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BEIJING — China’s top prosecutor urged law enforcement officials across the country on Friday to focus efforts on combating drug trafficking, capping a week in which Beijing and Washington announced a rare joint counternarcotics investigation.
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate published “six typical cases,” involving actions ranging from postal fraud to medical professionals selling illicit drugs on the side, and clarified the legal application standards to handle such cases.
The prosecutor said in a statement that the release was meant to show its “determination and attitude to intensify efforts to crack down on related crimes, while hoping that this batch of typical cases will serve as a warning to the society.”
The United States and China held high-level counternarcotics talks on Thursday following a breakthrough in bilateral cooperation this week in which both sides went after a major drug-linked money laundering operation.
The United States, where fentanyl abuse has been a major cause of death, has pushed China for deeper law enforcement cooperation, including tackling illicit finance and further controls on the chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl.
These chemicals are often shipped to the U.S. and other destinations from China using mail packages that have unverifiable addresses or are mislabeled, experts say. The U.S. Postal Service has for years struggled with the problem.
One of the examples highlighted in the prosecutor’s note on Friday involved a case of a Chinese buyer, surnamed Yan, purchasing date-rape drug triazolam from overseas and then selling it in China by mail using mislabeled packaging.
As a result, “the procuratorate issued a procuratorial suggestion to the postal administration department…urging the regulatory department to fulfill its main responsibility and perform its duties conscientiously.”
The postal administration then “urged the company to make timely rectifications,” the prosecutor said.
The note said “the procuratorate invited nearly 100 couriers and college students to attend the trial, focusing on the new characteristics and new forms of new drug cases to carry out anti-drug law publicity.”
Postal fraud was briefly mentioned in the opening remarks by Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, who on Thursday held talks in Beijing with China’s minister of public security, Wang Xiaohong.
Gupta said it was among the “areas where we’re both being negatively impacted,” listing it alongside illicit finance, “illegal drug trafficking and use, and the emergence of new and more dangerous drugs.”
BEIJING — China’s top prosecutor urged law enforcement officials across the country on Friday to focus efforts on combating drug trafficking, capping a week in which Beijing and Washington announced a rare joint counternarcotics investigation.
The Supreme People’s Procuratorate published “six typical cases,” involving actions ranging from postal fraud to medical professionals selling illicit drugs on the side, and clarified the legal application standards to handle such cases.
The prosecutor said in a statement that the release was meant to show its “determination and attitude to intensify efforts to crack down on related crimes, while hoping that this batch of typical cases will serve as a warning to the society.”
The United States and China held high-level counternarcotics talks on Thursday following a breakthrough in bilateral cooperation this week in which both sides went after a major drug-linked money laundering operation.
The United States, where fentanyl abuse has been a major cause of death, has pushed China for deeper law enforcement cooperation, including tackling illicit finance and further controls on the chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl.
These chemicals are often shipped to the U.S. and other destinations from China using mail packages that have unverifiable addresses or are mislabeled, experts say. The U.S. Postal Service has for years struggled with the problem.
One of the examples highlighted in the prosecutor’s note on Friday involved a case of a Chinese buyer, surnamed Yan, purchasing date-rape drug triazolam from overseas and then selling it in China by mail using mislabeled packaging.
As a result, “the procuratorate issued a procuratorial suggestion to the postal administration department…urging the regulatory department to fulfill its main responsibility and perform its duties conscientiously.”
The postal administration then “urged the company to make timely rectifications,” the prosecutor said.
The note said “the procuratorate invited nearly 100 couriers and college students to attend the trial, focusing on the new characteristics and new forms of new drug cases to carry out anti-drug law publicity.”
Postal fraud was briefly mentioned in the opening remarks by Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, who on Thursday held talks in Beijing with China’s minister of public security, Wang Xiaohong.
Gupta said it was among the “areas where we’re both being negatively impacted,” listing it alongside illicit finance, “illegal drug trafficking and use, and the emergence of new and more dangerous drugs.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned Armenia’s Ambassador to Israel Arman Hakobyan after Armenia declared Friday that it recognizes the State of Palestine.
“Following Armenia’s recognition of a Palestinian state, the Foreign Ministry summoned the Armenian Ambassador in Israel for a severe reprimand,” it said in a statement shortly after Armenia’s announcement.
“The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza and the ongoing military conflict is one of the primary issues on the international political agenda that requires resolution. The Republic of Armenia categorically rejects the targeting of civilian infrastructures, violence against the civilian population and the hostage-taking and capture of civilians during the armed conflict and joins the demands of the international community for their release without preconditions,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement as it announced the recognition of the State of Palestine.
“The Republic of Armenia has joined the resolutions of the UN General Assembly, which call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Moreover, the Republic of Armenia is sincerely interested in the establishment of peace and stability in the Middle East, the establishment of lasting reconciliation between the Jewish and Palestinian peoples. At various international platforms, we have always advocated for a peaceful and comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue and support the “two-state” principle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict solution. We are convinced that this is the only way to ensure that Palestinians and Israelis can realize their legitimate aspirations,” it added.
“Based on the above and reaffirming its commitment to international law and the principles of equality, sovereignty and peaceful coexistence of peoples, the Republic of Armenia recognizes the State of Palestine.,” the Foreign Ministry stated.
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The Republic of Armenia has officially recognized the State of Palestine. This significant diplomatic decision was announced on Friday and has raised the number of countries that recognize Palestinian statehood to 149 out of the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry released a statement expressing their commitment to international law and the principles of equality, sovereignty, and peaceful coexistence of peoples.
Since oct 7, 2023 Israel has been facing diplomatic isolation as more and more countries accepting Palestinians statehood.