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White House fact sheet outlining its plans for a crackdown on
fentanyl supply chains said President Joe Biden's administration
will increase sanctions and other measures against key targets
to obstruct drug traffickers’ access to the U.S. financial
system and illicit financial flows.
"We will also strengthen collaboration with international
partners on illicit finance and anti-money laundering efforts
related to drug trafficking," the White House said.
It said the United States is building a global coalition to
accelerate efforts against illicit synthetic drugs. The
statement did not provide details about the sanctions or other
measures.
The development comes as members of Mexico's security cabinet
will be in the United States this week to meet with U.S.
officials about the trafficking of synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Some U.S. lawmakers have been calling on the Biden
administration to take a harder line and ratchet up pressure on
Mexico to crack down on fentanyl trafficking. A handful of
Republican legislators have even called for the U.S. military to
bomb Mexican cartels and their labs inside Mexico.
Overdoses involving synthetic opioids, including fentanyl,
killed more than 70,000 people in the U.S. in 2021, according to
data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(Reporting By Steve Holland. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
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