DOJ Takes New Tack In Fentanyl War, Charges China Companies Making ‘Precursor Chemicals’

The Justice Department on Friday filed charges against several Chinese companies and their executives for illicit fentanyl production, a new tactic to stem the flow of the powerful drug into the United States.

The department also announced the arrest of two people and unsealed three indictments in New York charging China-based companies and their employees with crimes also related to related to fentanyl distribution and sales resulting from precursor chemicals.

“We have charged, for the first time ever, four chemical companies based in China and eight Chinese nationals for the trafficking of fentanyl precursor chemicals into the United States,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

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