(15 Oct 2018) Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced a task force, headed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, to step up the fight against 5 key transnational criminal organizations, including MS-13, the Sinaloa drug cartel and Lebanese Hezbollah.
"Today, I'm designating the following five criminal groups as top transnational organized crime threats, ones that we are going to focus on, and give special all-of-government attention to. MS-13, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the Sinaloa Cartel, Clan del Golfo, Lebanese Hezbollah," he said.  
The Justice Department's initiative follows President Donald Trump's executive order shortly after he was sworn in to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminal organizations, called TCOs.
A subcommittee is being set up for each of the criminal organizations, and Sessions expects to receive recommendations from each subcommittee within 90 days.
"I believe that these organizations are going to find that they are facing far more intense pressure, maybe than they've done in the past," he said.
"And we're going to enhance our ability to work with all our government agencies both here and our allies abroad."

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