Data

Drug Trafficking Organizations and Fentanyl

DTOs/Fentanyl

Understanding the Threat: Drug Trafficking Organizations and Fentanyl

Protecting Commerce and Communities: Capabilities to Mitigate and Disrupt Illicit Drug Supply Chains

Identify exposure to evolving threats with critical insights on commercial activity associated with drug trafficking organizations and illicit fentanyl

Kharon provides data that risk, compliance, and government personnel use to identify commercial actors and enterprises that intersect with drug trafficking organizations, their leaders, associates, and facilitators, as well as the production and distribution of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.

DTOs exploit, influence, and sometimes control territory, commerce, and financial systems, often with the help of complicit officials and opaque corporate structures. Kharon’s insights support public and private sector decision-makers in taking proactive, informed action and decisions against these threats.
DT Os Fentanyl Data Graphic

Comprehensive Intelligence for Enhanced Security

Kharon maps the lifecycle of illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs—from precursor sourcing and transfer through production, distribution, and profit extraction—while focusing on how these networks embed themselves in legitimate commerce, global supply chains, and financial systems.


Kharon identifies information related to DTOs by:

  • Mapping ownership and corporate structures associated with traffickers and enablers.
  • Identifying companies advertising on e-commerce marketplaces selling precursors or illicit synthesis equipment (by chemical name, abbreviation, or CAS number).
  • Investigating real estate and luxury assets held by criminal organizations.
  • Highlighting corruption networks linking public officials to DTOs.


Kharon’s data integrates seamlessly into investigative, enforcement, and risk management workflows.


Kharon's ongoing research transforms complex data into clear, actionable insights through expert analysis using corporate filings, trade and logistics records, marketplace listings, social media advertising, sanctions and legal actions, and typologies from FATF, FinCEN, OFAC, and other authorities.

How Kharon Transforms Information Into Actionable Insights

Research is grounded in primary, documented sources and subject to continuous quality control, drawing from:

  • Corporate filings, official records, and litigation materials
  • Maritime and shipping data, procurement and tender records
  • Online marketplaces, media, and social media postings in more than 25 languages

By focusing on commercial actors and operations that intersect with global drug trafficking operations, Kharon’s DTOs/Fentanyl solution empowers investigative, enforcement, and risk management teams to detect high-risk commercial activity that may be associated with production, distribution, and profit flows related to illicit narcotics trade.

For both the public and private sectors, the solution delivers:

  • Red flags for analysis or investigations
  • Network mapping that provides detailed sourcing and reveals hidden relationships

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