The United States is continuing our efforts to disrupt the global production and supply chain of illicit fentanyl, including by denying the criminal actors who engage in this activity access to the international financial system. As part of this whole of government effort , today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating four Sinaloa Cartel members and two Mexico-based entities involved in the illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl trade.
The production and trafficking of illicit drugs is a global health and security threat that exacerbates the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic. Today's action is part of the United States' ongoing effort to disrupt and dismantle the transnational criminal organizations that facilitate the illicit supply of fentanyl and other narcotics. The United States is leading this effort at a global level.
