JUSTICE DEPARTMENT STEPS UP PRESSURE ON CARTELS' FINANCIAL NETWORKS AS LAUNDERERS TURN TO CRYPTO

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico. The cases of four defendants recently sent from Mexico to the U.S. for prosecution provide a glimpse into shadowy money laundering networks that keep the Jalisco New Ge…