The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI Seize $10 million in Cryptocurrency Linked to Sinaloa Cartel

On July 16 (UTC+8), the U.S. Department of Justice disclosed that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seized $10,000,000 in cryptocurrency linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel in a joint operation in Miami, Florida. The Sinaloa cartel is one of the six major transnational drug trafficking terrorist organizations identified by the U.S. government. The son of the group's leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has pleaded guilty in Chicago. (Source: PANews) [MetaEra]