{"id":73287,"date":"2026-05-30T01:59:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/trump-administration-labels-brazils-deadliest-gangs-as-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T01:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T01:59:53","slug":"trump-administration-labels-brazils-deadliest-gangs-as-specially-designated-global-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/trump-administration-labels-brazils-deadliest-gangs-as-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Labels Brazil&#8217;s Deadliest Gangs as Specially Designated Global Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Marco Rubio designated CV and PCC as global terrorists, with FTO status scheduled to begin on June 5.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Impacting the crypto market, the PCC used bitcoin mining to launder funds across Brazil.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Lobbied by Flavio Bolsonaro, the US will next enforce strict FTO rules against the 2 Brazilian gangs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) Designated As Terrorist Groups<\/h2>\n<p>The government of the United States, under the Trump Administration, is taking the designation of criminal organizations as terrorists to a new level, entering them into this class due to their drug trafficking activities.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/05\/terrorist-designation-of-comando-vermelho-and-primeiro-comando-da-capital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the designation of two of the largest Brazilian criminal groups, Comando Vermelho (CV) and Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and revealed his intention to designate them also as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) from June 5.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to Rubio, these two groups <strong>\u201ccommand thousands of members and have orchestrated brutal attacks against Brazilian police officers, public officials, and civilians,\u201d<\/strong> and have expanded their activities beyond Brazil\u2019s borders. The move comes after Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, President Lula\u2019s opponent in the upcoming elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FlavioBolsonaro\/status\/2059405280333426791?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lobbied<\/a> for this measure.<\/p>\n<p>These two groups have been singled out as using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cryptocurrency<\/a> for money laundering purposes and as an extension of their primary activities, adding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> element to this move. Data acquired by local media via public requests puts these organizations as two of the largest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> money launderers in the country, with the federal Police even <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/brazil-crypto-seizures-skyrocket-600-to-14-million-in-2025\/\">targeting<\/a> a group linked to both the PCC and the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that PCC has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conexaopolitica.com.br\/cotidiano\/pcc-utiliza-mineradoras-de-bitcoins-para-lavagem-de-dinheiro-revela-policia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conducting<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-mining\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin mining<\/a> operations as a money-laundering facade since 2024, when the S\u00e3o Paulo police uncovered a link between the Jacatorta mining company and the organization through Anselmo Santa Fausta, known as Cara Preta, a high-level PCC operative.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, another mining operation in the hands of the PCC was <a href=\"https:\/\/valor.globo.com\/google\/amp\/brasil\/noticia\/2026\/05\/22\/policia-do-rio-encontra-mineracao-de-criptomoedas-em-area-controlada-por-faccao.ghtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discovered<\/a> during Operation Conten\u00e7\u00e3o in Rio de Janeiro, where dozens of ASICs were seized.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Department of State has also designated gangs like the Tren of Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel, which have also been linked to digital assets money laundering and global drug trafficking activities, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/trump-administration-labels-brazils-deadliest-gangs-as-specially-designated-global-terrorists\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Marco Rubio designated CV and PCC as global terrorists, with FTO status scheduled to begin on June 5. Impacting the crypto market, the PCC used bitcoin mining to launder funds across Brazil. Lobbied by Flavio Bolsonaro, the US will next enforce strict FTO rules against the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":73288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}