While investigations into the illicit fentanyl trade typically focus on the drug and its precursors, law enforcement efforts also benefit from examining the supply of illicit pill manufacturing equipment.
In this report, Sayari analysts use publicly available information — including Chinese corporate registrations, intellectual property (IP) records, and global trade profiles — to illuminate the cross-jurisdictional infrastructure behind CapsulCN International Co., Ltd., a Chinese company indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in May 2025 for smuggling pill-making equipment into the United States for the purposes of manufacturing controlled substances.
This case study demonstrates how public records can be used to:
- Discover the legal entities behind informal trade names or unregistered shell companies
- Reveal additional companies and individuals linked to a known bad actor
- Identify a bad actor’s trading aliases
Download the report to learn practical strategies for combatting the illicit fentanyl trade through equipment supply chain tracing.
