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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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OFAC Recordkeeping Requirement Extended to 10 Years

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On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule extending the recordkeeping requirements under OFAC’s regulations from five years to 10 years. This change...more

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Escalation Against Cartels: U.S. Designates International Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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On 20 February 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of State designated eight international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The designation of...more

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Trump Administration Targets Cartels With First Wave of Terrorism Designations

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The designations expand US tools and jurisdictional reach, and raise the stakes for foreign financial institutions and non-US companies to avoid dealing with designated entities....more

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Trump Administration Designates Eight Transnational Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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Effective February 20, 2025, the Secretary of State designated eight Latin American organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and as Specially...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

At Long Last, Final Rule for Outbound Investment Regulations Published

On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury released a pre-publication version of its final rule containing the outbound investment regulations. The rule arrives a little over a year after Executive Order 14105,...more

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance and its Founder Plead Guilty to Money Laundering Charges

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AML Developments - What You Need to Know - On November 21, 2023, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed charges against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao for violating anti-money laundering...more

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Turkey’s Majority State-Owned Halkbank Is Not Immune from U.S. Prosecution in Iran Sanctions and Money Laundering Case

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Court Rejects Halkbank’s Claim That the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Shields the Bank From Prosecution - A motion to dismiss an indictment accusing Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank of money laundering, bank...more

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U.S. Authorizes Sanctions and Restricts Trade with Hong Kong in Response to China’s New National Security Law

President Trump signs law authorizing sanctions on individuals and financial institutions and ends U.S. preferential treatment for Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Autonomy Act authorizes sanctions on foreign financial...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. a...more

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Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - January 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Fined $29 Million - On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board assessed Taiwan based bank Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd....more

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