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US Targets Mexican Banks in Drug Trafficking Crackdown

6/26/2025

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The US government has taken a bold stand against drug trafficking by targeting three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco SA, Intercam Banco SA, and Vector Casa de Bolsa SA—over potential money laundering activities. The Treasury's FinCEN has imposed restrictions on fund transmissions with these institutions, striving to cut off their ties to the US financial system and disrupt cartel operations.

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The US government has taken a bold stand against drug trafficking by targeting three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco SA, Intercam Banco SA, and Vector Casa de Bolsa SA—over potential money laundering activities. The Treasury's FinCEN has imposed restrictions on fund transmissions with these institutions, striving to cut off their ties to the US financial system and disrupt cartel operations.