This week, InSight Crime delved into recent US Treasury sanctions against three Mexican financial institutions accused of laundering drug money. Part of a broader series of unilateral US efforts to crack down on transnational organized crime and fentanyl trafficking, the move could further strain the bilateral crime-fighting relationship.
Also this week, two recent books about Honduras tackled the age-old question of at what point the quest for justice crosses ethical and even legal lines; the murder of a Venezuelan TikToker during a live stream highlighted the dangers facing people denouncing organized crime; a reform of the Argentine Federal Police raised questions on whether its new powers will be enough to confront increasingly sophisticated criminal dynamics; and an internal watchdog report confirmed that the Sinaloa Cartel hacked a top US law enforcement agency and obtained classified information, underscoring broader counter-intelligence vulnerabilities.
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