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“Unsanctioned anti-narcotics cooperation often occurs without federal awareness because it relies on direct trust between U.S. agencies and state or local authorities, Ricart noted.”

“Sources familiar with the matter said the two were CIA officers involved in anti-narcotics efforts.”

“…Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said: "When a bank of this size fails to meet its anti-money laundering and sanctions obligations, the consequences extend far beyond its own walls, exposing the entire US financial system to significant illicit finance…”

“The US Treasury Department said Tuesday that it’s imposing $1.2 billion in fines on Bank of America for allegedly violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws.”

“But the department also said it had no knowledge of Colombian anti-narcotics intelligence being used to "identify, locate, track, monitor or intercept" suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean or Caribbean Sea as part of the IJIT.”

“Guterres offered Clinton a choice: risk a public falling-out with a founding NATO ally, or use Washington’s influence to make Indonesia accept an international force in East Timor.”

“The Dissanayake government has made a series of high-profile arrests, especially of notorious suspects in the narcotics underworld and prominent politicians and bureaucrats accused of grand corruption.”

“In a meeting with leaders and foreign ministers from the anti-cartel alliance, Trump on Tuesday urged member countries to join the US in targeting 24 criminal organisations, which he earlier described as the “ISIS of the Western Hemisphere”.”

“The China national narcotics control commission said the move was part of intensified efforts to stop chemicals with potential uses in illegal drug production from reaching illicit channels, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.”

“In these places, de facto and sometimes legal restrictions on narcotics use have been greatly loosened; cities fund teams of workers to hand out drug paraphernalia, and in some rare cases they’ve created dedicated spaces for addicts to shoot up.”

“US Treasury sanctions Ecuador-to-US cocaine trafficking network The U.S.”

“James Griego, who leads counter-narcotics operations for US-Africa Command (Africom), told the BBC.”