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Cotton Statement on Treasury Sanctions of Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker Jian Zhang

Statement

Date: April 27, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Foreign Affairs Drugs Criminal Justice

Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement on the Treasury Department's decision to designate Chinese fentanyl kingpin Jian Zhang, four of his associates, and the entity Zaron Bio-Tech (Asia) Limited as significant foreign narcotics traffickers:

"Chinese drug traffickers have been sending fentanyl to the United States to poison Americans for years. Kingpins like Jiang Zhang are why fentanyl deaths have increased by 540%. Today's sanctions are a good first step, and now Congress should go further and pass my bill to increase the federal penalty for all those who traffic in fentanyl."


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