What to Know About Canada’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis
1 day ago · Fentanyl has flooded North America’s drug supply over the last decade, killing tens of thousands in Canada and the United States, and generating enormous profits for criminal organizations using ...
Police are cracking down on fentanyl in Canada but say it has …
1 day ago · Firearms and drugs were seized in October 2024 in Falkland, B.C., in what the RCMP called the largest and most sophisticated fentanyl and methamphetamine drug superlab in Canada. (Darryl Dyck/CP ...
Fact check: Canada makes up just 0.2% of US border fentanyl …
3 days ago · Aaron McCrorie, vice president of intelligence and enforcement at Canada’s border agency, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in December 2024: “As a source of fentanyl to the United States ...
Criminal networks are shifting from fentanyl imports to Canadian …
Aug 6, 2024 · Organized crime groups have shifted their efforts away from importing the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl and are now producing it primarily on Canadian soil.
Nearly one-third of seized fentanyl attributed to the U.S.-Canada ...
2 days ago · The overall number of organized crime groups in Canada manufacturing illicit drugs such as fentanyl has nearly doubled in the past year, from 51 in 2023 to 99 in 2024, according to a report ...
Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here's how the drug ...
3 days ago · Fentanyl is also made in Canada and smuggled into the U.S., but to a much lesser extent. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds (19.5 kilograms) of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds (9,570 kilograms) at …
Trump Calls Canada a Big Player in the Fentanyl Trade. Is It?
Jan 30, 2025 · While the quantities of fentanyl leaving Canada for the United States are minuscule — 0.2 percent of what is seized at the U.S. southern border — Mr. Anson said the Canadian border agency had ...
Drug precursors the new 'primary threat' entering Canada as fentanyl …
Dec 23, 2024 · With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada's borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly...
The evolution of Fentanyl in Canada over the past 11 years - Canada…
Mar 15, 2023 · The aim of this spotlight report is to characterize trends in Fentanyl identifications across Canada since 2012 and draw a more comprehensive picture of Fentanyl in Canada based on exhibits seized and submitted to DAS for analysis by law enforcement agencies.
RCMP denies Trump’s claim of Canadian fentanyl going to U.S.
Jan 17, 2025 · Canadian criminals are not dumping large amounts of illegally manufactured fentanyl into the United States, the RCMP says, refuting president-elect Donald Trump’s accusation that...