President Donald Trump's 2026 budget proposal could eliminate the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces. advertisement. Newsweek. Trump May Cut Crime Unit That Helped Capture El Chapo: Report.

Leaders of the unit, called the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, or OCDETF, were told they had until Sept. 30 to shut down operations, people familiar with the matter said.

Bloomberg reports leaders of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Unit, or OCDETF, were told they had until Sept. 30 to shut down operations, according to anonymous internal sources.

President Donald Trump's administration is moving to shut down a critical Department of Justice unit fighting organized crime and drug trafficking that dates all the way back to the Reagan ...

If Congress enacts Trump’s proposed budget, ATF will shrink to 3,671 employees from its 5,136 positions budgeted in 2025, a 29 percent reduction.

DOGE staffers have been working on changes at the ATF that would roll back dozens of gun restrictions. The DOJ wants to ...