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FinCEN Exercises New Authority Targeting Mexico-Based Financial Institutions to Counter Cartel-Linked Fentanyl Trade

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On June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated three Mexico-based financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under Section 311 of the USA...more

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

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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

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Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border (Trump EO Tracker)

On February 1, President Trump signed executive orders imposing additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in response to an emergency declared at the border...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

December 2024 Newsletter - Braumiller Law Group

In today’s complex global marketplace, businesses are increasingly confronted with the challenges of supply chain disruptions, rising costs, and fierce competition—all exacerbated by trade remedy tariffs. While many of these...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Mexico’s Response to Trump’s Increase to Import Duties on Goods Coming from Mexico into the United States

Recently, US elected President Trump threatened that when he takes office one of his first orders will be a 25% import duty on all goods coming from MX into the US. The intention is to put pressure on Mexico to stop the flow...more

Wiley Rein LLP

President-Elect Trump Announces Forthcoming Additional Tariffs on Chinese, Mexican, and Canadian Imports

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On November 25, 2024, President-Elect Trump made two posts to his Truth Social account in which he stated that on day one of his second Administration, he would impose additional tariffs of 10% on all products from China, and...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updates on Potential Trade Tariffs for the Fentanyl Epidemic

This is an update on our October 24, 2024, client alert, “Are Tariffs the New Ammunition to Combat the Fentanyl Crisis?” We reported that a Section 301 petition had been filed by a nonprofit, Facing Fentanyl, requesting that...more

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Entra en Vigor “Reforma Anti Fentanilo” bajo la Ley Federal de Precursores Químicos

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El Presidente de la República publicó una reforma a la Ley Federal que busca regular de manera aún más estricta los procesos asociados a los precursores químicos y los productos químicos esenciales, así como las sanciones por...more

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Anti-Fentanyl Amendment to the Federal Law on Chemical Precursors comes into force in Mexico

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The Mexican President published in the Federal Official Gazette the amendment to the Federal Law that regulates chemical precursors and essential chemicals, as well as the sanctions for its breach. This amendment takes place...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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