The Trump administration reportedly is shutting down a Department of Justice task force that has focused on dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels, and human trafficking rings.

Leaders of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces were given until Sept. 30 to shut down operations, Bloomberg reported.

The outlet said it obtained records showing a DOJ budget analyst last week emailed a counterpart at the department and said its fiscal 2026 budget would be “zeroed out” and the independent office dissolved.

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