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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

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

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Issues Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order Aimed to Combat Mexican-based Drug Cartels

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Joins the Government-Wide Pursuit of Cartels

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

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US Declares War on Cartels: Historic Terrorist Designations Reshape Sanctions Compliance Risks

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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

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