美國根據《外國毒販認定法案》(Kingpin Act)，對一個被控販賣合成毒品的中國團夥實施了制裁。
美國財政部稱，一位名叫Bo Peng的男子自2011年以來通過宣稱生產醫藥及化學品的中國公司Kaikai，向美國和其他國家分銷了至少2,000公斤合成大麻和興奮劑。Bo Peng和Kaikai均受到了制裁，其美國資產已被凍結，美國公民不得與其開展業務。
記者無法聯繫到Bo Peng和Kaikai就此置評。
美國財政部表示，上述制裁是對美國毒品管制局(Drug Enforcement Administration)以及參與「Project Synergy」計劃的其他執法部門之前所採取行動的一種補充；「Project Synergy」是打擊合成毒品行業的專項計劃。
美國財政部外國資產管理辦公室（OFAC）代理主任史密斯(John Smith)在一份聲明中指出，生產販賣合成毒品是一項利潤可觀的犯罪活動，其勢頭有愈演愈烈之勢，它對美國公民的健康與安全構成了巨大的威脅。
By Samuel Rubenfeld
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附WSJ英文原文：
The U.S. imposed Kingpin Act sanctions on an alleged Chinese synthetic drug trafficking organization.
The U.S. Department of Treasury said Bo Peng used Kaikai, a China-based purported pharmaceutical and chemical products company, to distribute at least 2,000 kilograms of synthetic marijuana and stimulants since 2011 to the U.S. and other countries. Both Mr. Bo and Kaikai were placed under sanctions; as a result, their U.S. assets are frozen and Americans are barred from transacting with them.
Neither Mr. Bo nor Kaikai could be reached.
Treasury said the sanctions designations complemented action taken by the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies under Project Synergy, an initiative to target the synthetic drug industry.
「The synthetic drug industry is a thriving and lucrative criminal enterprise, and [it] poses an alarming threat to the health and safety of Americans,」 said John Smith, acting director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, in a statement.
Mr. Bo was indicted in Florida in May on charges of importing ethylone and methylone, a controlled substance also known as 「Explosion.」
Kaikai is registered in New Zealand. Kaikai’s website, as well as other websites under alternate company names, advertised for sale several controlled synthetic drugs and precursors, including alpha-PVP, which is known colloquially as flakka, Treasury said.
Mr. Bo and other employees at Kaikai, Treasury said, process online orders of synthetic drugs and package them for delivery to customers who consume or redistribute the drugs. Customers use well-known money-service businesses, bitcoins or bank-wire transfers to buy the drugs, Treasury said.
Separately, a Treasury spokeswoman said OFAC lifted sanctions off nine people after they petitioned for their removal.
「The petitioners provided OFAC sufficient information to prove that they have terminated their involvement」 with those who led for them to be blacklisted in the first place, the spokeswoman said.
By Samuel Rubenfeld
Dow Jones Newswires
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