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

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