May 11, 2025
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) just made major moves against a Mexican cartel accused of transporting fentanyl into the country and stealing fuel. The OFAC sanctioned two Mexican entities and three Mexican nationals that it believes play a role in the drug trafficking and fuel theft ring….
April 27, 2025
Cyberspace might seem anonymous, and you might feel empowered by the distance it provides between you and other people, but it’s important to remember that cybercrimes are still prosecuted every day. The United States isn’t shy about extraditing individuals from other countries that they feel are committing crimes online. In one recent case that highlights…
April 20, 2025
According to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a network of Houthi financial facilitators and procurement operatives was recently identified as securing commodities from Russia. Reports suggest those ‘commodities’ included weapons and were worth an estimated “tens of millions of dollars” overall. Some of the commodities being acquired included unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and…
April 7, 2025
President Trump’s plan to increase tariffs for countries across the world is already producing results. In a bid to avoid US tariffs on Mexican imports earlier this year, Mexican officials agreed to extradite 29 important cartel members that were of significant importance to US law enforcement agencies in a show of good faith. Among the…
March 24, 2025
In an unsurprising move, the US has just announced that they will be increasing economic sanctions targeting those aiding Iran, and the country will be renewing efforts to weaken the Iranian regime in the coming months. The Trump administration has been vocal and adamant about putting “maximum pressure” on oil exports coming from Tehran, so…
March 10, 2025
72-year-old Rafael Caro Quintero has been one of America’s most wanted men since 1985, and he’s finally been arrested and officially charged with several crimes in relation to heading up the Guadalajara cartel “Narco of Narcos”. On February 28th, 2025, he was brought to a federal courthouse in Brooklyn for an initial hearing, where he…
March 3, 2025
20-year-old Muhammad Shanzeb Kahn is expected to be extradited from Canada to New York to face serious terrorism charges after being accused of conspiring to pull off a terrorist plot targeting Jewish groups in Brooklyn. The suspect was identified by the U.S. Justice Department after being declared wanted by the FBI. The suspect, also known…
February 18, 2025
Ahlam Tamimi, a citizen of Jordan since leaving prison in 2011, is currently being considered for extradition to the U.S. For years, the U.S. Department of Justice has sought the extradition of the suspect who is accused (and convicted in an Israeli court) of orchestrating a suicide bombing in 2001. According to reports and court…
January 27, 2025
Authorities have arrested several suspects involved in a cryptocurrency hack of the Holograph platform in mid-2024 after months of investigations. According to reports, this group of hackers coordinated together to hack the platform, which resulted in a loss of $14.4 million dollars’ worth of HLG tokens. The hackers were able to pull off their scheme…
January 2, 2025
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is tasked with ensuring that the country’s national security goals are upheld by minimizing financial transactions that pose threats to the nation. To effectively reach their goals, the OFAC has the power and authority to financially penalize, sanction, and even levy criminal charges against individuals, entities, and governments…