US EditionJustice Department Steps up Pressure on Cartels' Financial Networks as Launderers Turn to Crypto
Four brokers face charges in Kentucky federal court for laundering cartel proceeds using cryptocurrency, aiming to disrupt financial networks sustaining the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- The Justice Department is targeting money brokers who route drug profits through cryptocurrency from U.S. cities to Mexican cartels.
- The prosecutions aim to cut off cartels' financial lifelines by going after money laundering networks that allow cartels to pump drugs into U.S. communities.
- Since Trump's second term, over 90 cartel-tied defendants have been extradited to the U.S., allowing prosecutors to seek indictments higher up the chain.
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The U.S. Department of Justice directs its attention to the financial sources of Mexico's most violent drug cartels, focusing on financial intermediaries that, according to prosecutors, have adapted to the intensification of law enforcement by increasingly channeling the profits of drug trafficking through cryptocurrencies from U.S. cities to cartel leaders in Mexico.
The Donald Trump administration is not just looking to see drug traffickers behind bars, it wants to tear down its structures through one of its most important pillars: money. The U.S. Department of Justice has targeted financial operators who, according to prosecutors, have adapted to intensified law enforcement, as they have found increasingly frequent ways to send drug profits through cryptocurrencies from U.S. cities to cartel leaders in Mex…
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 high-level cartel operati…
The U.S. Department of Justice directs its attention to the financial sources of Mexico's most violent drug cartels, focusing on financial intermediaries that, according to prosecutors, have adapted to the intensification of law enforcement by increasingly channeling the profits of drug trafficking through cryptocurrencies from U.S. cities to cartel leaders in Mexico.
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Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto
The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico.
Cartels go crypto: DOJ targets money brokers moving drug cash to Mexico
WASHINGTON, Feb 5, 2026, 14:08 EST The U.S. Justice Department is intensifying its crackdown on Mexican cartels by going after money brokers accused of funneling drug profits through cryptocurrency, officials said. This comes after four defendants extradited from Mexico were charged in federal court in Kentucky. (AP News) The push matters now because authorities report cartels are shifting tactics as law enforcement clamps down on more obvious d…
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