Treasury Sanctions Global Illicit Drug Supply Chain Supporting the Sinaloa Cartel

India- and Latin America-Based Entities Provided Precursor Chemicals to Terrorist Cartel WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 23 individuals and entities that comprise a sophisticated synthetic opioid procurement network with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Chemical suppliers and brokers, including those designated today, have reshaped the narcotics landscape by enabling Mexican cartels to synthesize illicit drugs from precursor chemicals primarily imported from Asia. By exploiting international supply chains and clandestine production facilities, these networks manufacture highly potent and dangerous synthetic opioids more efficiently than ever before. These illicit drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, ultimately reach the streets of American cities and kill tens of thousands of Americans each year.