TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday there have been no recorded cases of synthetic drug fentanyl being seized by the customs department, neither as illegal exports nor illegal imports, in six years through 2024. Kato made the comments at a regular news conference when asked about a Nikkei business daily report…
By Emma Rumney, Kaylee Kang and Tom Polansek LONDON/NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) -From an office a 15-minute drive from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, one small firm helped import millions of unauthorized Chinese-made vapes last year alone, forming a key link in the supply chain feeding U.S. demand for illegal e-cigarettes. In a little over four years,…
Hong Kong grandmother Shirley Cheung* knows she is breaking the law every time she buys partially cooked beef brisket in Shenzhen to bring home. At a hotpot restaurant at Shenzhen’s Liantang Port, the brisket costs about 76 yuan (US$11) per kilogram. It would be more than HK$200 (US$26) at her local wet market in Sheung…