US President Trump has personally urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to address transnational criminal organizations involved in Southeast Asia's online scam industry and fentanyl trafficking, with the US pushing for Chinese crime bosses to face international accountability.
Two New Jersey men, Sean Tighe and Juan Rodriguez, have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization that imported over a metric tonne of fentanyl analogues from China into the US. The group used wire transfers and bitcoin to pay for the drugs.
The US Treasury's OFAC has sanctioned over a dozen individuals and entities linked to the Sinaloa cartel, including six Ethereum addresses, for their alleged involvement in laundering fentanyl trafficking profits through cryptocurrencies.
The US Treasury sanctioned individuals and entities tied to the Sinaloa Cartel's crypto-facilitated fentanyl trafficking. Six Ethereum addresses were also targeted.
The US has imposed visa restrictions on 13 Indians, including the owner of KS International Traders, accused of trafficking fentanyl-laced drugs into the US, citing concerns over illicit fentanyl trafficking and poisoning of Americans.
