with him an immense debt of gratitude and a duty to act. -- Laura Harth * Campaign Director, Safeguard Defenders, Rome *
"Wilful Blindness" by Samuel Cooper is a significant contribution to the field of investigative journalism and crime reporting. It offers a sobering look at the extent to which criminal networks have infiltrated Western institutions and the challenges that lie ahead in combating this menace. The book is recommended for anyone interested in understanding the intersection of crime, politics, and international relations, and it serves as a wake-up call to the pervasive threat of transnational criminal networks. For decades, the relationship between organized crime from Asia, Chinese Communist Party proxies, and their willing targets in the West has been evident. Our political apparatus and the lack of seriousness around national security have allowed many bad actors to infiltrate all levels of government in Canada. From Vancouver to Charlottetown, the United Front Work Department has been turning unsuspecting politicians into known assets, exposing the vulnerabilities within our political system -- Anonymous * Former National Security Advisor *
If you want to understand war in the 21st Century, read this book to get the story. -- Robert Spalding * US Brigadier General (retired) *
Sam Cooper is probably the most well-informed and researched journalist in Canada and beyond on the topic of Chinese organized crime and espionage activities by the CCP. His work has always been supported by solid journalistic research, and Canadians can thank him and the CSIS whistleblower who came to him for our Election Interference inquiry, which continues through 2025. -- Michel Juneau-Katsuya * Author, National Security Specialist and Former Chief of Asia Pacific, Canadian Security and Intelligence Service *
ISBN: 9780888903518
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
Weight: 300g
392 pages
3rd New edition