Three Americans, 22 Chinese nationals, and four Chinese companies have been indicted on trafficking charges for allegedly facilitating the flow of illicit cutting agents from China that are used to mix with fentanyl, federal officials announced on Sept. 3.
FBI Director Kash Patel, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Dominick Gerace, and agents from the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the charges during a press conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.
“Today’s announcement marks a first-of-its-kind international operation for the FBI targeting the fentanyl plague that has killed tens of thousands of Americans and indicting the companies and individuals in mainland China that manufacture the precursor chemicals fueling the destruction of our communities,” Patel said in a statement….