Los Angeles, California – In a mᴀssive nationwide takedown, FBI agents raided luxury properties and businesses across Los Angeles, shattering a sprawling money laundering empire tied to Afghan warlords and exposing a $519 million network funding terrorism and drug trafficking.

On March 20, 2026, over 1,500 FBI agents, with ICE support, executed 400+ warrants in LA, Orange County, and beyond. Targets: high-end mansions, import-export firms, and money service businesses used to clean Taliban-linked cash from opium trade and arms smuggling.

Agents froze $519 million in ᴀssets — cash, crypto, real estate, and vehicles — traced to Afghan warlords evading U.S. sanctions. A total of 1,200 arrests, including Afghan nationals, U.S. facilitators, and corrupt financiers.

The network allegedly laundered billions from Afghan heroin flooding U.S. streets, funding Taliban resurgence. Properties included $50M+ estates bought with dirty money.

FBI Director: “This severs warlord cash flow to terrorists. Americans safe from narco-terror funding.”

Outrage surges — Taliban profits killing U.S. kids via fentanyl precursors. Probe expands; more seizures loom.

No sanctuary for warlords. America cuts the cord.