US EditionSix Chinese Nationals and Companies Indicted for Supplying Fentanyl Precursors to Gulf Cartel
The indicted defendants allegedly supplied fentanyl precursors and cutting agents to the Gulf Cartel from Sept 2025 to Mar 2026, using cryptocurrency to launder proceeds, DOJ says.
- On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in Dayton, Ohio indicted Shandong Believe Chemical Company, Shandong Ranhang Biotechnology Ltd., and six Chinese nationals for allegedly supplying fentanyl precursor chemicals to the Gulf Cartel.
- Prosecutors allege the firms provided material support to the Gulf Cartel, a designated foreign terrorist organization, between September 2025 and March 2026.
- Defendants allegedly used cryptocurrency to conceal proceeds while shipping hundreds of kilograms of materials, including medetomidine, an animal tranquilizer, via international freight.
- FBI Director Kash Patel described the investigation as "historic," noting "unprecedented cooperation" with China's Ministry of Public Security to tighten controls over precursor chemicals.
- This enforcement effort follows negotiations between President Trump and President Xi, which officials say continue to pay dividends for national security; it resembles a prior Dayton case charging 25 individuals last year.
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Chinese citizens, companies indicted for allegedly delivering chemicals to make fentanyl
Kash Patel announced Tuesday that six Chinese citizens and two companies were indicted for allegedly selling and delivering chemicals for fentanyl.
Six Chinese citizens, two China-based pharmaceutical companies indicted in fentanyl crackdown
Six Chinese citizens and two China-based pharmaceutical companies have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling and delivering chemical precursors used to make fentanyl intended to be smuggled into the U.S., FBI Director Kash Patel says.
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