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US takes aim at China companies, executives over fentanyl supply chain

US Attorney General Merrick Garland, left, accompanied by US Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram,​ right, looks at photographs of people who have died from drugs, during the Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl at DEA Headquarters in Washington, DC, September 2023 [Jose Luis Magana/AP]

The United States has imposed sanctions and launched indictments against dozens of Chinese companies and individuals it claims are involved in the illegal trade of the highly-addictive drug fentanyl.

The charges and sanctions, brought by the US Attorney’s Offices in Florida and the federal Treasury Department on Tuesday, were strongly condemned by China.

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