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CNE = Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
USA -Mexico Bi-National Criminal Proceeds Study
We are pleased to present the Bi-National Criminal Proceeds Study, a significant inquiry into
the laundering of cash proceeds of organized transnational crime. It is well understood that the
primary goal of organized crime is profit. It is also well known that an extraordinary amount of cash – estimates range from $19 to $29 billion – travels annually from the United States into Mexico to fuel the operations of the increasingly violent and brazen criminal enterprises involved in drug trafficking. What has not been as well understood by law enforcement is how and where that cash is collected, transported and delivered. To effectively dismantle these organizations, and to curtail the profit motive, we need to interrupt the flow of their proceeds.
With this in mind, we commissioned this study, which provides critical assessments of money
collection sites, transport routes and chokepoints, and is based on actual evidence of the supply lines used to facilitate the drug trade and the movement of cash proceeds. This information will enable the United States and Mexico to strategically and tactically target law enforcement operations to attack the ability of criminal organizations to move their monies. With this study, and our resulting tactical response, we send a resounding message—we intend to cut the financial lifeline of these criminal organizations.
This study, prepared in collaboration with the Government of Mexico, underscores a shared
commitment to fighting transnational criminal organizations and the violence and insecurity
they breed. It is an example of the increasing coordination and cooperation by the United States and Mexico to confront shared national security threats. This study provides essential information that will inform a bi-national interagency strategy to attack the financial operations of transnational criminal enterprises.
We would like to thank and commend those in Mexico and the United States who contributed
to the study. We pledge the active efforts of our agencies, in conjunction with all of our partners, to ensure that it is an important step in the fight against transnational organized crime.