{"id":14879,"date":"2007-09-28T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T18:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/28\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/"},"modified":"2007-09-28T11:55:37","modified_gmt":"2007-09-28T18:55:37","slug":"complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring &#8211; David Barboza and Duff Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe New  York Times gives more details about <a href=\"\/2007\/09\/dea_exposes_a_steroid_web_with_china_tie_duff_wilson_an.php\" target=\"_blank\">the alleged drug smuggling ring<\/a> that produces the world&#8217;s supply of steroids:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/28steroid.190.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/28steroid.190.jpg','popup','width=190,height=263,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/28steroid.190-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"72\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"28Steroid.190\" \/><\/a>A 62-page affidavit by a special agent of the Food and Drug Administration details an extraordinary level of personal involvement in the trafficking and sale of the powerful hormones by Jin Lei, the founder and chief executive of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pr.com\/company-profile\/overview\/8881\" target=\"_blank\">GeneScience Pharmaceuticals Company<\/a>, one of China&#8217;s largest drug makers, based here in Changchun, in northern China.<\/p>\n<p>The affidavit adds intriguing details and a rare look inside a major drug ring and the alleged role of a renowned businessman. It was unsealed Monday, but was not released publicly until The Times requested and received a copy of the electronic file on Wednesday. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/09\/28\/business\/worldbusiness\/28steroids.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin\" target=\"_blank\">[Full text]<\/a><span style=\"color:#1919ff;text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span>[Image: Jin Lei, charged with smuggling, trafficking and money laundering, via NYT.com]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times gives more details about the alleged drug smuggling ring that produces the world&#8217;s supply of steroids: A 62-page affidavit by a special agent of the Food and Drug Administration details an extraordinary level of personal involvement in the trafficking and sale of the powerful hormones by Jin Lei, the founder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,2,10,1051],"tags":[2249,4026,1479],"class_list":["post-14879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","category-economy","category-law","category-top-article","tag-health-care-corruption","tag-pharmaceuticals","tag-steroids","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The New York Times gives more details about the alleged drug smuggling ring that produces the world&#8217;s supply of steroids: A 62-page affidavit by a special agent of the Food and Drug Administration details an extraordinary level of personal involvement in the trafficking and sale of the powerful hormones by Jin Lei, the founder and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/28steroid.190-tm.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sophie Beach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sophie Beach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sophie Beach\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7f19e31b674d57a7dc20aab8e908c663\"},\"headline\":\"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring &#8211; David Barboza and Duff Wilson\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"health care corruption\",\"pharmaceuticals\",\"steroids\"],\"articleSection\":[\"China &amp; the World\",\"Economy\",\"Law\",\"Top Article\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\",\"name\":\"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring &#8211; David Barboza and Duff Wilson\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7f19e31b674d57a7dc20aab8e908c663\",\"name\":\"Sophie Beach\",\"description\":\"Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/sophie-beach\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson","og_description":"The New York Times gives more details about the alleged drug smuggling ring that produces the world&#8217;s supply of steroids: A 62-page affidavit by a special agent of the Food and Drug Administration details an extraordinary level of personal involvement in the trafficking and sale of the powerful hormones by Jin Lei, the founder and [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/28steroid.190-tm.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Sophie Beach","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sophie Beach","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/"},"author":{"name":"Sophie Beach","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7f19e31b674d57a7dc20aab8e908c663"},"headline":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring &#8211; David Barboza and Duff Wilson","datePublished":"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00","dateModified":"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/"},"wordCount":148,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"keywords":["health care corruption","pharmaceuticals","steroids"],"articleSection":["China &amp; the World","Economy","Law","Top Article"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/","name":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring - David Barboza and Duff Wilson","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00","dateModified":"2007-09-28T18:55:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/09\/complaint-offers-window-on-chinese-drug-ring-david-barboza-and-duff-wilson\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Complaint Offers Window on Chinese Drug Ring &#8211; David Barboza and Duff Wilson"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7f19e31b674d57a7dc20aab8e908c663","name":"Sophie Beach","description":"Sophie Beach is CDT's Operations and Communications Manager. From 2003-2021, she served as Executive Editor of CDT English. She lives in Berkeley, California.","sameAs":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net"],"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/sophie-beach\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}