DEA Issues Report on Fentanyl and Focuses on Assigning Blame to Other Actors

           The Drug Enforcement Administration released on May 9, the National Drug Threat Assessment 2024 (NDTA-2024). The DEA portrays Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as the dominant element behind the lethal fentanyl issue in the United States. While sparsely mentioning that chemical precursors are produced in China and India, and transported to Mexico, NDTA-2024 seemingly plays down the intricate relationships between various players in the fentanyl sector, as well as the extensive worldwide supply network that underpins the drug's manufacture, distribution, and transit.