
Two Chinese citizens, Wang Qingzhou and Chen Yiyi, are currently on trial in New York for their involvement in the illicit fentanyl trade, marking a significant case in the efforts to combat the movement of this deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.
The defendants were apprehended in a sting operation in Fiji in June 2023, expelled from the country, and subsequently arrested in the US. Their trial commenced at New York’s Southern District Court on Wednesday.