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25/05/2018

Crisis of the Merida Initiative, new techniques of money laundering of organized crime (DIEEEM10-2018)

In 2018 it will be the tenth anniversary of the Mérida Agreement between United States and Mexico to jointly face the threat of organized crime. This document analyzes the current crisis of the Initiative caused by the revisionist activity of the foreign policies of each North American administration. The revision of security bilateral cooperation is being marked by political criteria and initiated in the elections held in the United States in 2016 and continuing in Mexico with elections scheduled on July 1.

Simultaneously, there has been a sharp rise in violence and insecurity due to the restructuring of the narcotics market and the diversification of criminal activities; which has allowed criminal actors to consolidate predatory capabilities over various economic sectors. Consequently, the new money laundering techniques are analyzed, for example the "hawala" scheme, which imply an increase in exposure to this operational risk for companies and economic operators operating in this highly degraded security environment.

Author:  Miguel Ángel Cumplido Tercero.

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