Some criminal organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations are largely non-political and primarily motivated by profit, which distinguishes them from other groups typically characterized as terrorist organizations.
October 06, 2025
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temporal
This characterizes a subset of groups designated as terrorist organizations based on observed motivations and behavior.
U.S. federal law makes it a crime to provide, attempt to provide, or conspire to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
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legal
U.S. criminal statutes related to counterterrorism and material support offenses
Homeland Security task forces are designed to combat transnational criminal organizations such as drug cartels and foreign terrorist organizations, and to target criminal networks engaged in human trafficking, drug smuggling, and money laundering.
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descriptive
General description of the mission and scope of Homeland Security task forces aimed at transnational criminal networks.