US charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl materials
1 year, 6 months ago

US charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl materials

Al Jazeera  

Chinese officials have countered that the US is shifting blame for what is a domestic opioid addiction crisis. The United States justice department has filed criminal charges against four Chinese companies accused of trafficking materials used to create the addictive painkiller fentanyl. “I promised that the justice department would never forget the victims of the fentanyl epidemic,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement on Friday. In Friday’s indictment, federal prosecutors alleged that Chinese companies marketed fentanyl precursor chemicals on their websites and social media accounts. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy condemned Friday’s charges, stating that the US was looking to scapegoat China for its domestic drug crisis.

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Why is Donald Trump blaming China for US opioid crisis?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Why is Donald Trump blaming China for US opioid crisis?

Firstpost  

Donald Trump has long blamed China for drugs, particularly fentanyl, flowing into the United States. Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10 per cent tariff.” Trump has long accused Beijing of being complicit in the flow of fentanyl to the United States. Reuters The White House calls the epidemic “a scourge that has …

Scapegoating others can't end US' drug crisis: China Daily editorial
4 weeks ago

Scapegoating others can't end US' drug crisis: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. US president-elect Donald Trump, who will enter office on Jan 20, plans to raise tariffs by an additional 10 percent on all Chinese goods exported to the United States, citing fentanyl abuse as the reason, which he …

Chinese chemical manufacturer is targeted by federal prosecutors trying to stop flow of fentanyl
2 months, 1 week ago

Chinese chemical manufacturer is targeted by federal prosecutors trying to stop flow of fentanyl

LA Times  

Before harmful and deadly drugs such as fentanyl and xylazine reach the streets of cities such as Los Angeles, they must first make their way into the country. “These chemical companies ship fentanyl precursors and adulterants around the world, including to the United States and Mexico, where drug cartels and traffickers use the precursors to synthesize and manufacture fentanyl into …

Critics wary as China promises tighter fentanyl controls
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Critics wary as China promises tighter fentanyl controls

NPR  

Critics wary as China promises tighter fentanyl controls toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Officials in China say new regulations will go into effect on Sept. 1 that tighten controls on the so-called "precursor" chemicals used to make street fentanyl. The Biden administration described China's new rules - increasing government oversight on seven chemicals, including three compounds used to …

Scapegoating doesn't fix US' fentanyl problem
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Scapegoating doesn't fix US' fentanyl problem

China Daily  

Whenever the US administration raises concerns over China's exports to the United States of some chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, the Chinese people are at a loss to understand why their government is being held accountable for the US' domestic drug problem. In the 1990s, some US pharmaceutical companies invested a lot of money to fund experts …

China restricts fentanyl chemicals after years of US pressure
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China restricts fentanyl chemicals after years of US pressure

Live Mint  

BEIJING—China is imposing new restrictions on chemicals used in the production of fentanyl, a move long sought by the U.S. that signals Beijing’s desire to keep open an important diplomatic channel with Washington ahead of November’s presidential election. The status of the chemicals has proven a diplomatic sticking point for the past two and half years, and the latest move …

In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartel
6 months ago

In Atlanta to promote fentanyl actions, Yellen announces sanctions against Mexican cartel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In Atlanta to promote the Biden administration’s efforts to quell the import of illegal drugs into the U.S., Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced new sanctions against members of a Mexican drug cartel accused of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, meth and migrants through the southern border. Included in the sanctions are eight members of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug …

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says
6 months ago

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors in the United States have charged two dozen people over an alleged money laundering scheme involving Chinese shadow bankers and Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Chinese underground money exchanges helped the cartel launder $50m in drug trafficking proceeds generated from the import of large amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine between 2019 and 2023, the US Department of Justice said …

Report: China is fueling US fentanyl crisis by subsidizing production
8 months ago

Report: China is fueling US fentanyl crisis by subsidizing production

Daily Mail  

China 's leaders give tax breaks to companies that produce fentanyl chemicals and cause some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year, a damning House report warns. Beijing is fueling America's fentanyl crisis by subsidizing the manufacture of materials used by traffickers to make pills outside the country, say papers from a committee on China. 'Through its actions, as our report …

China gives TAX BREAKS to the fentanyl-making firms behind some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year: House report says Beijing sows 'chaos and devastation'
8 months ago

China gives TAX BREAKS to the fentanyl-making firms behind some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year: House report says Beijing sows 'chaos and devastation'

Daily Mail  

China's leaders give tax breaks to companies that produce fentanyl chemicals and cause some 80,000 US overdose deaths each year, a damning House report warns. The carnage of fentanyl deaths on US streets is underpinned by government tax breaks for Chinese chemical producers, says a damning report Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden agreed in November to work …

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States
8 months, 1 week ago

House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — China is fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by directly subsidizing the manufacturing of materials that are used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country, according to a report released Tuesday by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government. “Through its actions, as our report has revealed, the Chinese Communist Party is …

House panel says China is subsidizing fentanyl production to fuel crisis in U.S.
8 months, 1 week ago

House panel says China is subsidizing fentanyl production to fuel crisis in U.S.

