2023-10-04 11:13:01
Beijing
China condemns US sanctions linked to fentanyl
On Tuesday, Joe Biden’s government announced that it was launching proceedings, accompanied by economic sanctions, once morest a Chinese network accused of participating in the manufacturing of drugs.
PublishedOctober 4, 2023, 1:13 p.m.
The fight once morest fentanyl is one of the priorities of the White House.
via REUTERS
China on Wednesday strongly condemned American sanctions once morest a Chinese network accused of participating in the manufacturing of drugs, notably fentanyl, causing tens of thousands of overdoses each year in the United States. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opiate, used in the medical field but which can be misused as a drug.
The government of Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that it was launching proceedings, accompanied by economic sanctions, once morest 28 people and entities, notably in China and Canada. They are now prohibited from accessing the American financial market. This is the second series of prosecutions launched by the United States once morest Chinese companies and citizens, accused of having participated in the trafficking of components necessary for the production of fentanyl, now carried out mainly by the cartels Mexican drug traffickers, especially those from Sinaloa and Jalisco. The American Minister of Justice insisted on the “necessity” for Beijing to block the “uncontrolled flow” of these elements.
“Instead of brandishing its big stick of sanctions and blaming others, the United States should […] strengthen their controls.”
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Fentanyl is not necessarily illegal. It can be used as a sedative for cancer patients in great pain. But Chinese laboratories are suspected of supplying drug traffickers, particularly Mexican ones, with substances used to manufacture fentanyl, if necessary by falsifying customs documents. This trafficking most often passes through the internet and payments can be made in cryptocurrency, which complicates the task of investigators.
The subject of opiates is one of the many areas of tension between Washington and Beijing. It was notably discussed by the Minister of Commerce, Gina Raimondo, during her visit to China at the end of August. From March 2022 to March 2023, the United States recorded 110,000 deaths linked to overdoses or drug overdoses, two-thirds of which were due to fentanyl consumption, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ).
The fight once morest fentanyl is among the priorities of the White House. This powerful synthetic opioid is up to 50 times more potent than heroin. The Biden administration announced more than $450 million in additional funding at the end of August to combat the overdose crisis in the United States.
(AFP)
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