1. US Indicts Chinese Firms Shandong Believe Chemical & Shandong Ranhang for Crypto-Fentanyl Pipeline to Mexican Cartels
The US Department of Justice has unsealed a major indictment, alleging that two Chinese pharmaceutical companies have established a cryptocurrency-based financial pipeline to supply Mexican cartels with the chemical precursors for fentanyl. The case, brought by a federal grand jury in Ohio, charges six individuals and ...