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Gun Traffickers Face Sustained Crackdown

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has announced the launch of five cross-jurisdictional strike forces to help reduce gun violence by disrupting illegal firearms trafficking in key regions across the country.

The regional strike forces will better ensure sustained and focused coordination across jurisdictions and help stem the supply of illegally trafficked firearms from source cities, through other communities, and into five key market regions: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area/Sacramento Region, and Washington, D.C.

Each strike force region will be led by designated United States Attorneys, who will collaborate with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and with state and local law enforcement partners within their own jurisdiction as well as law enforcement partners in areas where illegally trafficked guns originate.

According to gun trace data, a significant number of firearms recovered in California originate from outside the state, and many originate from the District of Arizona, among other locations.

The new strike forces will help ensure sustained and focused coordination between law enforcement and prosecutors in California with their counterparts in those other locations, including Arizona.

“Combatting violent crime is a national priority that requires a coordinated effort,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Glenn B. McCormick. “Because many crime-involved firearms recovered in California can be traced to purchases in Arizona, our office will work closely with the strike forces launched in the Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay, and Sacramento regions to address the flow of firearms trafficked from our state for illegal purposes.”

The strike forces represent one important, concrete step in implementing the Department’s Comprehensive Violent Crime Reduction Strategy, which was announced on May 26, 2021.

In guidance to federal agents and prosecutors as part of that comprehensive strategy, the Deputy Attorney General made clear that firearms traffickers providing weapons to violent offenders are an enforcement priority across the country.