The Biden administration sanctioned more than a dozen China- and Mexico-based individuals and entities involved in the proliferation of counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pill production.
The designations target seven entities and six people based in China, and one entity and three people based in Mexico.Treasury designated Chinese pill press supplier Youli Technology Development Co., Ltd., along with three Youli-affiliated Chinese nationals — Guo Chunyan, Guo Yunnian, and Guo Ruiguan.
The sanctioned people include pill press suppliers who have shipped pill press machinery into the United States and have been involved in the manufacturing of counterfeit pills. According to the Treasury Department, that machinery has been shipped using techniques intended to evade U.S. law enforcement scrutiny.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions aimed at stopping the production of counterfeit and often fentanyl-laced pills. Officials said the action is part of a"whole-of-government effort" to counter the global threat posed by the trafficking of illicit drugs into the United States.
"Treasury’s sanctions target every stage of the deadly supply chain fueling the surge in fentanyl poisonings and deaths across the country," Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said in a statement."Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl constitute a leading cause of these deaths, devastating thousands of American families each year.
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