Task Forces Launched to Eliminate Violent Crime by Foreign Gangs, Cartels

Targeted groups will include those recently designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the federal government.

FBI agents patrol Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 5, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

The FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have launched new task forces cracking down on foreign gangs operating in the United States, the FBI said in a statement released on Oct. 24.

“These new teams, known as Homeland Security Task Forces, bring together FBI and HSI personnel—as well as task force officers from local, state, and federal partner agencies—to investigate transnational organized crime activity such as drug trafficking and human trafficking that occurs across all 50 states, the nation’s capital, and Puerto Rico,” the agency said.