One day after her confirmation on February 4, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued two Memos addressed to the entire Department of Justice (DOJ), which curtailed enforcement under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in favor of prosecution against Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs).  This shift in priorities comes in response to President Trump’s Executive Order on January 20, 2025, which Attorney General Bondi described as a directive that the federal government “revise existing national security and counter-narcotics strategies to pursue total elimination” of Cartels and TCOs.