LA Times  

Gen. William Barr told lawmakers Tuesday that “persuasive evidence” had been uncovered that China’s government is “knee deep” in sponsoring and facilitating the export of fentanyl precursors. Committee investigators said they accessed a Chinese government website that revealed tax rebates for the production of specific fentanyl precursors as well as other synthetic drugs as long as those companies sell them …

Report: China continues to subsidize deadly fentanyl exports
8 months, 1 week ago

Report: China continues to subsidize deadly fentanyl exports

NPR  

Report: China continues to subsidize deadly fentanyl exports Enlarge this image toggle caption Doug Mills/AP Doug Mills/AP Investigators for a U.S. House committee released a report on Tuesday detailing what they describe as new evidence the Chinese government is continuing to "directly" subsidize "the manufacturing and export of illicit fentanyl." According to the report, Chinese officials encourage production of precursor …

Guatemalan accused of importing fentanyl precursors for Mexican cartel arrested
10 months ago

Guatemalan accused of importing fentanyl precursors for Mexican cartel arrested

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel to make fentanyl, officials said Monday. Immigration authorities stopped Jason Antonio Yang López at the airport in Tapachula on Sunday and turned him over to agents from the Chiapas state prosecutor’s …

US and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

The Independent  

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US and China talk on fentanyl trafficking
10 months, 3 weeks ago

US and China talk on fentanyl trafficking

Al Jazeera  

Talks on curbing fentanyl trade come after years of deterioration in relations on issues including COVID-19, human rights and Taiwan. The United States and China have launched a joint anti-narcotics group to curb the production and trade of the highly addictive opioid fentanyl in the first sign of cooperation between the superpowers since bilateral relations soured. ‘Gains from cooperation’ Wang …

In Mexico, Yellen announces economics sanctions as the US aims to crack down on fentanyl trafficking
1 year ago

In Mexico, Yellen announces economics sanctions as the US aims to crack down on fentanyl trafficking

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday announced economic sanctions against 15 people and two companies that the United States says are linked to a Mexican drug cartel as she visited Mexico City for talks with officials about efforts to fight fentanyl trafficking. Yellen traveled to Mexico this week after the Treasury Department announced a strike force to help …

China’s agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic
1 year, 1 month ago

China’s agreement expected to slow flow of fentanyl into US, but not solve overdose epidemic

Associated Press  

Experts say new steps China has agreed to will eventually reduce the flow of the deadly opioid fentanyl into the U.S., but that alone will not stem the overdose crisis killing Americans at a record rate. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at a meeting Wednesday in California that China is telling its chemical companies to curtail …

US, China high on fentanyl action plan, to combat global drug trafficking
1 year, 1 month ago

US, China high on fentanyl action plan, to combat global drug trafficking

Firstpost  

Xi agreed to help curb the production of the illicit fentanyl which is a deadly component of drugs sold in the United States. US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping have reached an agreement to combat global illicit drug manufacturing and trafficking including synthetic drugs fentanyl and establishment of a working group for ongoing communication and law enforcement coordination …

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 1 month ago

The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these …

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

LA Times  

The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these illicit fentanyl networks.” The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The …

US takes aim at China companies, executives over fentanyl supply chain
1 year, 2 months ago

US takes aim at China companies, executives over fentanyl supply chain

Al Jazeera  

US authorities have brought charges and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives they claim supply chemicals used to produce fentanyl. “We know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China,” he said. Justice Department Announces Eight Indictments Against China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employeeshttps://t.co/WHEEJTEDSk — Justice Department October …

US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
1 year, 2 months ago

US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took aim Tuesday at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug. “And we know that this global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China.” Besides …

US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
1 year, 2 months ago

US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers

The Independent  

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‘This isn’t some random dude with a duffel bag’: To catch fentanyl traffickers, feds dig into crypto markets
1 year, 4 months ago

‘This isn’t some random dude with a duffel bag’: To catch fentanyl traffickers, feds dig into crypto markets

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Biden administration has intensified its focus on tracing cryptocurrency payments that some of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartels use to buy fentanyl ingredients from Chinese chemical companies, the latest step in a renewed attempt to crack down on the multibillion-dollar fentanyl trade that kills thousands of Americans each year. A “significant portion” of fentanyl is …

Biden administration to launch global coalition to fight fentanyl
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration to launch global coalition to fight fentanyl

LA Times  

A display of the fentanyl and methamphetamine that was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a news conference in 2019 in Nogales, Ariz. Robinson said the Biden administration believes that, despite poor relations between Washington and Beijing, it can continue to seek cooperation to “stop criminal diversion” of illicit …

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies accused of trafficking fentanyl ingredients
1 year, 5 months ago

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies accused of trafficking fentanyl ingredients

Firstpost  

The US Justice Department charged four Chinese firms and eight individuals on Friday with allegedly trafficking the ingredients required to manufacture the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the US and Mexico. Garland said those actions include stopping Chinese chemical companies from “supplying the cartels with the building blocks they need to manufacture deadly fentanyl.” In a statement, Liu Pengyu, a …

