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U.S. Launches Coordinated Crackdown on China-Linked Fentanyl Supply Chain

The moves signal a coordinated push that leverages prosecutions, sanctions, maritime seizures to disrupt China-linked precursor supply lines.

Officials said 13,000 barrels of precursor chemicals were seized from two ships that left Shanghai bound for Mexico
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro called it the largest-ever seizure of meth precursor chemicals
US authorities say they are now able to track meth precursor chemicals before they reach US soil
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Overview

  • Federal prosecutors in Dayton unsealed Operation Box Cutter indictments charging three Americans, about 22 Chinese nationals, and four China-based chemical firms in drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies tied to fentanyl cutting agents.
  • FBI Director Kash Patel said the operation seized enough fentanyl powder to kill 70 million Americans plus additional pills capable of killing 270,000, with an investigation that began in Ohio and traced suppliers in mainland China.
  • The indicted firms include Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical, Guangzhou Wanjiang Biotechnology, Hebei Hongjun New Material Technology, and Hebei Feilaimi Technology, with charging documents alleging open marketing of cutting agents and crypto-based payments.
  • Treasury and State imposed sanctions on Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical and two representatives, Huang Xiaojun and Huang Zhanpeng, accusing them of manufacturing and coordinating shipments of illicit opioids and related chemicals to the United States.
  • In a separate action, officials intercepted 1,300 barrels holding roughly 697,000 pounds of meth precursors shipped from Shanghai and destined for the Sinaloa Cartel, while the House passed the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act 407–4 to expand sanctions authority, with Senate action pending and many China-based defendants still overseas.