The fentanyl funnel: How narcos sneak deadly chemicals through the U.S.
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8 hours ago
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| reuters.com
| HN
throwaway888abc
7 hours ago
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Part 1: We bought everything needed to make $3 million worth of fentanyl. All it took was $3,600 and a web browser
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WarOnPrivacy
7 hours ago
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How narcos sneak fentanyl to the U.S.

Spoiler: It's parcel shipments.

Because narcos are smarter than people who blame immigrants for crap they don't do.

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ganeshkrishnan
6 hours ago
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Article makes zero sense. The fact that these goods are routed to Mexico is in passive voice. Who exports it from US?

Why would they route through US which has a higher standard of screening rather than shipping it directly to Mexico?

What's is the import export certificate label on these boxes? US importers are registered with bonds.

Who picks up these boxes in the US?

What's with master carton? You can't really create cartons randomly. They all have to belong to same shipper.

What's the import code on these package? It's impossible to lie and smuggle stuff like these. You can say these are medical products then who is listed as American importer?

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AStonesThrow
6 hours ago
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WTF did I just click through? Was this an article or a pop-up picture book for children? Is Reuters a website with articles or not?
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ein0p
6 hours ago
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Very high quality anti-China propaganda. You don’t need China to make the precursors for fentanyl in necessary amounts.
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KincadeHoney
5 hours ago
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It’s very well documented that a vast majority of these precursor chemicals are created in labs in China and are constantly being modified to avoid regulation
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ein0p
4 hours ago
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Horseshit. “Xinjiang genocide” is also “very well documented”, yet it never happened. Why bring trivial quantities of precursors across the world when you could just make them in South America and avoid all risk entirely.
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ganeshkrishnan
6 hours ago
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There was $1.6 billion allocated for fighting 'disinformation'

So expect more quality articles like this.

Did you also notice the subtle "Russian doll" anchor in the article?

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