The police chief of Toronto announced last week that the police chief of Toronto was intercepted from the border of the trucks entering the United States. A few hours later, President Trump also mentioned the border drug trafficking, but he thought he would be criticized in Canada for at least partially deadly pentanil scourge.
Trump told reporters after his inauguration, “Pentanil from Canada is huge.” “Pentanil from Mexico is huge. And people are killed and the family are being destroyed. ”
His claim that Canada and Mexico did not enough to strengthen the border and block the flow of drugs and immigrants into the United States. that On February 1, the company threatened to impose a 25 %punishment tariff on exports to the two countries.
Howard Lutnick, a commercial minister, urged Canada to “respect the United States” by repeating its position at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Lutnick said, “If we are the biggest deal partners, we respect us. “Close the border and enter this country.”
To prevent threatening tariffs, the Canadian government is dispatching drones, fangs and helicopters to support surveillance from the border. But Justin Trudo, Canada ,’s recent announcement of law executive officials on these efforts and guarantees seems to be almost to appease the new US administration.
However, given Canada’s limited role in the inter -pentanyl trade between the border, it is not clear how much you can do to alleviate the US opioid crisis.
Where did Pentanil in Canada come from?
Prior to 2020, Canada’s human trafficking network was mainly a tube. Imported pentanil and other opioids. However, according to a recent report by the Financial Intelligence Agency in Canada, it has increased domestic production, which is expected to follow other countries in recent years.
Canadian officials believe that last year, about 100 organizational crime groups were related to pentanil production, which is more than four times higher than in 2022.
The police mainly placed a secret pentanil laboratory in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. In November, police officers in British Columbia closed the largest laboratory in Canada, but they were hidden in rural areas and seized chemicals sufficient to produce 99 million pentanils. The survey showed a connection with Mexico Cartel.
Before converting to domestic drug production, Canadian police and border agents fight the flow of pentanil powder (pressed with pills, and now focuses on the imports of chemicals used to synthesize pentanil, known as a precursor.
How crossing Canadian Pentanil to the United States?
As opioid infectious diseases became intense in the United States, thousands of people died, the Congress established a committee to investigate how to reduce the flow of drugs to the state. According to a February 2022 report, the committee said, “Canadian is not known as a major source of pentanil, other synthetic opioids or precursor chemicals.
Last year, the US Customs and Border Protection Agents intercepted about 19 kilograms of pentanil at the northern border, compared to nearly 9,600 kilograms of the Mexican border, which mass produced the drug.
Daniel ANSON, director of information and investigation by the Canadian border service agency, said that it is not easy for Canadian criminals to focus on exports to Pentanils. “Mexico Pentanil is very difficult to compete in the United States due to cost and distance,” he said.
The Canadian Public Safety Bureau said that local criminal organizations that produce opioids tend to provide services to the domestic market, but have expanded to other markets including Australia, New Zealand and Japan. In 2022, the Australian police intercepted large -scale pentanyl ships in Canada.
What are you doing about it?
Canada has the most stringent chemical import regulations in the world of control drugs and materials, but health authorities and police are often trying to follow the evolved chemicals used by organized criminals to produce pentanil.
According to a report published by the Criminal Intelligence Service this month, about 80 %of the chemicals that can be legally imported or purchased in Canada can be purchased in Canada. Some criminal groups are establishing private companies to protect their intentions, the report said.
Recently, Alberta was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a person regarded as the biggest illegal pentanil laboratory in the province. The investigator found the operation by tracking the shipment of a precursor chemical imported legally imported from Chinese manufacturers to Canada.
The amount of Pentanil leaving Canada for the United States is insignificant, while 0.2 %of the seizure of the southern border said that the Canadian border has established a new team to focus on drug exports and drug exports. Import of synthetic chemicals. In addition, we will establish a border financial crime center next year with the goal of laundering and fraudulent trade -based funds.
Anson said, “I am 100 % oriented so that we won’t be weak.
