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This classification would enable authorities to charge individuals and organizations for providing material support to terrorism, facilitating asset freezes, banking restrictions, and international sanctions. Financial institutions worldwide could be compelled to sever ties with designated entities, significantly disrupting cartel operations on a global scale.
In practice, this means that anyone associated with a cartel—whether in financial sectors, logistics, or street-level operations—could face criminal penalties. Moreover, the US could enhance its Intelligence Community's capacity to infiltrate and dismantle cartel networks more effectively by leveraging counterterrorism tools.