THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump DOJ Targets Cartel Crypto Laundering Networks.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is targeting financial networks of Mexico’s violent drug cartels, focusing on money brokers who launder drug profits through cryptocurrency.WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. prosecutors, Mexican authorities, and defendants, including Eduardo Rigoberto Velasco Calderon, Eliomar Segura Torres, Manuel Ignacio Correa, and Cesar Linares-Orozco.WHEN & WHERE: The transfer of […] The post Trump DOJ Targets Cartel Crypto Laundering Networks. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is targeting financial networks of Mexico’s violent drug cartels, focusing on money brokers who launder drug profits through cryptocurrency. WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. prosecutors, Mexican authorities, and defendants, including Eduardo Rigoberto Velasco Calderon, Eliomar Segura Torres, Manuel Ignacio Correa, and Cesar Linares-Orozco. WHEN & WHERE: The transfer of high-level cartel operatives from Mexico to the U.S. began in January 2024 and remains ongoing, with 37 new defendants handed over to the DOJ last month. KEY QUOTE: “If you cut off the money, you hurt the cartels , and that’s what we’re trying to do.” — U.S. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva IMPACT:…Open