US announces actions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl

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Officials said the sanctions and indictments against Chinese and Canadian firms target a ‘major China-based syndicate’

The US has announced sanctions and indictments against 14 Chinese and Canadian firms for importing fentanyl, one of the most sweeping actions yet to target trafficking of the powerful synthetic opiate.Officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies announced the actions on Tuesday.

Among those targeted are a Chinese pharmaceutical company that shipped xylazine, a horse tranquilizer often cut into fentanyl, to the US and As US overdose deaths increase, federal agencies have sought to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other drugs into the country.

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