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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -

Risks Increase As U.S. Escalates Pressure Against Mexico With Regulatory Focus On The Financing Of Fentanyl

K2 Integrity on 7/29/2025

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

FinCEN's First Strike: New Section 311 Powers Target Mexican Financial Institutions Under FEND Off Fentanyl Act

Mayer Brown on 7/21/2025

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

First Ever Targeted Guidance On Financial Institutions’ Compliance With Export Administration Regulations

K2 Integrity on 10/22/2024

On 9 October 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published its first ever unilateral guidance specifically addressed to financial institutions (FIs). The Guidance to Financial...more

FinCEN Analysis Reveals Patterns and Trends in Suspected Evasion of Russia-Related Export Controls

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/18/2023

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a joint alert and a supplemental alert (the...more

FinCEN alert covers potential CRE investments by sanctioned Russians

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/27/2023

On January 25, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to financial institutions on potential investments in the U.S. commercial real estate sector by sanctioned Russian elites, oligarchs, their...more

28 North Korean and 5 Chinese Bankers Accused of a $2.5 Billion Laundering Scheme

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/4/2020

Indictment Again Highlights the Role of Correspondent Banking in Money Laundering - On May 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed a 50-page indictment against 28 North Korean and 5 Chinese bankers...more

China Emerging as an Increasing Driver of Global Illicit Finance Risk

K2 Integrity on 11/19/2019

Growing Chinese illicit finance threats, vulnerabilities, and exposure are combining to increase illicit financing risk in the international financial system, judging from a series of recent advisories, sanctions actions,...more

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