Mexico

October 31, 2025 | Emily Hester |

The Hanoi Convention: Russia’s Blueprint for an Authoritarian Cyberspace

Russia is celebrating a major win in cyberspace. On October 25 and 26, representatives from 110 countries convened in Hanoi, Vietnam, to sign the Russian-drafted UN Convention on Cybercrime. Under the...

October 23, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Emily Hester

The UN Cybercrime Treaty: A Trojan Horse for Suppressing Dissent

October 18, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum, Susan Soh

The Case for a Second Front in the War on Fentanyl

Follow the money — specifically, the role of Chinese gangs in cleaning cartel cash.

October 7, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum |

America must stop aiding our enemies by enabling the shadowy world of dirty cash

Global corruption has exploded in scale and scope, threatening international stability and American national security. As the Trump administration goes to war against Venezuelan drug traffickers,...

September 11, 2025 | |

UK Government Rejects Determination of Israeli ‘Genocide’ in Gaza

Israel Not Committing Genocide: The United Kingdom has concluded that Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, according to a letter sent by then Foreign Secretary David Lammy...

August 28, 2025 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Following Australian Proscription, Time To Tighten the Terrorism Sanctions Noose on the IRGC

It was a decision years in the making. Canberra will now proscribe the entirety of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. On August 25, Australian Foreign Secretary...

August 6, 2025 | Max Lesser, Maria Riofrio

Russia Lures Young Migrant Women from Latin America to Build Drones

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has discovered Russian efforts to recruit young migrant women from Latin America to build drones to sustain its war of aggression in Ukraine. The Alabuga...

July 9, 2025 | Max Meizlish |

U.S. Severs Ties With Mexican Banks Enabling China-Fueled Fentanyl Trade

The war on fentanyl is entering a new phase. The U.S. Treasury Department moved decisively on June 25 against several Mexican financial institutions accused of laundering drug money and fueling the fentanyl...

June 6, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Angela Howard

U.S. Takes Aim at Enablers of Mexican Cartel Oil Smuggling

U.S. law enforcement is cracking down on Mexican cartels — but not in the way you think. In late May, the United States charged members of a Utah family with 1) conspiracy to materially support Mexico’s...

May 27, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Keep the Door Closed to Anonymous Shell Companies

A Comment on FinCEN’s Interim Final Rule Exempting Domestic Companies From Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)

May 16, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

May 14, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace

April 23, 2025 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Treasury Report Highlights Role of Financial Transactions in America’s Fentanyl Crisis

The Trump administration is intensifying its efforts to resolve America’s fentanyl crisis. On April 9, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a financial trend analysis of data linked to suspicious...

March 17, 2025 | Janatan Sayeh |

Iran’s ties to Western organized crime networks

The US has long labeled Iran as “the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism,” yet Tehran’s ambitions extend beyond backing Shia and Sunni Islamist groups in the Middle East.

March 10, 2025 | Matthew Zweig, Elaine K. Dezenski

Trump wants to go after criminal networks. A new approach to sanctions is needed.

Excerpt During his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump made a powerful declaration: “Two weeks ago, I officially designated [Tren de Aragua] — along with MS-13 and the ruthless...

February 11, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

How Trump’s war on cartel cash can stop fentanyl enablers — and save American lives

“China and the Mexican cartels are not trying to create drug addicts — they [are] trying and succeeding at killing off our people — primarily young men. If we were in a traditional war with over...

February 7, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Craig Singleton

Trump Takes Aim: Executive Order Targets China’s Role in the Fentanyl Epidemic

Frustrated by Beijing’s failure to curb fentanyl precursor production and transshipment, the Trump administration issued a sweeping executive order outlining China’s role in facilitating synthetic...

January 28, 2025 | Matt Pottinger |

Memo to Trump: Beware the ‘Reverse Teddy’

I was proud to serve the president in his first term. But Trump’s strength in the Western Hemisphere could portend weakness in Europe and Asia in his second, writes Matt Pottinger.

January 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide 

The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...

December 9, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

How To Stop China From Manipulating North American Markets

When Chinese firms move operations to Mexico, there are real costs for the United States.