Though the DEA may be legitimately using the Pen Register Act to track the Chinese chemical suppliers fuelling America’s opioid crisis, there remain concerns about the lack of an explanation of “probable cause.” Yet, despite complaints from the likes of the ACLU about the law going back decades, there’s little sign of any movement on Capitol Hill to address any of the more contentious aspects of the Act. Pictures on the page showed cellophane bags containing various powders and pointing to Telegram and Wickr numbers, as well as the WhatsApp contact, promising high-purity substances, including psychoactive drugs benzodiazepines, which include diazepam (better known by its brand name, Valium) and alprazolam (also better known as its brand name, Xanax.) One of the numbers was also posted to a Facebook group called “dark research chemicals forum,” where users have been discussing how to get hold of various substances, many looking for benzodiazepines. The Justice Department in Ohio hadn’t commented at the time of publication.)Īnother was listed on a Facebook page, where chemicals were being sold by a company promising “research” chemicals. (As no charges have been filed in the case, Forbes is not revealing the numbers of the names of the entities being targeted by the DEA probe. One number was included as a contact in a comment from 2020 on a blogpost, offering shipment of pharmaceutical products, providing an email containing the domain of what appears to be a Chinese company. Chinese opioid salesĪs the Chinese WhatsApp numbers were published unredacted in the government filing, Forbes was able to find indications that the DEA was seeking to carry out surveillance on Chinese individuals and entities shipping opioids on the Web and over encrypted apps. either knew the alias or the real name of the user. According to another court document unearthed by Forbes, one previous case in Ohio saw another seven WhatsApp users targeted, three in the U.S., four in Mexico. The latest case shows that America’s unexplained snooping has a global reach, far beyond domestic WhatsApp users and those in neighboring countries, affecting foreign targets whose identities the government does not know.
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