Tag: fentanyl
San Francisco Gets a New Mayor and an Emergency Plan for the Fentanyl Scourge
Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, became the city’s 46th mayor on Wednesday and laid out a path to restoring the battered city’s lust [...]
Fentanyl Rises Again, This Time as Trump’s Diplomatic Weapon Against China
The president-elect’s pledge to use tariffs to stem the flow of opioids from China could backfire if Beijing responds by ending counternarcotics coope [...]
Trump Twists Harris’s Position on Fentanyl After She Called for a Border Crackdown
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to combat the flow of fentanyl into the country when she visited the border on Friday. Former President Donald J. T [...]
Mother Whose Son Died of Fentanyl Poisoning Brings Some Delegates to Tears
Anne Fundner blamed the death of her 15-year-old son, who took fentanyl-laced pills, on President Biden’s border policies.
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Mexican Cartels Using BTC, ETH, USDT, Other Tokens to Buy Fentanyl Precursors: U.S. Treasury
The cartels "are increasingly purchasing fentanyl precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment" from China-based suppliers and paying in tokens inc [...]
Sen. Warren Wants to Know How Drug Agencies Are Pursuing Crypto Ties to Fentanyl
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is demanding to know how the Biden administration is doing in throttling the use of cryptocurrencies in the traff [...]
U.S. and Mexico Try to Boost Trade While Curbing Flow of Fentanyl
In Mexico City visit, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen sought to deepen economic ties while countering drug trafficking.
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U.S. Moves to Crack Down on Money Behind Fentanyl Trade
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen will travel to Mexico this week for talks on countering illicit finance and fentanyl.
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U.S. to Press China to Stop Flow of Fentanyl
President Biden will put pressure on Xi Jinping to crack down on the Chinese facilities that make chemical compounds used in potent drugs.
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US Treasury sanctions crypto wallets as authorities crack down on fentanyl
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury has sanctioned crypto wallets allegedly connected to indiv [...]
Chinese Firms Used Crypto Payments to Run Fentanyl Network, U.S. Claims in Charges
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) targeted several Chinese businesses and their employees Tuesday in the latest round of charges tied to production [...]
Republicans’ Promises to Combat Fentanyl Fall Flat With Some Voters
Republicans are making big promises about combating fentanyl. Their words ring hollow to some who know too much about the drug’s deadly toll.
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US Treasury sanctions Ethereum wallet tied to cartel over ‘illicit fentanyl trafficking’
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the United States Department of the Treasury has added a crypto wallet allegedly connected to a major i [...]
On immigration, terrorists and fentanyl, DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has something to say
Mayorkas’s department is charged with preventing foreign and domestic terrorist attacks. It monitors threats from weapons of mass destruction, protec [...]
California Battles Fentanyl With a New Tactic: Treating Addiction in Prison
In blistering 100-degree heat one recent afternoon at Valley State Prison in California’s Central Valley, inmates crowded around small windows in a pr [...]