The United States Department of the Treasury is doing its part in the war on drugs by going after criminals playing a key role in drug trafficking into the U.S. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)announced it has sanctioned Mexican national Jesus Alfredo Beltran Guzman, leader of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) for trafficking illicit drugs including fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine, into the U.S.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a Financial Trend Analysis detailing patterns identified in Bank Secrecy Act data linked to fentanyl-related illicit finance.
The Department of the Treasury’s OFAC press release states:
One of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world, the BLO is heavily involved in the transportation
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