text: DOJ ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE KLEPTOCAPTURE: Attorney General Garland announced a new Justice Department task force focused on sanction enforcement against Russia and Belarus. The task force seeks to uncover “hidden” Russian assets in the U.S. Trusts, corporations, and fronts are all potential targets as Russian oligarchs circumvent know-your-customer and money laundering regulations. The U.S. believes defunding oligarchs through sanctions will eventually pressure Putin into ceasing hostilities in Ukraine. (AC: Tourist and vacation destinations are known Justice Department targets, as foreign investors purchase properties and businesses through extensive networks of shell companies. Notably, the task force lead is unnamed, but has a history of targeting Russian organized crime and liaisons from the FBI and DHS.