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.
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.
Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted …
Jan 6, 2025 · 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
Jan 6, 2025 · NEW YORK (AP) — Two pharmaceutical companies based in India were charged Monday with smuggling chemicals used in the production of the deadly drug fentanyl, federal prosecutors in New York announced.
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.
Two Indian Chemical Companies and a Senior Executive Indicted …
Jan 6, 2025 · Fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, is the deadliest drug threat currently facing the United States. It is a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
Fentanyl precursors labelled as Vit C, shipped to US, then
Jan 8, 2025 · New Delhi: Investigations into two Surat-based Indian companies selling banned fentanyl precursors involved video calls where undercover agents posed as customers, recording discussions on mislabeling fentanyl precursors as antacids, and the shipment of these precursors to US and Mexican drug trafficking organisations.
2 Indian companies indicted for smuggling chemicals used in fentanyl
Jan 6, 2025 · Federal prosecutors in New York announced Monday that two India-based pharmaceutical companies have been charged with smuggling chemicals used to manufacture the lethal drug fentanyl....
The Evolving Regulatory Landscape for Fentanyl: China, India, and ...
India has taken on a greater role in illicit fentanyl production and trafficking, both partnering with Chinese traffickers and working independently to supply the U.S. and other locations around the world [10].
Frontiers | Combating illicit fentanyl: Will increased Chinese ...
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 …