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#DOJ has directed prosecutors to stop pursuing litigation against people committing #fraud w/ #digital #currency, the latest example of the #Trump admin easing up on #WhiteCollarCrime enforcement.

In a memo sent to the DOJ on Mon night, Dpty AG #ToddBlanche said the dept will no longer participate in regulation in the digital asset space & will instead focus on crimes that people commit w/ #cryptocurrency, such as dealing #narcotics & #HumanTrafficking.

#law #felon47
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington Post · Justice Dept. scales back crypto cases in line with Trump directivesBy Jeremy Roebuck

#Mexico extradites 29 drug suspects to #US as #Trump *threatens* #sanctions

Mexico extradited 29 alleged drug traffickers to the #UnitedStates, reportedly including Rafael Caro Quintero, a prized target long sought for killing a US #DEA agent. The dramatic gesture occurred just days before Trump planned to impose crushing economic sanctions in retaliation for Mexico’s failure to stop the flow of #narcotics over the border.

#law #geopolitics #economy #immigration
apnews.com/article/mexico-drug

In this image released by the FBI shows the wanted posted for Rafael Caro Quintero. (FBI via AP, File)
AP News · Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the USBy Fabiola Sánchez

Exclusive: #Trump’s foreign #aid freeze stops anti-#fentanyl work in #Mexico

Trump has vowed to destroy Mexican cartels & end the US fentanyl epidemic, but his sweeping freeze on foreign aid has temporarily stopped #US-funded anti-#narcotics programs in Mexico that for years have been working to curb the flow of the synthetic #opioid into the #UnitedStates.

#USAID #law #geopolitics #USpol #idiocracy
reuters.com/world/americas/tru

→ Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
bbc.com/news/articles/cz7e0jve

“US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison.”

Ross Ulbricht, with hair blowing in the wind, pictured in front of a large tree trunk
www.bbc.comTrump pardons Silk Road creator Ross UlbrichtTrump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.

On January 21, 2025, Donald Trump pardoned Ross #Ulbricht

"the founder of #SilkRoad .. convicted of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, distributing narcotics, distributing #narcotics by means of the internet, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to traffic #fraudulent identity documents, ... He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole." [#wikipedia]

#moneylaundering #trafficking

via @cryptohagen