China fentanyl ring had Japan base, investigator Bellingcat confirms

Group finds evidence that Chinese and Japanese firms were 'one and the same'

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Bellingcat's analysis provided further evidence for a fentanyl supply network spanning Japan and China. (Nikkei montage)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- European investigative collective Bellingcat has confirmed that a Chinese organization responsible for smuggling chemicals used to make fentanyl into the U.S. had a base of operations in Japan that served as a command post.

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