Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Chinese smuggling bioagents in and out of USA

  • 12-22-19  According to the affidavit, Zheng had been asked multiple times whetherhe had been travelling with any biological items or research material in his baggageand denied it each time.  He was then escorted to a baggage room where customs officers showed him the vials found in his checked luggage.  https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3043167/chinese-researcher-accused-trying-smuggle-vials-biological  
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  • Nov 4, 2019  
  •  N.I.H. and the F.B.I. have begun a vast effort to root out scientists who they say are stealing biomedical research for other countries from institutions across the United States.  Almost all of the incidents they uncovered and that are under investigation involve scientists of Chinese descent, including naturalized American citizens, allegedly stealing for China.  Seventy-one institutions, including many of the most prestigious medical schools in the United States, are now investigating 180 individual cases involving potential theft of intellectual property.  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/health/china-nih-scientists.html   
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  •  On 11-13-19 FBI report  U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped a Chinese biologist with three vials labeled “Antibodies” in his luggage at Detroit Metro Airport. 
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/cbp-agents-stopped-chinese-national-with-mysterious-vials-in-his-luggage/
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