Alerta. La Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) del Departamento del Tesoro, en coordinación con la Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), el Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), la Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) y la Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) emitió una alerta para instar a las autoridades financieras a estar atentas al contrabando de petróleo y sus derivados a través de la frontera con México por parte de diversas organizaciones criminales transnacionales (TCO) generalmente asociadas con cárteles mexicanos, las cuales fueron declaradas Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
Suspicious Activity Report (FinCEN Report 111) is a brief filed by financial institutions to FinCEN in the U.S. to flag potential illegal financial activities, such as money laundering, terrorist financing (AML/CFT), or fraud. To reference to this alert the key term FIN-2025-OILSMUGGLING must be included.
Oil Smuggling is a growing evolution of pervasive and broader fuel theft (huachicol) schemes in Mexico. Mexico export primarily unrefined and partially refined sour and heavy crude oil to higher-capacity refineries in the United States and other countries and imports the refined gasoline, diesel, and other fuel back into Mexico. Cartels smuggle crude oil across the border, labeling it as waste oil, selling it at a steep discount and repatriate the illicit profits back to Mexico.
