India Part Of US Efforts To Curb Fentanyl Flow

WASHINGTON, DC -India is part of U.S. efforts to curb the flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals, a top American intelligence official told lawmakers on March 18, highlighting cooperation with New Delhi even as officials warned of a widening global threat landscape.

Presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, James H. Adams III, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said transnational criminal organizations remain a major threat, particularly through the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs.

“U.S. efforts to work with China and India to halt the flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals to North America are demonstrating some improvement,” Adams said, adding, “There is more work to be done.”

He said Mexico-based cartels continue to dominate the production and smuggling of fentanyl and other narcotics into the United States, posing “a daily and direct threat to the health and safety of millions of U.S. citizens.”

At the same hearing, Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, warned that terrorist groups remain a persistent concern despite being weaker than before.

“I completely concur… about the threat of ISIS, Al Qaeda and other Islamist terrorist groups around the world,” Gabbard said, noting that the nature of the threat is evolving.

“We’re increasingly… seeing fewer indicators of large-scale, organized, complex threats… and instead, efforts focused on individuals… radicalized by Islamist propaganda,” she said. (IANS)