INCREASING CANADA-MEXICO TRADE COULD MEAN MORE DRUG-RELATED MONEY LAUNDERING
October 2nd, 2013
MEXICO’S new president Enrique Peña Nieto, who came to office in December 2012, promised a less militaristic fight against the country's increasingly violent drug trade, so his government’s implementation of a new anti-money laundering (AML) law will be watched closely.Past president Felipe Calderón launched a severe military-led crackdown against the country’s drug cartels towards the end of 2006, around 80,000 people have since been killed in drug-related violence since. He also pushed AML reforms. A May 2012 study by the Mexico Institute of the Woodrow ...
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