Black Opium: The Sassoons

The Sassoon family, known as "Rothschilds of the East" due to the immense wealth they accumulated in finance and trade, are a Baghdadi Jewish family. Originally based in Baghdad, Iraq, they later moved to Bombay, India, and then emigrated to China, England, and other nations. Controlling 70% of the opium trade well into the 19th century, the Sassoon family is eerily similar to another opioid family: the Sacklers.

Sources:

Joseph Sassoon, The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire

USAFacts, https://usafacts.org/articles/how-muc...

USA Today, https://www.usatoday.com/restricted/?...

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