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US Escalates Pressure Against Mexican Cartels

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The US government announced two major sanctions and related actions against Mexican cartels, first targeting their involvement in timeshare fraud, followed by a broader crackdown on other revenue sources the next day....more

Patomak Global Partners

FinCEN Targets Three Mexican Financial Institutions for Fentanyl Trafficking

The Trump Administration has repeatedly signaled its prioritization of targeting traffickers of synthetic opioids, especially fentanyl. On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order “creating a process by...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

FinCEN Exercises New Authority Targeting Mexico-Based Financial Institutions to Counter Cartel-Linked Fentanyl Trade

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On June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated three Mexico-based financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under Section 311 of the USA...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Targets Three Mexico-Based Financial Institutions with Sanctions Under New Authority to Address Money Laundering Associated...

On June 25, 2025, FinCEN issued its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act (FOFA), imposing special measures against three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple (CIBanco), Intercam...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

DOJ Reinforces Focus on Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations

In a May 12, 2025, memorandum (the May Memorandum) on focus, fairness and efficiency in the fight against white collar crime, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division1 again identified the total elimination of...more

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US Treasury Takes on Cartels Part Deux: Combating Cartel-Connected Oil Smuggling Schemes

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in coordination with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Crude Crimes: Treasury Warns on Oil Smuggling and Money Laundering

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The Treasury Department has taken initial steps to implement the Trump administration’s “total elimination” policy directed at certain drug trafficking cartels. Most recently, on May 1, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How the Trump Administration’s War on Cartels Will Reshape the Financial Sector

On March 11, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed at disrupting drug trafficking and money laundering along the southwestern border. The...more

The Volkov Law Group

Mitigating Risks of “Interacting” with Cartels and TCOs

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We have some new vernacular to bring into the compliance arena — companies need to address risks of interacting with cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs).  Companies need to understand the laws used to...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Can a Failed Privacy Program Lead to Fentanyl Trafficking or OFAC Violations?

In July 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Treasury’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released a joint notice discussing how Mexican-based Transnational...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Tackling a Panamanian Money Laundering Organization: OFAC Sanctions the Waked Money Laundering Organization, Colombia Arrests the...

OFAC Sanctions - On May 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against 77 entities and individuals associated with the Waked Money Laundering Organization...more

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