The U.S. government is offering up to $26 million in rewards for various leaders of the Mexican terrorist criminal organization Carteles Unidos. Some of those cartel leaders falsely claim to be leaders of self-defense movements.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned three top Los Zetas leaders, as well as a recording artist who not only praised them in his songs but was also allegedly using the music business to launder funds for the criminal organization. One of the newly sanctioned leaders is a former Tamaulipas state police officer who secretly worked as a cartel boss while carrying a badge.
The recent sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on two banks in Mexico and a brokerage firm sparked widespread controversy and speculations about the future of financial institutions in a country where even the White House has previously accused top Mexican government officials of having an intolerable relationship with drug cartels.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned two Mexican banks and one brokerage firm over their alleged role in helping multiple cartels launder millions of dollars.
The U.S. Treasury Department placed the leader of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization in its blacklist — a move that looks to freeze all of their assets and forbids any U.S. citizen from doing business with them.
The Biden White House announced on Monday that Russia defaulted on its international bonds for the first time in over a century, ostensibly because the pressure of international sanctions is crushing the Russian government financially.
The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on an international financial network affilated with the Hezbollah terrorist group, which it said was evading primary sanctions to “gain access to material and financial support through the legitimate commercial sector.”
JPMorgan Chase & Co. allegedly terminated Lori Flynn’s credit cards due to the bank’s concerns of “reputational risk.”
Rubio and Portman wrote to Yellen urging her to do everything in her power to keep billions in funding from falling into the hands of the Taliban.
The U.S. Treasury Department this week handed over highly sensitive and closely held documents to Republican leaders in the Senate as part of a months-long probe into Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the allegedly corrupt Ukrainian company Burisma where he worked.
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions on Friday against three terror recruiters who urged individuals residing in Southeast Asia to join the Islamic State (ISIS).
