Enforcing Federal Law With Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking
Headline: Orders Federal Agencies to Target Transnational Criminal Organizations
What it does: Federal agencies must strengthen enforcement, share information, and coordinate through the Threat Mitigation Working Group to dismantle transnational criminal organizations.
- Shifts federal resources toward investigating and dismantling criminal networks.
- Increases information and intelligence sharing with foreign law enforcement partners.
- Requires quarterly public reports on convictions related to these organizations.
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to strengthen enforcement against transnational criminal organizations, including drug cartels and human traffickers. It calls for identifying, interdicting, disrupting, and dismantling these groups.
An existing Threat Mitigation Working Group, co-chaired by the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, will coordinate agencies, share information, assess resources, and recommend legal or operational changes.
The order also requires regular public reports on convictions and a report to the President within 120 days.
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