A group of CBP Officers walk up a ladder to board a cargo container ship at the Port of New York / Newark on Nov. 6, 2012. (Josh Denmark/CBP) Every day, millions of kilograms of illicit substances ...

Mexico’s extradition of a chemical broker to the United States marks a significant step against these middlemen, who occupy an essential but often overlooked position in the synthetic drug pipeline.

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug. That means it’s not created from plants like marijuana or cocaine, but rather entirely from chemicals. Fentanyl can be easy to make using compounds known as “precursors.” ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two executives of a Chinese chemical company have been found not guilty by a Manhattan jury on charges they conspired to ship precursor chemicals to the United States to ...

The Mexican President published in the Federal Official Gazette the amendment to the Federal Law that regulates chemical precursors and essential chemicals, as well as the sanctions for its breach.

OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 18, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, announced amendments to the regulations for precursor chemicals and drug manufacturing equipment under the ...

The shipping container raised suspicions as soon as it arrived in remote northwestern Laos last July. Paperwork showed it was packed with 72 tons worth of blue vats filled with propionyl chloride, a ...