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Fentanyl Supply Chain 2019

The fentanyl supply chain from China to Mexico to the United States, including the role of Chinese chemical producers, Mexican transnational criminal organizations, and the impact of China's 2019 scheduling of fentanyl analogues.

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How does fentanyl production and trafficking flow from China to Mexican cartels and into the U.S.?

The generally runs from chemical suppliers and brokers in — who supply finished fentanyl and, increasingly after 2019, precursor chemicals — to Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) that...