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The evolving U.S.-Mexico geopolitical relationship is now fundamentally burdened by the growing regulatory, enforcement, and real risks tied to cartel activity, drug trafficking and the fentanyl trade, immigration, and a...more
Could your supply chain be funding cartels without you realizing it? In today’s complex global economy, companies are grappling with a dual challenge – the urgent need to unravel their supply chains and the immediate...more
In this episode, host Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss the recent actions by FinCEN, which designated three Mexican financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under the expanded Section 311 authority,...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important domestic and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory and enforcement developments from the...more
Could your supply chain be funding cartels without you realizing it? In today’s complex global economy, companies are grappling with a dual challenge - the urgent need to unravel their supply chains and the immediate...more
Cartels and TCOs have entrenched themselves in legitimate industry sectors. In recent years, cartels and TCOs have adapted to market changes and new technologies. Many cartels and TCOs are disguising their ownership and...more
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
On February 20, 2025, the United States designated eight cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Since then, the US...more
The Trump administration remains focused on countering Mexican cartels and other Latin American transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Since designating eight TCOs as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), the...more
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed its first indictment against a foreign national for providing material support to a Mexican drug cartel that the current administration recently designated a foreign...more
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
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
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
Key Takeaways- • Recent Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations affecting cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) have equipped the Department of Justice (DOJ) with a powerful source of authority...more
In March, we wrote about the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issuing a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) aimed to combat Mexican-based drug cartels. The GTO signals Treasury’s efforts to...more
FinCEN report reveals threat patterns and trends for financial institutions to monitor - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a Financial Trend Analysis...more
On April 7, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a memo for all department employees titled “Ending Regulation By Prosecution.” ...more
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
When assessing your third-party risks, it is important to start with one important division — a company’s supply chain and on the flip side, a company’s distribution chain. Sourcing materials and supply chain links present a...more
On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more
We have written previously about the new administration’s significant shifts in its approach to criminal enforcement and prosecution of money laundering cases. Specifically, we wrote about shifts at the U.S. Department of...more
On February 20, 2025, the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury designated eight Latin American drug trafficking cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), in...more
Pam Bondi was sworn into office as the United States Attorney General on February 5, 2025, and immediately issued a bevy of memoranda advancing the Trump Administration’s priorities. The memorandum entitled General Policy...more
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that initiates the process of designating certain drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. The executive order is primarily focused on...more