1st US charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals filed
1 year, 6 months ago

1st US charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals filed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has for the first time charged China-based companies and employees with supplying chemicals needed to make fentanyl, a primary driver of an overdose crisis gripping the United States, top officials said Friday. The companies openly advertised the chemicals on social media platforms and shipped them surreptitiously to buyers, even adding molecules to evade testing, said …

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients
1 year, 6 months ago

US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges on Friday against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the United States and Mexico. Garland said those actions include stopping Chinese chemical companies from “supplying the cartels with the building blocks they need to manufacture deadly …

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law
1 year, 7 months ago

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Over the past year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial penalties on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine — turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world. Now, the federal agency is facing increasing pressure, including from legislation introduced Tuesday in the Senate, to use those tools …

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law
1 year, 7 months ago

More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law

LA Times  

Over the last year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial penalties on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world. Now, the agency is facing increasing pressure, including from legislation introduced Tuesday in the Senate, to use those tools with similar vigor against …

Blaming China won't end fentanyl crisis in US: China Daily editorial
1 year, 8 months ago

Blaming China won't end fentanyl crisis in US: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

File photo shows the national flags of China and the United States as well as the flag of Washington DC on the Constitution Avenue in Washington, capital of the United States. Yet despite it claiming to favor cooperation with China to crack down on narcotics and the fact that China takes a very tough line against illicit drugs, the US …

US sanctions Chinese companies accusing them of providing chemicals used to create fentanyl to drug gangs
1 year, 8 months ago

US sanctions Chinese companies accusing them of providing chemicals used to create fentanyl to drug gangs

Firstpost  

The Treasury said that as part of the campaign against fentanyl manufacture, five individuals with addresses in China and Guatemala were also named Washington: According to a statement from the US Treasury Department, Washington placed penalties on two Chinese companies on Friday after accusing them of providing precursor chemicals to Mexican drug gangs used in the creation of illegal fentanyl …

US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action
1 year, 8 months ago

US targets El Chapo sons, Chinese workers in sweeping drug action

Al Jazeera  

United States authorities have targeted four sons of the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo – known as the “Chapitos” – as well as individuals connected to Chinese chemical firms in a sweeping action meant to address fentanyl trafficking. On Friday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland called the drug enterprise run by the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel the “largest, most violent, …

China denies fentanyl trafficking with Mexico; blames US
1 year, 8 months ago

China denies fentanyl trafficking with Mexico; blames US

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — China’s government on Thursday denied the country’s involvement in any illegal fentanyl trafficking with Mexico and said it had not been notified by Mexico’s government of any seizures of the precursor chemicals used to make the powerful drug. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning made the comments in response to a question about a plea from Mexico …

Mexico complains to China about U.S. pressure over fentanyl
1 year, 8 months ago

Mexico complains to China about U.S. pressure over fentanyl

LA Times  

Mexico’s president on Tuesday asked China for help in halting chemicals used by Mexican drug dealers to illegally produce fentanyl, while also complaining of U.S. pressure to curb the drug trade. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has previously said that fentanyl is the United States’ problem, caused by “a lack of hugs” in families. “Unjustly, they are blaming us for …

Police union employee charged with importing illegal opioids
1 year, 8 months ago

Police union employee charged with importing illegal opioids

Associated Press  

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The office manager for a Northern California police union allegedly imported illegal synthetic opioids from India and other countries and at least once used her work computer and address and the union’s UPS account to ship the drugs within the country, federal prosecutors said. Joanne Marian Segovia, executive director of the San Jose Police Officers’ Association, …

Mexican prosecutors seize half a million fentanyl pills
2 years, 5 months ago

Mexican prosecutors seize half a million fentanyl pills

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors announced Friday they have seized a half-million fentanyl pills in a raid at a warehouse in the northern city of Culiacan. Mexican cartels manufacture the synthetic opioid from precursors imported from China, and then press the drug into counterfeit pills made to look like Xanax, Adderall or Oxycodone. On Thursday, Mexico’s army and National Guard …

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks
4 years, 1 month ago

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks

NPR  

'We Are Shipping To The U.S.': Inside China's Online Synthetic Drug Networks Enlarge this image Kim Ryu for NPR Kim Ryu for NPR He is a slight, bespectacled man. "Currently, there is basically no information related to the illegal sales of fentanyl-class chemicals on websites within Chinese borders or pharmaceutical and chemical platforms," China's National Narcotics Control Commission said in …

US sanctions Chinese national accused of trafficking fentanyl
4 years, 3 months ago

US sanctions Chinese national accused of trafficking fentanyl

Al Jazeera  

US Treasury says Taotao Zhang, a chemist and chemical supplier, had shipped illicit synthetic opioids to the US. The US Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a Chinese national whom it accused of trafficking fentanyl to the United States. Taotao Zhang, a chemist and chemical supplier, had shipped illicit synthetic opioids to the US, Treasury said in a statement. …

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