are already known links between transnational criminal organizations and designated foreign terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, Hamas, and the Islamic State. (27) Existing counter-narcotics efforts under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ( 21 U.S.C. 1901 et seq. ), focusing on financial sanctions, and designating these organizations as foreign terrorist organizations are better methods for addressing the increasing violence and supply of deadly fentanyl and other drugs being shipped across the border. (28) Designating Mexican cartels and other transnational criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations would enable— (A) the use of section 1010A of the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act ( 21 U.S.C. 960a ) to prosecute drug traffickers associated with these organizations for providing pecuniary support to a foreign terrorist organization