Trump suspends 'Russian oligarch' hunt --New U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has disbanded a task force targeting Russian elites and redirected its resources to fight drug cartels | 7 Feb 2025 | The U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi has disbanded Task Force KleptoCapture, a unit created in 2022 to enforce sanctions against Russian oligarchs, The Guardian reported on Thursday citing an internal memo. Task Force KleptoCapture was launched during the Biden regime following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. It was tasked with tracking and confiscating assets belonging to Russian businessmen and officials targeted by Western sanctions. Bondi announced the decision to shut down the task force and reallocate its funding to combat drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations in a memo issued on Wednesday, according to The Guardian.