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FinCEN Targets Three Mexican Financial Institutions for Fentanyl Trafficking

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

[Webinar] Targeted: How FinCEN's Fentanyl Fight Is Reshaping U.S.–Mexico Financial Compliance - August 7th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

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Join Lowenstein Sandler and Santamarina + Steta for a timely webinar exploring the legal and compliance implications of recent U.S. Treasury actions under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. The session, featuring Lowenstein's Robert...more

Hogan Lovells

UPDATE #2: Effective date of FinCEN’s Section 2313a orders against three Mexican financial institutions delayed until September 4

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U.S. financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions have until 4 September to implement compliance procedures. Transfers of funds involving these designated Mexican institutions...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FinCEN’s Groundbreaking 2313a Orders: What U.S. Banks Need to Know About the Crackdown on Mexican Cartel-Linked Financial...

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In a historic move that signals a new era in the fight against illicit opioid trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued its first-ever...more

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UPDATE: Effective date regarding FinCEN’s new Section 2313a Orders against three Mexican financial institutions

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U.S. based financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions have until 21 July to implement compliance procedures. Transfers of funds involving these designated Mexican...more

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FinCEN invokes new Section 2313a authority against three Mexican financial institutions: The who, what, when, where, why, and...

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The orders represent the first use of new authorities by FinCEN. U.S. based financial institutions that conduct funds transfers with the designated Mexican institutions will be subject to significant compliance obligations,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Fines Texas Bank $2M for Alleged Failure to Vet and Monitor Mexican Correspondent Banking Relationship – But Touts Bank’s...

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FinCEN recentlty announced entry of a $2 million assessment against Lone Star National Bank, a private bank operating out of Texas, for the bank’s allegedly willful violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) and inadequate...more

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FinCEN Issues Geographic Targeting Order Focused on Money Laundering in L.A.’s Fashion District

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In the latest development in a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting alleged money laundering activities in Los Angeles’ garment trade, the Financial Crimes...more

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