生产芬太尼原料的中国厂商如今在美国发现了一个利润丰厚的新市场：肽类产品。
Chinese producers of the ingredients that go into fentanyl have found a profitable new market in the U.S.: peptides.
据相关供应商及追踪此类产品加密货币交易的公司透露，越来越多原本向贩毒集团供应芬太尼前体的中国化工企业，正借美国及其他地区对肽类产品的热潮，销售那些宣称能美黑肌肤、修复组织并帮助减肥的未经监管的肽类产品。
A growing number of Chinese chemical manufacturers that have supplied fentanyl precursors to drug cartels are now capitalizing on the peptide craze in the U.S. and elsewhere, selling unregulated substances that promise to tan skin, repair tissue and help with weight loss, according to s from the vendors and companies that track cryptocurrency payments for such products.
部分此类生产商此前已因参与全球芬太尼贸易而在美国遭到起诉，但消费者从相关宣传资料中根本看不出这一点，那些资料均声称自家产品采用优质原料且具备严格的质量管控。
Some of the manufacturers have been indicted in the U.S. for their role in the global fentanyl trade. But consumers wouldn’t know that from their s, which profess high-quality ingredients and rigorous quality control.
据分析机构TRM Labs统计，目前至少有50家曾销售芬太尼前体的中国企业也在销售肽类产品，这一数字近几个月来还在持续上升。
TRM Labs, one of the analytics firms, has been tracking more than 200 companies that have sold fentanyl precursors. Out of those, at least 50 are currently selling peptides, a number that has been growing in recent months, said TRM.
从该机构追踪到的加密货币交易记录来看，这些产品的购买者不仅来自美国，还遍布世界各地。
Based on crypto payments TRM has traced, the buyers of the products from these companies are both in the U.S. and elsewhere.