In a statement, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) detailed that the OFAC designated this criminal group and 26 related people (seven individuals and 19 companies), while the FIU identified five additional entities to include a total of 31 people on the List of Blocked Persons, derived from the financial and fiscal analysis that evidenced irregular operations and international triangulation.
The analysis allowed us to establish that the 24 companies and seven individuals operated corporate structures and international financial networks to transfer and hide illicit resources, through million-dollar movements in cash and triangulation of flows exceeding 1,000 million pesos between Mexico, the United States, Canada, Belize, Panama, Romania, Poland and Albania, through companies formed to disperse capital to foreign companies identified within the transnational financial scheme, the agency highlighted.
As a result, the FIU filed complaints with the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic for possible crimes of operations with resources of illicit origin, and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office was notified, since fiscal crimes and use of front companies to justify non-existent income were identified.
“These actions reaffirm the commitment to international cooperation to prevent the use of the financial system for illicit purposes, and in compliance with the Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to combat money laundering, as well as strengthen bilateral coordination in matters of financial intelligence and international security,” highlighted the SHCP.
