Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime
Headline: Creates United States Council to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
What it does: Agencies must provide personnel, information, and resources to support the new council and help develop coordinated strategic plans to counter transnational organized crime.
- Creates an interagency council replacing the prior working group on transnational crime.
- Requires agencies to assign staff to year-long, full-time details at the Division.
- Mandates an Intelligence Community report to the President within 120 days and annually.
Summary
This order creates the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime to coordinate a whole-of-government response to international criminal networks. It also establishes a Strategic Division housed at the Department of Justice to develop coordinated strategic plans and replaces the prior Threat Mitigation Working Group.
Federal agencies named in the order must provide personnel, information, and other support to the Division. The Director of National Intelligence must deliver a report within 120 days and annually. The order emphasizes cooperation with state, local, Tribal, territorial, and foreign partners.
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