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U.S. indicts Chinese firms accused of trafficking chemicals used to make deadly opioids

By Nora Mishanec, Breaking & Enterprise ReporterOct 27, 2024

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that multiple companies and individuals in China had been indicted for allegedly trafficking in chemicals used to make fentanyl. Carolyn Kaster/Getty Images

Federal prosecutors last week announced charges against eight Chinese companies accused of trafficking chemicals used to make fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid fueling a nationwide drug crisis.

In indictments unsealed Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice said the companies and eight of their employees deliberately misled border control agents and mislabeled shipments of chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl. Prosecutors also alleged the chemicals were transported to drug cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, that manufactured the opioids for distribution in the U.S.

Federal prosecutors also indicted eight Chinese citizens who allegedly aided the companies' trafficking efforts by operating cryptocurrency wallets to transfer payments.

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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said the indictments are part of a larger effort to target organizations fueling the deadly drug epidemic estimated to have killed over 100,000 Americans in 2023 alone.

"The global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies based in China," Garland said in a statement. "In order to break this critical link in the fentanyl supply chain, the Justice Department has aggressively investigated and prosecuted these companies."

Fentanyl can be up to 50 times more potent than heroin and can be lethal even in very small doses.

The indicted companies were located across China in cities that included Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan. They are "now out of business" following the federal probe, which prosecutors said was conducted with the support of the Chinese Ministry of Public Security.

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Nora Mishanec is a San Francisco Chronicle breaking news and enterprise reporter. She joined the paper in 2020 as a Hearst fellow and returned in 2022 after a stint at The Houston Chronicle.

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prohibitionist hits:0 government drug warrior (prohibition_agency) hits:0 propaganda (drugwar_propaganda) hits:12 legalization hits:0 drug_reformer hits:0 reform_referenda hits:0 cannabis hits:0 stimulant hits:0 narcotic hits:4 hallucinogen hits:0
    prohibitionist     prohibition_agency     drugwar_propaganda     legalization     drug_reformer
    reform_referenda     cannabis     stimulant     narcotic     hallucinogen
                        
                        


incarceration/prison mentioned? NO - the issue of prison or incarceration was NOT mentioned in this article .

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explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda) hits:0 hated group (propaganda_theme1) hits:3 madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2) hits:5 survival of society (propaganda_theme3) hits:2 gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4) hits:0 children (propaganda_theme5) hits:0 demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6) hits:2 total prohibition (propaganda_theme7) hits:0 dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8) hits:0
EXP - explicit prohibition propaganda (explicit_propaganda) GRP - hated group (propaganda_theme1) MAD - madness, violence, illness (propaganda_theme2)
SOC - survival of society (propaganda_theme3) USE - gateway, use is abuse (propaganda_theme4) KID - children (propaganda_theme5)
WAR - demonize, war, epidemic (propaganda_theme6) TOT - total prohibition (propaganda_theme7) DIS - dissent opposed (propaganda_theme8)



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drugwar_propaganda : a drug war propaganda event, campaign release, slogan, or themepropaganda

drugwar propaganda
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propaganda theme1 propaganda theme2 propaganda theme3 propaganda theme6 Why Are Americans So Easy to Manipulate? (Bruce E Levine, 2012)
Classic Modern Drug Propaganda
Themes in Chemical Prohibition
Drug War Propaganda (kindle edition)
propaganda_theme1 : drug war propaganda theme: hated groupshated group

propaganda theme1
[news] [concept]

"drug cartels" "cartels" "Cartel"3Hated Groups (propaganda theme 1)
drugwarfacts.org/druguse.htm
drugwarfacts.org/racepris.htm
America's Racist Drug laws
narcoterror.org/
Labeling theory
Transfer (propaganda)
propaganda_theme2 : drug war propaganda theme: madness, violence, illness caused by drugsmadness, violence, illness

propaganda theme2 80%
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"Crime" "deadly" "deaths"5Madness Crime Violence Illness (propaganda theme 2)
drugwarfacts.org/crime.htm
drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm
Distortion 18: Cannabis and Mental Illness
No, marijuana use doesn't lower your IQ (10/2014)
propaganda_theme3 : drug war propaganda theme: survival of societysurvival of society

propaganda theme3 50%
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"Americans"2Survival of Society (propaganda theme 3)
The "Nation" as a Device To Create a Psychological Crowd
propaganda_theme6 : drug war propaganda theme: demonize; use of drugs is epidemic; wardemonize, war, epidemic

propaganda theme6
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"drug epidemic" "epidemic"2Demonize, War (propaganda theme 6)
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Perpetual war
The Failed War on Drugs (2012)
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illegal drugs
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 drugs 90%
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 oft-mentioned government prohibitionist

govt prohib other 66%
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"U.S. Attorney" "Federal prosecutors"3A Drug War Carol, page 18
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heroin opiate erowid.org/chemicals/chemicals.s...
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fentanyl erowid.org/pharms/pharms.shtml
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heroin opiate  
 analgesic
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fentanyl heroin opiate  
 anesthetic
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fentanyl  
opioid : opiate-like but synthetic drugsopioid

opioid
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"opioids" "opioid"3Managing Pain
 narcotic
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opioid opiate Managing Pain
opiate : a substance derived from the opium poppyopiate
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heroin Managing Pain
 heroin
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"heroin"1google.com/search?q=Alfred+McCoy...
mapinc.org/heroin.htm
drugwarfacts.org/heroin.htm
Managing Pain
 Fentanyl

fentanyl
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"fentanyl"8erowid.org/pharms/fentanyl/
 various drugs 90%
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"drug"3 

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    various_drugs concept - general terms for drugs
    fentanyl concept - Fentanyl is a short-acting synthetic opiate analgesic which is active at very low doses. Its effects are compared to heroin and it has been sold on the street as heroin, causing some deaths. (N-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide)
    heroin concept - heroin, heroine, diamorphine
    opiate concept - a substance derived from the opium poppy
    opiate
    narcotic concept - a drug that dulls senses, relieves pain, induces sleep
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    opioid
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    pharms concept - Psychoactive Pharmaceuticals are over-the-counter or prescription chemicals approved for human medicinal use, with mind- or emotion-altering properties
    chemicals concept - Psychoactive Chemicals are chemicals which have mind- or emotion-altering properties.
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    propaganda_theme3 concept - drug war propaganda theme: survival of society
    propaganda_theme3
    propaganda_theme2 concept - drug war propaganda theme: madness, violence, illness caused by drugs
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    propaganda_theme1 concept - drug war propaganda theme: hated groups
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    drugwar_propaganda concept - a drug war propaganda event, campaign release, slogan, or theme
    drugwar_propaganda
    drug_related concept - related to illegal drugs and prohibition