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Biden administration announces charges, sanctions to crack down on China-based fentanyl traffickers

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By Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday multiple indictments in Florida against China-based companies and Chinese nationals for allegedly manufacturing and selling fentanyl and related chemicals.

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  1. Fox News

    Biden admin sanctions multimillion-dollar China-based network involved in trafficking of fentanyl, drugs (opens Fox News)

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    The Biden administration imposed sanctions on a multimillion-dollar China-based network involved in the trafficking of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.

  2. Seattle Times

    US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers (opens Seattle Times)

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    The Biden administration is taking aim 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.

  3. Wall Street Journal

    Biden Administration Indicts Chinese Firms Allegedly Tied to Fentanyl Distribution (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on firms and their employees related to drug trafficking.

  4. PBS NewsHour

    WATCH: U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The U.S. is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    U.S. announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The actions include charges against 8 Chinese companies accused of advertising, manufacturing and distributing precursor chemicals for synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

  6. Green Field Reporter

    US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the biggest actions the administration has taken against fentanyl trafficking, the U.S. on Tuesday announced a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of the drug to the United States.

  7. KEYT Santa Barbara

    US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers

  8. Local News 8

    Biden administration announces charges, sanctions to crack down on China-based fentanyl traffickers (opens Local News 8)

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    By Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday multiple indictments in Florida against China-based companies and Chinese nationals for allegedly manufacturing and selling fentanyl and related chemicals.

  9. NBC Los Angeles

    Biden admin indicts Chinese companies and executives tied to fentanyl distribution (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    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.

  10. Fortune

    Biden administration announces sweeping legal actions against Chinese fentanyl chemical producers (opens Fortune)

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    They include charges against eight Chinese companies accused of advertising, manufacturing and distributing precursor chemicals for synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

  11. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    U.S. targets China in fentanyl crackdown (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    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.

  12. Newsweek

    U.S. sanctions Chinese companies for involvement in fentanyl crisis (opens Newsweek)

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    The Treasury Department's latest round of sanctions targets 28 people and entities involved in a fentanyl-smuggling operation based in China.

  13. The Garden Island

    Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers face sanctions (opens The Garden Island)

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    WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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.

  14. Al Jazeera

    US sanctions China companies over fentanyl drug trade (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US sanctions, indicts Chinese firms, executives said to supply chemicals used to produce highly addictive opioids.

  15. Christian Science Monitor

    Fentanyl crisis: US takes action against Chinese drug imports (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    The Biden administration announced a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies blamed for importing the chemicals used to make fentanyl. This is the latest effort in the fight against the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history.

  16. The Washington Free Beacon

    US Punishes Chinese Companies and Executives for ‘Poisoning the American People With Fentanyl’ (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The United States on Tuesday announced actions against Chinese companies and people as President Joe Biden's administration targets trafficking of the deadly drug fentanyl, unsealing indictments and imposing sanctions on dozens of targets.

  17. WHDH Boston

    US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration took aim Tuesday at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and

  18. The Guardian

    US announces actions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl (opens The Guardian)

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    Officials said the sanctions and indictments against Chinese and Canadian firms target a ‘major China-based syndicate’

  19. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Biden administration announces charges, sanctions to crack down on China-based fentanyl traffickers | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Holmes Lybrand and Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday multiple indictments in Florida against China-based

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