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The recent Orders issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 25, 2025, designating CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector as institutions of primary money laundering concern,...more
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
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
Tal y como se anticipó desde abril de este año, el 16 de julio de 2025, en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, se publicó el decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal para la...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
In a historic first, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network recently published orders prohibiting transactions with covered Mexico-based financial institutions. On June 30, 2025, the US...more
On June 25, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued three orders (the “Orders”) pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, designating three...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 June 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued three orders designating CIBanco S.A., Intercam Banco S.A., and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (collectively,...more
Los Cabos, renowned for its luxury resorts and sun-drenched beaches, has become an increasingly dangerous hotspot for sophisticated timeshare scams that disproportionately target American and Canadian property owners and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took a historic step in combating the fentanyl crisis on June 25, 2025, by exercising, for the first time, the expansive authorities granted...more
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
On June 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first orders under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, targeting three Mexican financial institutions: CIBanco S.A. (CIBanco),...more
Mexico's Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) published a decree to reform and add provisions to the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), establishing the...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
A bipartisan coalition of six AGs, led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, has sent a demand letter to WeChat US, Inc., seeking answers about the app’s alleged role in facilitating transnational money laundering operations...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
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
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 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
Our last post discussed the long-delayed emergence of cryptocurrency in cases wherein countries request INTERPOL’s assistance. Today’s post will discuss the specific instances of cryptocurrency cases....more
On March 2, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 14059, against eight Mexican companies connected to timeshare fraud on behalf of the Cartel...more