Corruption, Bribes, Illicit Finance & Money Laundering, Domestic Politics, Types of News: Brief, United States
Biden Extends Emergency Designation On Transnational Criminal Organizations
July 8, 2021—U.S. President Joe Biden extended a previous national emergency designation regarding the continued threat of transnational criminal organizations to U.S. national security and private interests. The White House’s announcement said transnational criminal organizations "continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
The order allows the U.S. government to block property of organizations involved in criminal activities in two or more countries.
Extension of Obama Executive Order
The declaration is actually a continuation of executive order 13581 first issued by President Barack Obama in 2011 and continued in 2016. That order named the following organizations: The Brothers' Circle, Camorr...