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

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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.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    Department of Justice cracks down on Chinese chemical manufacturers complicit in US fentanyl epidemic (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The Justice Department filed its first-ever criminal charges against Chinese chemical manufacturing companies alleged to have illegally trafficked substances into the United States for fentanyl production.

  2. Border Report

    US files 1st charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals (opens Border Report)

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    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 Unite…

  3. MedicalXpress

    US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients (opens MedicalXpress)

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    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.

  4. The Guardian

    US charges Chinese individuals and firms over fentanyl chemical trafficking (opens The Guardian)

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    Four companies and eight individuals charged with shipping enough precursor chemicals into US to kill ‘25m Americans’

  5. New York Times

    U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Firms With Selling Chemicals to Make Fentanyl (opens New York Times)

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    The indictments are part of a strategy attacking every stage of the supply chain for the opioid, which kills thousands each year.

  6. France 24

    US indicts 4 Chinese companies for trafficking fentanyl ingredients (opens France 24)

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    The US government has charged four Chinese companies and eight Chinese individuals with trafficking in chemicals used in manufacturing fentanyl, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday.

  7. Winchester Star

    1st US charges against China-based companies accused of selling fentanyl chemicals filed (opens Winchester Star)

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    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 U.S.

  8. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    U.S. charges 4 Chinese firms for trafficking fentanyl ingredients (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    NEW YORK >> The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges today 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.

  9. The Washington Free Beacon

    US Files First-Ever Charges Against Chinese Fentanyl Manufacturers (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Justice Department on Friday filed criminal charges against four Chinese chemical manufacturing companies and eight individuals over allegations they illegally trafficked the chemicals used to make fentanyl—a highly addictive painkiller that has fueled the opioid crisis in the United States.

  10. Hawaiitribune Herald

    U.S. charges 4 Chinese firms with selling chemicals to make fentanyl - Hawaii Tribune-Herald (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Four chemical companies based in China and eight Chinese nationals have been charged with trafficking chemicals used by Mexican drug cartels to manufacture vast quantities of fentanyl later sold in the United States, federal officials said Friday.

  11. FOX Business

    Justice Department announces charges against Chinese companies, arrests in fentanyl manufacturing (opens FOX Business)

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    AG Merrick Garland said Friday that the Justice Department had charge Chinese chemical companies and Chinese nationals for the trafficking for fentanyl precursor chemicals into the U.S.

  12. RedState

    Biden's Justice Department Announces Fentanyl-Manufacturing Charges Against Chinese Companies (opens RedState)

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    Half of the fentanyl crisis comes from the Biden administration's light-handed approach to China.

  13. The Columbian

    U.S. targets Chinese firms accused of moving fentanyl chemicals (opens The Columbian)

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    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 p

  14. Al Jazeera

    US charges Chinese companies with trafficking fentanyl materials (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Chinese officials have countered that the US is shifting blame for what is a domestic opioid addiction crisis.

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