NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Department of Homeland Security is launching a Homeland Security Task Force based in Nashville aimed at combating transnational criminal organizations in Middle Tennessee.

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Rob McGuire made the announcement at a press conference on Thursday surrounded by representatives from some of the more than 15 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies involved in the effort.

“While all of these agencies have their own areas of expertise and areas of responsibility, the idea behind the Homeland Security Task Force is to bring these resources together for the betterment of the community, to try to lower the amount of fentanyl trafficking and fentanyl overdoses, to lower the amount of gang violence, to stop

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