Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) A California man, Yan Lin, 41, was produced in a court in United States’ Cincinnati on charges that he conspired to launder tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds, according to an official statement.The statement from the US State Department said that the indictment alleged that between March 2022 and October 2024 Mexico‑based traffickers hired Lin to return profits from sales of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine across US cities.Lin arranged for his co-conspira…
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New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) China has emerged as the dominant supplier of precursor chemicals and technical inputs that sustain the manufacture of synthetic narcotic drugs produced in Southeast Asia, particularly the Golden Triangle region, according to a media report.China’s chemical industry produces the overwhelming majority of the world’s active pharmaceutical ingredients and industrial precursors, many of which have legitimate commercial uses but can be repurposed for synthetic drug production…
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance defended an ICE officer who fatally shot a woman during an immigration enforcement action in Minneapolis, calling the death “a tragedy” while saying the officer acted in self-defence and accusing Democrats and parts of the media of stoking hostility toward federal agents.Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Vance said the episode was “an attack on federal law enforcement” and insisted the woman, Renee Good, “aimed her car at a law…
Texas, Dec 30 (IANS) An alleged ISIS sympathiser from Midlothian, Texas, has been charged with international terrorism after he allegedly provided money and explosive materials to an undercover FBI agent whom he believed to be associated with the terror group.John Michael Garza Jr., 21, is facing a federal charge of international terrorism for allegedly supplying funds and bomb components to individuals he thought were ISIS supporters, the US Department of Justice announced on December 29.”ISIS’…