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DOJ Already Filing Material Support Charges After Designating Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

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On February 20, 2025, the United States designated eight cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Since then, the US...more

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DOJ's New Direction: Implications of the Trump Administration's Recently Announced Corporate Enforcement Framework

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A Significant Shift in White Collar Criminal Enforcement - The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has unveiled a comprehensive plan for its white-collar crime enforcement strategy, laying out the “high-impact” areas where...more

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Legal Update: DOJ Announces Long-Awaited Corporate Enforcement Priorities

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division issued a much-anticipated memorandum outlining its enforcement priorities and policies for prosecuting corporate and white-collar crimes. The memorandum,...more

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Washington’s War on Cartels Continues: What Financial Institutions Should Know About Oil Smuggling, Money Laundering &...

The Trump administration remains focused on countering Mexican cartels and other Latin American transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Since designating eight TCOs as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs), the...more

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DOJ Revises Corporate Monitor Policy with New Cost and Oversight Rules

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On May 12, 2025, the US Department of Justice’s Criminal Division published a set of memoranda outlining white collar enforcement priorities and an updated outlook on the imposition and selection of corporate monitors. The...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Announces Leniency and Potential Declination for Companies That Self-Disclose

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Earlier this month, the DOJ’s Criminal Division Head, Matthew R. Galeotti, spoke at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference in Washington,...more

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First Terrorism Indictments Announced Over Drug Cartel Support

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Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed its first indictment against a foreign national for providing material support to a Mexican drug cartel that the current administration recently designated a foreign...more

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A Refocused China Initiative: DOJ’s New White Collar Enforcement Strategy

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Criminal Division, unveiled a comprehensive white collar enforcement strategy titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against...more

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DOJ Expands Whistleblower Program to Include Tariffs, Sanctions and Export Controls (Part III of III)

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DOJ’s new Corporate Enforcement Program is designed to bring certainty to the voluntary disclosure and cooperation process.  DOJ’s intent is clear — voluntary disclosure is likely to lead to a declination, reduced penalties...more

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DOJ Reinforces Focus on Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations

In a May 12, 2025, memorandum (the May Memorandum) on focus, fairness and efficiency in the fight against white collar crime, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division1 again identified the total elimination of...more

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DOJ's Updated Playbook: New Rules for White-Collar Enforcement

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On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memorandum outlining a recalibrated approach to white-collar criminal enforcement. The memorandum, titled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in...more

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Shifting Priorities in White Collar Enforcement: May 2025 DOJ Memo and What It Means for Companies

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On May 12, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division announced significant changes in its policies on investigating and prosecuting white collar crime, including a shift in focus toward several areas deemed to...more

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DOJ Outlines White Collar Enforcement Blueprint

On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, Head of the Criminal Division at the Department of Justice – Criminal Division, released a memo (the “Memo”), outlining the DOJ’s priorities with respect to the investigation and prosecution...more

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Criminal Division White Collar Enforcement Plan: Turning the Page, Not Writing a New Book

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On May 12, the Head of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, Matthew Galeotti, delivered remarks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes...more

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DOJ's New White-Collar Enforcement Plan Signals Strategic Shift in Corporate Investigations

This week the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its new approach to corporate criminal enforcement, "Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White Collar Crime."...more

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Daily Compliance News: May 19, 2025, The Definition of Corruption Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee, and listen in to the Daily Compliance...more

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From Uncertainty to Action: DOJ Rolls Out a New White-Collar Enforcement Playbook

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Despite speculation that the Department of Justice Criminal Division might step back from white-collar criminal enforcement, newly announced DOJ Criminal Division policy updates indicate otherwise. Our White Collar,...more

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Focus, Fairness and Efficiency: DOJ Reveals Administration’s Plans for Enforcement of Corporate and White-Collar Crime

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Key Takeaways - DOJ Criminal Division will prioritize enforcement in key areas, including health care fraud, trade and customs violations and national security-related financial crimes....more

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Think Compliance Got Easier? Think Again—DOJ’s New Era in White-Collar Enforcement

Many have speculated as to how white-collar enforcement may change during President Trump’s second term. A recent memorandum by the Head of the Department of Justice’s (“Department”) Criminal Division, Matthew R. Galeotti,...more

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DOJ Criminal Division Updates (Part 1): DOJ’s New White Collar Crime Enforcement Plan

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On May 12, DOJ’s Criminal Division head, Matthew G. Galeotti, issued a memo to all Criminal Division personnel, entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime,” to “outline the Criminal...more

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Bipartisan AG Coalition Targets WeChat’s Alleged Role in Fentanyl-Linked Money Laundering

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A bipartisan coalition of six AGs, led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, has sent a demand letter to WeChat US, Inc., seeking answers about the app’s alleged role in facilitating transnational money laundering operations...more

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DOJ Signals Renewed Prioritization of Corporate Enforcement with New Policies Regarding Voluntary Disclosure, Monitors, &...

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On May 12, 2025, Matthew R. Galeotti, the head of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, gave a speech at SIFMA’s Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Conference that previewed subsequently issued policy changes impacting the Criminal...more

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DOJ Announces Key Corporate Enforcement Changes & White-Collar Priorities

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DOJ recently announced white-collar crime enforcement priorities and significant changes to its corporate enforcement policies (here and here). “[O]verbroad and unchecked corporate and white-collar enforcement burdens U.S....more

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DOJ Announces New Policies and Priorities in Prosecution of White Collar Crime

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) announced on May 12, 2025, new investigative and policy priorities, as well as changes to current DOJ guidance, that could have a significant impact on the prosecution of...more

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Ten Takeaways from the DOJ Criminal Division’s New Playbook on White Collar Enforcement Priorities

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On May 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice ("the DOJ" or "the Department") unveiled its new playbook for prosecuting white-collar and corporate crime. DOJ announced enforcement priorities for the Criminal Division ("the...more

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