The Modern Drug War: Cartels, the Dark Web & Hidden Stories with Retried DEA Agent Brian Townsend
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The Modern Drug War: Cartels, the Dark Web & Hidden Stories with Retried DEA Agent Brian Townsend
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Is Venezuela really America’s new “narco boogeyman” or just the latest political talking point in the war on drugs? In this episode of Zero Signal, host David Green and co-host Jay sit down with retired DEA Supervisory Special Agent Brian Townsend for a raw, inside look at the modern drug war.
Brian pulls back the curtain on how fentanyl and synthetic opioids actually move from China and cartel labs to American neighborhoods, why the opioid epidemic exploded, and what most people get wrong about the fentanyl crisis. We dive into Venezuela vs Mexico, transnational cartels, and how geopolitics shapes the “official story.”
Then we go deep into dark web drug markets, cryptocurrency laundering, and the ways traffickers exploit crypto, privacy coins, and mixers to stay ahead of law enforcement. Brian shares what it was really like inside DEA, the pressure, the politics, and the cases that would sound like “conspiracy theories” if you didn’t see them firsthand.
If you care about cartels, fentanyl, opioids, Venezuela, DEA, dark web, and government transparency, this is the episode you don’t want to miss.