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Tight e-trade rules on drug materials
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September 28, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Chinese government is tightening restrictions on online trading in the raw materials used to make drugs.
The crackdown on narcotics trafficking on the Internet, announced by five departments, including the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, bans individuals from selling on the web chemicals used in the manufacture of drugs.
Only companies with a license to produce and sell these chemicals can publish sales information online.
In the case of the four chemicals on the strictest control list - including ephedrine and lysergic acid - no individual nor organization is allowed to trade online.
Business website owners must carry out checks on suppliers of chemicals that can be used to make drugs, submit photocopies of their licenses to Internet service providers and publish the formal name of suppliers and their license numbers on the website.
"As e-commerce in China grows quickly, drug dealers are taking advantage of the Internet for making anonymous transactions. In recent years, the Internet has become a key channel for drug dealers to trade these chemicals," said Zhang Xinfeng, vice minister of public security.
Zhang cited a drug gang cracked by police in east China's Shandong Province in August, when officers arrested 42 suspects.
The ringleaders learned online how to buy chemicals and equipment, make and sell the drugs. They even recruited dealers through the Internet.
These chemicals are commonly used in industry, agriculture and daily life, Zhang said.
"But once they fall into the wrong hands, they could be made into dangerous drugs."
Between 2006 and 2009, Chinese police cracked 1,554 cases of illegal trade in chemicals used in making drugs and confiscated 3,814 tons of the materials.
Internet service providers should also improve management of online forums and delete unlawful information about these chemicals and report it to the police, the departments announced.
"We will try our best to facilitate the legal trade of these chemicals online while cracking down on crime," Zhang said.
The crackdown on narcotics trafficking on the Internet, announced by five departments, including the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, bans individuals from selling on the web chemicals used in the manufacture of drugs.
Only companies with a license to produce and sell these chemicals can publish sales information online.
In the case of the four chemicals on the strictest control list - including ephedrine and lysergic acid - no individual nor organization is allowed to trade online.
Business website owners must carry out checks on suppliers of chemicals that can be used to make drugs, submit photocopies of their licenses to Internet service providers and publish the formal name of suppliers and their license numbers on the website.
"As e-commerce in China grows quickly, drug dealers are taking advantage of the Internet for making anonymous transactions. In recent years, the Internet has become a key channel for drug dealers to trade these chemicals," said Zhang Xinfeng, vice minister of public security.
Zhang cited a drug gang cracked by police in east China's Shandong Province in August, when officers arrested 42 suspects.
The ringleaders learned online how to buy chemicals and equipment, make and sell the drugs. They even recruited dealers through the Internet.
These chemicals are commonly used in industry, agriculture and daily life, Zhang said.
"But once they fall into the wrong hands, they could be made into dangerous drugs."
Between 2006 and 2009, Chinese police cracked 1,554 cases of illegal trade in chemicals used in making drugs and confiscated 3,814 tons of the materials.
Internet service providers should also improve management of online forums and delete unlawful information about these chemicals and report it to the police, the departments announced.
"We will try our best to facilitate the legal trade of these chemicals online while cracking down on crime," Zhang said.
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