US EditionUS Treasury sanctions criminal group operating casinos in Mexico
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U.S. Treasury revealed that Albania's organized crime family would be behind at least 10 casinos in Mexico.
A couple of days after Mexico announced the blockade of 13 establishments and betting pages involved in possible money laundering, the U.S. Treasury Department, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), sanctioned 27 targets; while the Financial Crimes Control Network (FinCEN) restricted access to the U.S. financial system to 10 establishments, which it claims to be used by the Sinaloa cartel to introduce resources of illicit origin i…
In recent years, the connection between Mexican casinos and criminal organizations, such as the Sinaloa Cartel, has been an issue of growing interest in investigations into drug trafficking and money laundering. Through various mechanisms, these establishments have become key points for money laundering, facilitating the movement of large amounts of money of illicit origin. The situation is aggravated by the complicity of front companies operati…
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