Smugglers ferrying Chinese from Bahamas to South Florida, feds say. They're using yachts https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article239325343.html? Dozens of Chinese nationals without proper papers have been smuggled from the Bahamas to South Florida by operators of luxury yachts who are charging them thousands of dollars each for the Atlantic journey In recent instances, the Coast Guard stopped two vessels approaching the South Florida shore, leading to the arrests of three men accused of transporting a total of 26 Chinese passengers and one Bahamian, court records show. The alien smuggling operations were not related. Rocco Oppedisano, is scheduled for arraignment in Miami federal court Wednesday  on charges of conspiring to transport aliens into the United States and bringing them here for financial gain.  Oppedisano told a magistrate judge this week that properties he once owned in the Northeast have been  sold along with his Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Fiat vehicles to pay for legal costs over his immigration troubles. over the past five years, the Bahamas has experienced an influx of Chinese workers flocking to the  archipelago as part of a push by China to invest in the country’s hotel, tourism and trade industries. Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article239325343.html?fbclid=IwAR1wihFiPdZnJX1kZt-DhDe2sUnK6sxxntLXfXpStCPobcb9VsfSY0VhdZo#storylink=cpy