Chinese Chemical Executives Cleared of US Fentanyl Charge, Convicted on Other Counts

Last week, two executives of a Chinese chemical company were found not guilty on charges they conspired to ship precursor chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl to the United States. The two were convicted on related charges. Nardello & Co. Managing Director and former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Chris Urben spoke with Reuters to put this verdict into context: “…evidence from the trial could help U.S. negotiators push China to crack down on the flow of precursor chemicals to Mexican cartels.”