Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted …
3 days ago · Two indictments were unsealed today and Saturday charging India-based companies Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (Athos Chemicals) and Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals, with criminal conspiracies to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States. Lathiya was arrested on Jan. 4, in New York City and
2 Indian companies charged with smuggling chemicals used in making fentanyl
3 days ago · Prosecutors say the companies, both located in Surat, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat, smuggled into the U.S. and Mexico all the materials necessary for the manufacture of fentanyl, which federal authorities say is approximately 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted …
4 days ago · BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, two indictments were unsealed charging India-based companies Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (Athos Chemicals) and Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of Raxuter Chemicals, with criminal conspiracies to distribute and import fentanyl precursor chemicals to the United States.
Fentanyl smuggling: Two Indian companies charged with criminal ...
3 days ago · Two Indian companies charged with criminal conspiracies to import fentanyl precursor chemicals to U.S. Raxuter Chemicals and Athos Chemicals with Bhavesh Lathiya, a founder and senior executive of ...
2 Indian companies indicted for smuggling chemicals used in fentanyl
3 days ago · Prosecutors allege that the two companies, based in Surat, a city in India's Gujarat state, smuggled all the essential materials for fentanyl production into the U.S. and Mexico.
Fentanyl and fentanyl precursor traficking from India to TCOs in Mexico or direct to the United States may be poised to increase if China-based trafickers work with Indian nationals to circumvent China’s new controls on fentanyl.
The Dangerous Opioid from India - CSIS
Mar 23, 2018 · India only regulates 17 of the 24 basic precursor chemicals for fentanyl (as listed by the UN 1988 Convention against Drugs). In the Middle East and Africa, the less potent opioid tramadol, not fentanyl, is responsible for the opioid crisis. India is the biggest supplier.
Two Indian companies indicted in US for importing ingredients …
4 days ago · Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice said ...
These Eight Charts Show Why Fentanyl Is a Huge Foreign Policy …
Dec 21, 2023 · India has also emerged [PDF] as a major source of fentanyl precursors. Once manufactured, fentanyl precursors are distributed around the world, generally via international mail services.
Frontiers | Combating illicit fentanyl: Will increased Chinese ...
Oct 13, 2022 · This study examines how Chinese drug regulations are shifting illicit fentanyl production from China to India. This change has implications for the law, drug enforcement, pharmaceutical industry, and public health, as domestic production increases domestic access to fentanyl, in India.