Posted on 10/07/2023 4:29:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Department of Justice announced charges against eight China-based companies and 12 Chinese nationals who were caught smuggling fentanyl chemicals into the U.S.
This week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco addressed the situation, explaining that the companies and individuals are being accused of “trying to ship into the United States gallon after gallon of chemicals used to make fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly drugs.”
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According to Monaco, as part of the investigation, Drug Enforcement Agency agents posed as drug traffickers to identify the criminals. While the Department of Homeland Security worked to trace and stop the shipments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service uncovered the blockchain transactions. Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that the DOJ knows that much of the global fentanyl supply chain starts with chemical companies in China.
A DOJ press release highlighted the dangers of many companies creating fentanyl precursor chemicals and “openly” advertising online. Once drug cartels and traffickers order the chemicals, they are shipped worldwide.
“These China-based chemical companies often attempt to evade law enforcement by using re-shippers in the United States, false return labels, false invoices, fraudulent postage, and packaging that conceals the true contents of the parcels and the identity of the distributors. In addition, these companies tend to use cryptocurrency transactions to conceal their identities and the location and movement of their funds,” Monaco said.
Being the deadliest drug threat the U.S. has ever faced, just two milligrams of fentanyl can be fatal to an adult. It is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more than morphine.
“We know that the global fentanyl supply chain, which ends with the deaths of Americans, often starts with chemical companies in China,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “The United States government is focused on breaking apart every link in that chain, getting fentanyl out of our communities, and bringing those who put it there to justice.”
Caught this week . . . a year and a half later.
Good...but why so damned late? Why not two or three years ago?
100,000 fentanyl deaths every single year in the USA.
Now Biden is trying to emulate Trump. It won’t fly.
Libtards want to pretend they’re doing something while our borders are wide open
Chinese Companies = PLA. This is the same as in another milieu sowing mines along an enemy’s coast from submarines.
Wonder if the Biden Crime Family will feel the income loss?
What chemicals exactly? What companies? Are there legal uses of these chemicals for which these chemical companies have been selling their products? And suddenly ‘agents posing as drug traffickers (did they say that to the providers?)’ are suddenly attempting to buy?
Article is full of holes and looks designed to create outrage in the ill-informed.
Keep in mind the continuing aggression toward once-friendly China by the current regime in Washington.
“...and other dangerous drugs.” Like what? Look for vague and inflammatory wording like this before you swallow government bullshit.
Sounds like maybe they refused to pay their protection dues. CIA ain’t fooling’ round.
You know it’s a citrate, right? Start with piperidine.
China remembers who won the Opium Wars and why...
The CCP is all over this.
Arrested!! This is what happens when Hunter doesn’t get his cut.
Kicking Pelosi and Hoyer out of their plush offices has sent shudders down Democrats’ spines.
The Chinese Communist Party is closely integrated with and supervises Chinese commercial and criminal activity worldwide. That is the nature of the Chinese system.
Election in 13 months?
Have to change things up for the low-information voters.
The CCP corporation is behind all this.
Charges will be dropped because XI will tell Biden to drop them.
Rinse repeat.
“Election in 13 months?”
Explains all the recent and sudden changes, doesn’t it?
Suddenly building the “racist and xenophobic” wall on the southern border.
Relaxing marijuana laws further.
Not to mention trying to imprison your political opponent.
We also know that the majority of the fentanyl that is shipped to the US is created with Chinese chemicals in Mexico.
The obvious question is why just go after those companies that directly or indirectly ship their chemicals to the USA? Why not also go after the ones that ship to Mexico and potentially other Latin and South American drug cartels?
Declare China a terrorist state.
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