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.
The Jewish Opium Wars in China
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